Spent the weekend in Turku.
On they way stopped in Lohja, since it seems to be the sole place to pick up Paloaseman Panimo‘s beers.
After a very swedish birthday dinner took in the sights of the town.
The first step was Koulu, whose bier garten was the finest of the summer so far, a lot bigger than I remembered. Too bad they only had a few of their own beers available, and the queues were bordering on the ridiculously long. Both their wheat and the appropriately named Kakolan Kalpea pale ale were smooth, and happily enough the large crowds were interested in the house beers rather than the the true mainstream alternatives.
Turku got a Brewdog establishment quite unexpectedly, and as a shareholder had to inspect the grounds. Smallish, very dark and with a shorter list of taps than the in Helsinki. Raspberry Blitz was (once again) too sour for me, but Amager’s Fru Fredriksen was a swell stout indeed (and a good preparation for the thirty minute walk back to the HQ). Tasting both herr and fru Fredriksen side by side is definitely a project to try out at some point.
FI: Turusta löytyi paikallistakin olutta. Ja kesän komein terassi.
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