Finnish Inspired

Scandinavia has a rich brewing tradition, and a LOT of saunas. Among the most significant Finnish beers is Sahti. Michael Jackson claimed that “Sahti is the only primitive beer to survive in Western Europe. The beer that peasants learned to brew in the 1500s is still made much the same way today, much of it in people’s homes.*” More specifically brewing in people’s saunas. Saunas have a long history in Finland not just for brewing beer and relaxing but also for baking bread, celebrating business deals, smoking meats, and even giving birth (hopefully not simultaneously). While some commercial sahti beers are now brewed in Finland (and in the United States), most sahti is still home brewed and therefore many subsets of the style exist. There is really no wrong way to brew it, so we know we are doing it right.