Finland. A snow covered Scandinavian land filled with rally drivers, blond haired blue eyed women, and The Dudesons. They are also responsible for developing the most indestructible resource this planet has ever seen. The Nokia 3310. From my limited experience they seem a good bunch, if not slightly psychopathic. I don't say that in a negative sense either, crazy in small doses makes life interesting. This is a mass produced lager from the Finns, and given this, expectations are relatively low.
The lager pours a slightly more orange colour than expected, and has a strong frothy head. It actually looks impressive for the genre. Definitely hugging the curb of 'fizzy euro lager', but thankfully has some Mika Hakkinen about it. Not being an overly 'watery' beer, it carries a decent slab of malt, grains and hops across the flavour board. Slightly sweet, but the strong bitter hopped finish achieves in more than balancing this out.
This is a good beer, given the circumstances. I would probably rather drink this than most of our big beers, and that's all you can really compare it with. It's been brewed to be a beer, not a marketing ploy, and that is sometimes the best you can hope for. Lapin Kulta is at the snow capped pointy end of 'run of the mill'.
5/10
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