The title of the best beer of 2022 went to Kymenlaakso.
Finland’s Best Beer 2022 is Takatalo & Tompuri Brewery’s Kaski Savubock. It is a 6.5 percent beer.
Finland’s Best Beer was chosen from among 14 series winners. Kaski Savubock competed in the other beers series, which it also won, the release states.
The international final jury warmed up to the beer only after several tastings. After tasting the smoked beer, the jury characterized Savubock as multidimensional and balanced. The beer won after convincing the judges with its fullness.
The winnings of the fourteenth series were distributed to breweries all over Finland, from Pori to Joensuu and Vaasa. Both large and small Finnish breweries can participate in the competition.
The final judging was done as a blind tasting so that the judges were told only the beer style announced by the breweries themselves, in order to avoid preconceived notions.
Finland’s Best Beer 2022. Takatalo & Tompuri Brewery
Takatalo & Tompuri Brewery is a farm brewery located in Kymenlaakso, in the Gulf of Estonia, run by Mikko and Marjo Suur-Uski. The malted barley and oats used in the family company’s beer come from its own fields.
The series wins were distributed all over Finland in 2022
The series with the largest number of participants in the competition are the pale lager, pils and IPA series. The win in the Pils series went to Kouvola’s Hoppa Brewery beer Hoppa Extra Pils 5.9%.
Olarin Panimo, which brewed last year’s Runaway winning beer, was also successful in two categories this year, sour beer and light or medium dark ale category.
Competition series are renewed every year. Last year, non-alcoholic and low-alcohol beers were considered for the first time as a separate category in the competition. This year, the juicy NEIPA beers were elevated to their own series.
The best pale lager, Stadin Mosaical Lager 5.3%, comes from Helsinki, as the name suggests, and is made by Stadin Panimo.
The winning beer comes from a family business in Kymenlaakso. Takatalo & Tompuri Brewery
The best wheat beer, Unison Vehnäolut 4.8%, is brewed by Unison Brewing from Joensuu.
The victory in the non-alcoholic and low-alcohol beers category was won by Saimaa Brewer’s Special Utah Rye IPA. Saimaa Brewing Company is from Mikkeli.
The win in the stout and porter series went to Tuusulaa Maku Brewing’s Imperial Stout with 10.0%.
Special mention went to the gluten-free beer with the most points, which this year is Vakka-Suomen Panimon’s Prykmestar Helles 5.5%.
The jury included enthusiasts, restaurant and trade industry experts, representatives of the beer media as well as beer lovers starting their hobby. The chief judge of the Suomen Paras Olut competition was a beer supplier and judge Jussi Rokka and as a chef, a restaurant professional Ritu Hurtig.