Finland
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Sahti
The living fossil: sahti — Finland's raw farmhouse ale brewed from barley (and rye/oats), filtered through juniper branches, fermented with bread yeast, unhopped-ish, unboiled and drunk fresh and cloudy — arguably Europe…
Lonkero (Long Drink)
The long drink of 1952: lonkero — grapefruit soda and gin, created for the Helsinki Olympics to be served fast to crowds; it became Finland's best-selling drink category (the Hartwall Original is the blue-can icon) and n…
Koskenkorva
The barley spirit of the plains: Koskenkorva — Finland's village-named vodka-style spirit from South Ostrobothnia (the Koskenkorva village distillery, since 1953), distilled from Finnish barley in one of the world's most…
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