🇫🇮 Finnish Cuisine

Sahti

Finnish Farmhouse Ale

Prep Time 2 weeks (ferment)
Servings 10
Difficulty Hard

An ancient, unfiltered Finnish farmhouse ale brewed with juniper branches and a blend of grains, cloudy and richly aromatic.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Crush malts and mix with oats. Mash with hot water at 65°C for 90 min in a large vessel.
  2. 2 Line a kuurna (traditional wooden trough) or large sieve with juniper branches.
  3. 3 Slowly lauter the mash through the juniper bed, collecting the sweet wort below. Recirculate once.
  4. 4 Heat wort to 80°C briefly (sahti is minimally boiled). Cool to 20°C.
  5. 5 Transfer to fermentation vessel. Add yeast. Ferment at room temperature for 5-7 days.
  6. 6 The sahti is ready when fermentation slows. Serve unfiltered and fresh — it does not keep long.

Did You Know?

Sahti is recognized by the EU as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed product, protecting its ancient brewing method.