Finnish booze

[GSG]

Wow, you guys are cunts. You really are. But getting back to the topic at hand...

I tried Finlandia at the insistence of a Finnish guy a week or so back. Now I'm not going to pretend to know too much about vodka. Usually as far as I can tell they all taste pretty similar. What I will say is this one was on the reasonable side of similar and left me with only a mild hangover in the morning. I obviously wont be buying it myself as it's a Brown-Foreman product but in my defense, I didn't know that at the time. To expand my booze horizons even further into the Arctic Circle I have ordered some bottles of Lapin Kulta. I hope it doesn't disappoint. I'll let you know in due time.

And Malibu and Irn-Bru? Has she no tastebuds?

[cloud8]

... To expand my booze horizons even further into the Arctic Circle I have ordered some bottles of Lapin Kulta. I hope it doesn't disappoint. I'll let you know in due time.

And Malibu and Irn-Bru? Has she no tastebuds?

Excellent choice. Lapin Kulta = Lappland Gold. Some people swear it's the world's greatest, others complain that it's too watery. Go for another popular Finnish beer next...Koff's, which is more hoppy (me like). Kippis / Cheers!

[Alekam]

In my opinion Lapin Kulta is kinda watery and Koff is...well I don't know, lacks that "uumph". But it's not as if I cared, at least not after a few. But for starting up the engine, I'd go for Urho, Karjala or better yet Sandels. I'm not sure about the availability of those brands abroad. Another brand I really like is the Estonian Saku. Good stuff.

A common pun on Lapin Kulta is Lapin Kusta which translates into Laplandian piss. A further alternative i Poron Kusta, deer's piss, due to the label art. But to each his own, some people really like it, most people I know, do not.

[maltlicker11]

Hi Alekam,

Thanks for an inside look at Finnish beer culture.
Lots of word play in this thread. (perhaps juvenile/silly/ironic but not intended to be mean/nasty)

For instance, I had heard that lapin was French for rabbit.
But, according to the almighty wikipedia and Meriam Webster dictionary,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapin
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/lapin

lapin (in american) also refers to "a castrated male rabbit."
<cough cough trying to be funny not mean cough cough>

"I poron kusta" => I pour on piss.
Urho => U r ho => You are a whore.
Your name Alekam => Ale Cam => Ale Camera
and of course Ale is a type of beer.

Tangentially and in closing, German for Germany, Alemania, always amuses me because they are a great beer drinking nation and the word can be parsed as Ale - Mania. (mania = extreme excitement)

bye

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In my opinion Lapin Kulta is kinda watery and Koff is...well I don't know, lacks that "uumph". But it's not as if I cared, at least not after a few. But for starting up the engine, I'd go for Urho, Karjala or better yet Sandels. I'm not sure about the availability of those brands abroad. Another brand I really like is the Estonian Saku. Good stuff.

A common pun on Lapin Kulta is Lapin Kusta which translates into Laplandian piss. A further alternative i Poron Kusta, deer's piss, due to the label art. But to each his own, some people really like it, most people I know, do not.

Lots of American beer is hevosen kusta / horse piss, but the puns are lacking.

You left our Karhu (Bear). Bear Beer! MNÄ (minä nauran ääneen) / LOL

I've heard that eestiläinen Saku is pretty damn good. I've never seen it here, though. I've also heard that you can get anything you want (and anything you don't want) in Estonia.

quoting malty:
> "I poron kusta" => I pour on piss.
> Urho => U r ho => You are a whore.

Paskan marjat! / Shit berries!

[Grace O'Malley]

I have relatives in Finland. Mebbe I should have them send me some real vodka.

LeAnn Kaattari