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Beer was classified into tax classes by law in Finland until the year 1995 when Finland joined the European Union.After joining the EU the law was reformed so that the tax is set directly by the percentage of alcohol by volume contained in the product: with 0.5–2.8% beers €0.02/cl of alcohol, with beers over 2.8% €0.0214/cl. [2] However, the old classifications are still voluntarily used ...
Alcoholic beverages have been produced and consumed in Finland at least since the Iron Age (500 BCE). [7] However, consumption of alcohol in its current scale is a new phenomenon - for example, even though beer (Finnish: olut) was consumed in the 15th century tens of times as much as nowadays, it was considerably milder than the beer of today. [8]
Class III beer is also, unofficially, divided into two sub-groups, "Mellanöl" ("in-between beer"), with ABV between 3.6% and 4.5%, and normal "strong beer" with ABV above 4.5%. There is no real maximum amount of how much alcohol Class III beer may contain, and amounts of 10%+ are common. Mellanöl used to be available in supermarkets between ...
This traditional farmhouse ale dates to the Viking era and is finding its way to the U.S.
This is a list of countries ordered by annual per capita consumption of beer. Information not provided for some countries is not given in the available sources. Note: The row number column is fixed. So you can choose what column to rank by clicking its header to sort it. * indicates "Beer in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
In Finland, keskiolut (mellanöl in Swedish, both meaning "middle beer") is a term for middle-strength beer having a minimum of 2.9% but a maximum of 4.7% alcohol by volume. Keskiolut has been the most popular alcoholic beverage in Finland ever since it was allowed to sell it at grocery stores.
Within Finland, sahti has differing characteristics depending on which part of the country it is from. It is often known as Tavastian beer from Häme (well-known sahti areas, such as Sysmä, Joutsa, Kuhmoinen and Lammi, are in Häme) but it is also made in Finland Proper and some parts of Central Finland. Every year the Finnish sahti brewing ...
Beer in Finland (2 C, 7 P) D. Finnish distilled drinks (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Finnish alcoholic drinks" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 ...