Mika Laitinen

Viking Age Brew brings beer history alive and takes readers on a lavishly illustrated tour of rustic brew houses fueled by wood and passion. Sahti is a Nordic farmhouse ale that is still crafted in accordance with ancient traditions dating back to early medieval times and the Viking Age. Sahti is often thought of as a freak among beer styles, but this book demonstrates that a thousand years ago such ales were the norm in northern Europe, before the...