Finland

The Nordic countries seem to fall too far north of the European "beer belt" to be known for great beer. The region's distilled spirits are more common on American retail shelves than any of its beers, except those of the Danish brewing giant Carlsberg. And a history of prohibition movements and tight government control of alcohol hardly suggests a friendly beer culture.

But for this beer lover, Finland had three strong attractions that made a trip across seven time zones an exciting prospect. It is the home of sahti, one of the oldest surviving beer styles in the world. Next, Finland lies along the trade route that took dark ales into Russia, and one of Finland's major breweries has for half a century brewed a world-class Baltic porter. Finally, in the past decade or less, Finland has seen the growth of a small but impassioned craft beer culture.

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