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    2. Lodju on

      First time i see something like this.

      The only thing close to this i know is “uppotukki” where you drop a schnaps glass of whiskey or bourbon into a beer glass and drink it all in one go.

    4. Nuuskapeikkonen on

      In the Tampere bar scene you’ll see bartenders call that a ‘Mickey Mouse.’ Or ‘Mikki Hiiri.’ It’s basically just two shots taken in ‘bomb’ fashion. Some people do jallu and minttu with a mixer. Some people do jäger and kossu. Just depends on the bar.

    7. grandBBQninja on

      It’s jaloviina, vodka and lingonberry juice if I remember correctly. It’s important the vodka is never Russian.

    8. gofndn on

      It’s called pirunpää. A Finnish drink that’s popular with special forces.

      To enjoy the drink, one takes the Jaloviina shotglass dropping the Koskenkorva shot into the cranberry juice. The juice is drank after the Jaloviina shot, typically consumed at once without stopping.

    11. comrade_fluffy on

      The drink is called pirunpää. It’s an special forces drink containing Finnish vodka (never Russian) then 1 star Jaloviina and cranberry juice. I don’t remember the exact meanings of the 2 shots. But you can drink this in two ways. Surumalja and ilonmalja. Depending on what you drop into the juice and what you drink plain

    13. Haanipoju on

      My friend makes these as a starter drink at house parties.

      These are called “pirunpää” or “erikoisjoukko-shotti” in english roughly translates to devilshead or special forces-shot. According to my friend it was a drink made by paratrooppers at Utin jääkärirykmentti.

      You have a glass with lingonberry juice with a shot of Finnish vodka and a shot of jaloviina. The way you drink this supposedly has some meaning about commemorating a fallen comrade. We usually drink it by first drinking the vodka shot and then wash it down with the lingonberry juice now mixed with jaloviina.

    14. Kamakraze on

      It is called Pirunpää, a toast used by the special forces. You can drink it in a celebratory way, or to honor the fallen. It depends which shot you drink first as the other mixes with the juice below.

      The different drinks symbolize different things and there is sort of a ritual in making the toast.

    17. AirportCreep on

      Special forces glass. The vodka represents strength, wisdom and bravery. The jaloviina represents life, the cranberry juice represents the blood of a soldier.

      When celebrating you drink the jaloviina first. When mourning, the vodka is drunk first.

      The rest is drunk bottoms up. Before you drink, everyone says ‘repun kannosta’, which directly translates to ‘for carrying a backpack’.

      The saying comes from when a long distance recoinnasance soldiers was asked why he was awarded the Mannerheim cross during WW2, to which he answered, for carrying a backpack. The saying now symbolises how the deceased is carrying the our burdens and we thank them. Something like that.

    18. Ok_Prize_7491 on

      That, my friend is over priced tourist trap.

      You go to tourist trap and ask if something is traditional. Lol