Kask
Põhjala in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia 🇪🇪
Lager - Premium Regular|
Score
6.66
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A refreshing pale lager brewed with birch to capture Estonian nature and sauna culture.
Taste: From the first sip to the aftertaste, strong birch sauna whisk notes prevail. The beer has a rather full-bodied character. Although birch is dominant, it is pleasantly balanced with malty sweetness and a touch of citrusy hop bitterness.
Appearance: A clear golden-yellow beer with a dense, long-lasting white head.
Nose: The aroma is herbal, with a strong dominance of birch leaf scents. In the background, there’s a hint of sweet maltiness characteristic of lagers.
Malts: Pilsner malt, Dextrin malt
Hops: Hallertau Mittelfrüh, Birch
Taste: From the first sip to the aftertaste, strong birch sauna whisk notes prevail. The beer has a rather full-bodied character. Although birch is dominant, it is pleasantly balanced with malty sweetness and a touch of citrusy hop bitterness.
Appearance: A clear golden-yellow beer with a dense, long-lasting white head.
Nose: The aroma is herbal, with a strong dominance of birch leaf scents. In the background, there’s a hint of sweet maltiness characteristic of lagers.
Malts: Pilsner malt, Dextrin malt
Hops: Hallertau Mittelfrüh, Birch
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at the taproom. Pours clear golden, nose is grassy, hay, lemon, taste is zesty, sweet toffee, oats, floral. 6
Tried
on 03 May 2026
at 14:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: yellow color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which died off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: dark berries, birch wood sweetness; sweet grass and herbal tones, slight maltiness
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet quality: finishes malty and with the birch tones
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; some smoothness but also a little bit of dryness
Overall: okay lager to me but if I heard correctly this is a gluten free beer.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: yellow color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which died off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: dark berries, birch wood sweetness; sweet grass and herbal tones, slight maltiness
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine sweet quality: finishes malty and with the birch tones
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; some smoothness but also a little bit of dryness
Overall: okay lager to me but if I heard correctly this is a gluten free beer.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2026
at 18:45
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Põhja Konn, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma has very light birch and bready malt. Flavour is dry, with plenty of birch and dry bready malt. Dry, birchy finish. Pleasant.
Tried
from Draft
at
Põhja Konn
on 17 Nov 2025
at 04:27
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from friend, many thnaks. Pale golden color with medium white head. Aroma of pilsner malt, light birch, nice hops with honey dew, light berries, some herbs, apricots. Taste is hop centered with honey dew, some berries, lavender, hoppy bitterness complemented with biscuity malt, birch. Nice one.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Oct 2025
at 17:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12/IX/25 - on tap @ DOK Brewing (Ghent), BB: n/a (2025-865)
Clear light blond yellow beer, big creamy white head, unstable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: nice, a little malty, grains, fruity, white grapes, some pears, sweet impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty fruity start, pears, sweet impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty fruity start, pears, some banana, malty, good bitterness, a little floral. Aftertaste: malty, grains and hoppy, a bit grassy, hay, clean and crisp lager, very drinkable!
Clear light blond yellow beer, big creamy white head, unstable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: nice, a little malty, grains, fruity, white grapes, some pears, sweet impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty fruity start, pears, sweet impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty fruity start, pears, some banana, malty, good bitterness, a little floral. Aftertaste: malty, grains and hoppy, a bit grassy, hay, clean and crisp lager, very drinkable!
Tried
from Draft
at
Dok Brewing Company
on 12 Sep 2025
at 11:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap @MBCC 2025, Red Session. Clear golden white head. Malty, mild hoppy aroma. Sweet malty flavour, clean with nice bitter hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Sep 2025
at 20:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
440 ml can, as Põhjala Kask Forest Lager, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 5%. Gusher can. Slightly hazy pale golden colour, large white head. Aroma of pilsener malts, birch sap, birch leaves and floral and herbal hops. Soft mouthfeel and flavour. The flavour has the same elements as the aroma, a hint of citrus and honey, moderate bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Sep 2025
at 16:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Blik 44cl thuis. Malttonen, grassig, grainy, redelijk droog, bittertonen, citrustonen, licht hout, wat kruidig. (10-8-2025).
Tried
from Can
from
Marcels Drankenspeciaalzaak
on 10 Aug 2025
at 14:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0,44 boks fra statens velassorterte postordrekatalog, hjemme: nesten helt klar gylden med fint skum. Lys malt, bjørkesevje og -skog, florale toner og litt lynghonning. Lettdrikkelig med mild bitterhet og halvtørr avslutning.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jul 2025
at 18:29