Põhjala

Microbrewery in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia 🇪🇪
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2011

Contact
Peetri 5, Tallinn, 10415, Estonia
Description
Põhjala Brewery is the brainchild of three friends and beer aficionados who, like many a future craft brewer, got tired of the tasteless watery lagers that the faceless megacorporations have saturated the beer market with.

We brew small batches of hand crafted ales, using the best malts, loads of mostly New World hops and a relentless passion for good beer. When creating our beers, we are inspired by Nordic nature, Estonian new cuisine and the work of our fellow microbrewers in the U.S., UK and Scandinavia who, in our opinion, are leading the craft beer revolution.

In hops we trust!

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7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
330 ml botle. Pours somewhat hazy, quite dark actually, not so white. Has a nice hop aroma, fruity and actually with a sweet sugary candy note. Hop aroma comes out in the taste too, bitter, lemon seed bitterness and freshness totally there. Hop resins stay in the mouth for long after the last sip. Enjoyable, drinks easy, very nice brew.
Tried from Can on 22 Dec 2014 at 15:15

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Pudel, Tallinn. Slightly hazy golden with a white head. Fruity and very lemony aroma with notes of tropical fruits, herbs, malt and just a hint of pine and caramel. Medium to moderate sweet with a lemony acidity and a quite nice bitterness. Refreshing!
Tried from Draft on 19 Dec 2014 at 14:22

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Pours hazy yellow, a bit of foam but only a thin layer, not staying long. Aroma is interesting. Straight after pouring the beer out from the bottle it smelled of ... manure, for the lack of a better word. Smelled like fresh manure but in a good way. Later after it got more oxygen, aroma changed to something sour with a slight wet malty note. Taste was sour, dry and without any residual sweetness. No extra flavours, only sourness and wet malts, a bit of wet bread. I haven’t had too many Berliner Weisse’s in the past and those that I had were all using some kind of fruits. This one is pure and basic and I am happy it is what it is.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2014 at 14:15

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a nice yellow color. Crisp and smooth wheat ale with notes of vanill, eldeberries and grain. Medium bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2014 at 09:48

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
33 cl bottle from my mate Ville (non-ratebeer), brought from Estonia, sampled in Eindhoven on December 13, 2014.BB 23/03/15.Clear dark brown color, big fluffy lasting tan head. Sweet, malty, rye scent. Malty, sweet, toasted, roasted taste. Roasted aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, dry medium high bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2014 at 07:50

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Bottle. Pours amber. Rather random hoppy ale, this bottle felt slightly old.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2014 at 17:21

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Bottle shared at chriso’s pre-Christmas tasting. Pours clear gold with a foamy white head. The nose has some pine, ripe citrus, herbs, pale bread. Medium sweet flavor with ripe citrus fruits, grainy pale bread, grass, marmalade, herbs. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet on the finish, lightly resinous, with sugary pale malts, melon, ripe tangerine. So so.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2014 at 08:28

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at chriso’s winter tasting 7/12/2014. Clear golden / reddy coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is nice pollen floral hop, light citrus lemon, green hop leaf. Flavour is composed of green hop, spicy hop, leafy, some sweet caramel and light biscuit. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation Slightly dirty assertive hop bitterness. Decent ipa.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2014 at 07:49

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at chriso’s winter tasting 7/12/2014. Dark caramel coloured pour with a thin cream head. Aroma is hot alcohol, sweet, nutty spicy, praline. lactose. Flavour is tart berry, choc, roast, cocoa powder. Plate is light medium bodied, highish carbonation, gassy. Don’t get much barrel.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2014 at 07:37

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle shared at chriso’s pre-Christmas tasting. Pours rich brown with a frothy tan head. The nose holds well toasted bread with mild cocoa, berries, grape skin. Light-medium sweet flavor with subtle alcohol, roast, cocoa, dried berries, dark fruits, some drying wood. Medium bodied, creamy, with fine carbonation. Lightly warming finish with soft berry tang, burnt toffee, understated, cocoa, earth. Not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2014 at 07:35