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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7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Pours nice yellow, almost clear, nice white foam. Aroma is full, fullfillingly-wheaty, broad, soft and sweet-hoppy. White stuff that you get under the orange peels. Taste has some hops, goes down smooth and feels light. This beer has this milkiness or oatmeal or something I just can’t put my finger on - but what I like. Long bitter-dry aftertaste. Good stuff.
Tried from Can on 27 Mar 2015 at 05:09

6/10
Tried on 25 Mar 2015 at 13:24

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
17th March 2015
Lightly hazy amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and dry with a fine minerally crispness. Thin malts with a slightly bitter caramel and toffee. Smooth transition to marmalade and bitter peel. Well integrated bitter floralness. Thin malt cream before a dry finish. Bitter linger. Hangs together well, pretty drinkable.
Tried on 21 Mar 2015 at 13:41

6/10
Tried on 20 Mar 2015 at 10:15

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
(Bottle, 0.33 l - batch 059 - BB 040915, at Bryggeri Helsinki, 20150313) The beer poured amber and almost clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had black currant leaves, fruitiness, nettles and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were pineapple, peach, black currant leaves, malts, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy and bitter. Nicely balanced brew showing the characteristics of the hop.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2015 at 08:25

7.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap at Speakeasy, Tallinn. Pours black with light brown head. Aroma is cherry, roast, metallic notes. Flavor is sour-sweet-bitter, cherry, roast, malt, some metallic notes. Metallic notes disappear from aroma and flavor after it warms up. Overall: very nice, dangerously drinkable for the ABV. Tried the bottle version, not as good as the tap, but still nice enough. Rating: 6:5:7:4:15=3.7 This got a lot better as it aged a couple of months (at list the first batch), they clearly released it too soon. Rating updated.
Tried from Draft on 08 Mar 2015 at 08:45

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
On tap at Speakeasy, Tallinn. Black with a modest beige head. Somewhat vinous aroma with cherries, dark malt, chocolate and hints of licorice and alcohol. Medium sweet with rich malty and fruity flavours, some acidity and a modest bitterness. Medium to full body with carbonation slightly on the soft side. Flavourful, tasty and vinous.
Tried from Draft on 07 Mar 2015 at 12:20

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. An unclear, light brown beer with a dense, light beige head. The aroma is nutty and caramelish, with some roasted notes too. Some dried fruits and piney notes. The flavor has a decent bitterness and sweetness, with nuts, roasted malts and milk chocolate. Hints of prunes. It’s full-bodied and lightly warming, with a lasting finish. Quite tasteful and dangerously easy drinkable this one. 150228
Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2015 at 12:29

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Leicht süßer Antrunk, etwas bitter. Spritzig, karamellig, die Süße ist nicht aufdringlich, süffig, harmonisch. Leicht hefig. 9/10/9/9/8/9
Tried on 28 Feb 2015 at 12:23

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draught @ Bryggeri Helsinki Pours dark orange with a smooth head. Aroma of juicy tropical fruits, citrus, pine, grass, citrus, toffee and caramel. Taste is fruity, hoppy and malty with some hints of caramel, pine, toffee, citrus and lemon. Finish is hoppy, a bit stuffy and sweetish with some caramel, juicy fruits, toffee and tropical notes. Quite tasty, but just a tad unbalanced and stuffy, slightly too sweet. Almost, but not quite.
Tried on 27 Feb 2015 at 11:02