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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7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Quite sweet. Some salty dark malts, dark dried fruits, earth, modest roast. Fairly simple.
Tried from Bottle at Craft Beer Junction on 04 Mar 2026 at 19:56

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 9 Overall 8
Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to me. A opaque black brown coloured pour halo of tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, jammy fruits, earthy roast, blackberry, raspberry, tayberry.. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, fruit culle, jammy berry fruits blackberry, earrhy roast, toast, liquorice.. Palate is semi sweet, chewy velvety oily, mellow carbonation. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2026 at 19:32

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2026 at 19:29

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 9.5 Texture 9 Overall 9.5
0,33 bottle. Megszokott egyszerű Pöhjala címke mögött egy szép barnásfekete sör, vékonyan megmaradó világosbarna habbal. Aroma: karamell maláta, pörkölt illat, valamennyi étcsoki is érződik, de inkább kőkemény pörkölt malátásság. Testes. 10%, ennek megfelelően olajos, komoly, nehéz desszert hatású, lassan kortyolgaós sör. Imperial, és nem stout, hanem porter - nem is annyira földes és kávés, inkább lágyabb, csokisabb, kekszesebb, édesebb az egész lecsengése. Szénsav kevés, de ebben nem is szabadna többnek lenni. Kakaós, komoly, finom, ahogy melegszik a szívet lelket is melengeti. Alkohol picit érződik, de kiemelkedő sör!
Tried from Bottle on 04 Mar 2026 at 19:19

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Med-full bod, light carbo. Very high sugary candyish sweetness, marshmallows.lots of caramel too. Darkness is more like burnt sugar, molasses. Barely med bitter. Feels watery despite ABV. Background warmth, everything is killed by the sweetness. OOB.
Tried from Draft at Beerdock Bratislava on 04 Mar 2026 at 08:29

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle split at the CBJ tasting, thanks to Fergus, 04/03/2026.
Black topped with a khaki cap that veers to the edge over time.
Nose is chocolate, roast malts, dried red berries.
Taste comprises roast malts, spice, charr, chocolate dipped raisins, molasses.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, drying close with a mellow boost.
Not bad.
Tried on 04 Mar 2026 at 00:00

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Clear rose. Aroma is light raspberry light oat, a little yoghurt, not much. Taste is sweet juice with light sourness and slight bitterness. Overall pretty shy and thin bodied. Tasty though.
Tried from Can on 03 Mar 2026 at 22:13

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Draft. Black beer with a brown head. Chocolate and coffee aroma. Chocolate and coffee flavor with dark fruit. Medium bodied. Chocolate and coffee linger with dark fruit.
Tried on 03 Mar 2026 at 21:00

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle 33cl. @home poured into a teku glass. Pitch black, small moussy tan head, mostly diminishing, some lacing. Aroma roasted malt, cocoa, coffee, liquorice, hint dark fruit, some vanilla, alcohol. Taste light light heavy sweet and slightly bitter, roasted malt, dark chocolate, caramel, coffee, treacle, vanilla notes, alcohol. full-bodied, oily texture, soft carbonation, well-balanced, vanilla sweetness and booziness towards the end, very good.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Mar 2026 at 18:42

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Opaque colour, tiny brownish head. Roasted nose has whiskey and touch of soya sauce. Medium-bodied to full-bodied. Roasted, plenty of warming alcohol, peaty whiskey is evident. On sweet side. A bit rough, maybe mellows over the time. Couldn't find BB from bottle neck.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2026 at 19:32