Põhjala
Microbrewery
in
Tallinn,
Harju County,
Estonia 🇪🇪
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 2011
Contact
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!
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!
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a dark brown foamy head with some retention and some lacing notes. Aroma of chocolate notes with some oak notes with faint vanilla notes. Taste is also a mix of chocolate notes with some dry oak notes and faint vanilla notes with small residual sugar notes. Body is full with an oily texture and good carbonation with light discernible alcohol notes. Enjoyable BA stout but French oak doesn’t add a ton of flavours..
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2026
at 19:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Olmost black with a brown head - Malt aroma with chocolate - Malt body with chocolate flavours and bitterness - Malt and chocolate flavours goes into the finish - This was good
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2026
at 21:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle from Alko.
Poured deep brown in color, thin head.
Nice smoky malts, bacon, salt, wood and meat. Full bodied. Sweet finish. Pretty good.
Poured deep brown in color, thin head.
Nice smoky malts, bacon, salt, wood and meat. Full bodied. Sweet finish. Pretty good.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2026
at 12:25
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 10
Bottle shared, black beer, small head. Aroma is sweet, chocolate, fruit, dark ripe fruit, sweet, berries, vanilla. Taste is the same, cacao/chocolate, bitter sweet, fruit, berries, dark ripe fruit, cassis,
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2026
at 20:32
6.5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jan 2026
at 19:51
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 10
Bottle shared, black beer, small head. Aroma is malt, raisins, sweet, fruit, booze, hint of whiskey. Taste is the same, alcohol, dark ripe fruit, raisins, whiskey boozy, sticky sweet. very nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2026
at 17:38
8.5/10
I love Pohjala
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2026
at 13:42
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.33 l bottle shared with UPGZ at Goblet Beer Store, Zagreb. Dark brown to black, small beige head. Aroma is liquorice at first, molasses, dried fruit, a hint of nuts and lacquer. Smooth, sticky, medium body, honey and malt sweetness, biscuit, also liquorice, hints of wood, alcohol hidden. Finishes sweet but not too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Goblet Beer Store - Zagreb
on 30 Jan 2026
at 21:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Goblet, with the Zagreb homebrewers' association, thx guys! Very dark brown, no head. Caramel, treacle and raisins in the heavy malty aroma. Dry, caramelly taste, raisins, vanilla, some rye, light oxidation but mainly alcohol... rougher than the Roggenwolf and a bit overshadowed by it!
Tried
from Bottle
at
Goblet Beer Store - Zagreb
on 30 Jan 2026
at 21:30
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Goblet, with the Zagreb homebrewers' association, thx guys! Pitch black body, tiny off-white head.Creamy aroma, rye, raisins, bit herbal, treacle. Medium body, heading towards a lean, dry finish... for the strength at least. Raisins, prunes, rye malt, herbal touches, hugely drinkable for the ABV! Lovely!
Tried
from Bottle
at
Goblet Beer Store - Zagreb
on 30 Jan 2026
at 21:00