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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8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
TCBW2026. Deep brown colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is wooden, some raisins, plum and dried fruits with vanilla and some toasted tones too. Flavour is raisins, plum, some alcohol with mild vanilla, toast as well as some wooden tones. Nice drinkability even though it's rather high ABV'd.
Tried from Draft on 29 May 2026 at 18:58

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
TCBW2026. Giolden colour wtih a mediumsized white head. Aroma is floral, fruity and some mild bready and biscuity malts to it. Flavour is quite similar in a very refreshing way. Easy going thirst quencher.
Tried from Draft on 29 May 2026 at 18:53

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Opaque colour and tiny beige head. Alcohol, coffee nose. Medium-bodied. Coffee, alcohol, roasted malts. A bit heavy on alcohol.
Tried from Draft at Põhjala Brewery & Tap Room on 29 May 2026 at 10:10

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Opaque colour and small beige head. Toasted, cocoa, rye spiceyness, vanilla in the nose. Medium-bodied to full-bodied. Sweetish, cocoa, vanilla, rye spiceyness in the flavour. Interesting.
Tried from Draft at Põhjala Brewery & Tap Room on 29 May 2026 at 09:59

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Opaque colour and small beige head. Ryeish, bready, whiskey aroma. Medium-bodied to full-bodied. Sweet, whiskey, rye spiceyness, vanilla. Dessert brew.
Tried from Draft at Põhjala Brewery & Tap Room on 29 May 2026 at 09:49

5.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
A bit cloudy golden color and small white head. Banana with some citrus in the nose. Light-bodied. Zesty, fruity flavour with banana notes. Tolerable.
Tried from Draft at Põhjala Brewery & Tap Room on 29 May 2026 at 09:42

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is floral, wheat, some herbal, mild earthy tones. Flavour is wheat, herbs, floral and some mild sweetish elements.
Tried from Draft at Põhjala Brewery & Tap Room on 29 May 2026 at 09:36

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is toffee, some liquorice, mild toasted tones with some wood. Flavour is liquorice, toffee, mild spruce, alcohol and wood.
Tried from Draft at Põhjala Brewery & Tap Room on 29 May 2026 at 09:31

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is liquorice, caramel, alcohol, toffee and some oak. Flavour is toffee, liquorice some berries and alcohol with mild wooden and plummy tones.
Tried from Draft at Põhjala Brewery & Tap Room on 29 May 2026 at 09:25

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is nutty, toasted, liquorice, mild fudge and some biscuits too. Flavour is quite similar, ending in a rather sweet way.
Tried from Draft at Põhjala Brewery & Tap Room on 29 May 2026 at 09:20