Takatalo & Tompuri Brewery

Microbrewery in Virolahti, Kymenlaakso, Finland 🇫🇮

Established in 2016

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Uskintie 23 C, Ravijoki, Virolahti, 49980, Finland
Description
Takatalo & Tompuri Brewery is located in the heart of the picturesque Finnish countryside in Virolahti—just 165 kilometers from Helsinki. We combine ancient farming techniques with the most modern brewery technologies in a unique way.

We grow malting barley and oat on our own fields, source the water from own well, and smoke the malt in our brewery to ensure the high quality of each bottle of our award-winning beers. Our beer is truly sustainable and locally produced. We grow beer!

The name of our beer, Kaski, derives from the traditional Finnish agricultural method of creating fields for crops and fertile soil by slashing and burning plots of forestland. With respect to our forefathers’ and foremothers’ hard work, we proudly call our beer Kaski.

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7/10
New region! I quite like this
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2025 at 00:42

7.4/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Rated on 13.3.2025.
Nice smokey notes in the aroma. Fruity, sweet banana flavors. Medium bodied, very good drinkability. Balanced. Could be smokier even.
Tried on 03 Jul 2025 at 11:27

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Keg @ CBH 2025.
Poured light mahogany in color.
Clean, malty, good English IPA. Dryish, bitter finish.
Tried on 30 Jun 2025 at 12:28

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
(Bottle, 0.33 l, from a supermarket, 20250622) The beer poured golden and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had honey, citrus fruits and grain. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were citrus fruits, grain, grass and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy and bitter. Nice hoppy brew with grainy notes.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jun 2025 at 17:19

7/10
Crisp, grassy and grainy malty with some herbal notes, hay, hints of fruits, rustic earthiness and lingering bitterness in the finish. Crisp and rustic pils, pretty good
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jun 2025 at 15:02

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 5 Overall 6
Smell of wheat, smoke. Cloudy orange colour, small white head. Aroma of banana, smoke, wheat, some clove and tar in finish. Soft carbon. Light body. Quite typical rauchweizen.
Tried from Draft at Roudaribaari Ihme on 11 Apr 2025 at 13:37

6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
A dark orange colour, a head is very small and blond. Aroma has fruitness of citrus, also grain and some caramel. Taste has grain and only some fruitness, low bitterness. Medium bodied. Where is fruitness?
Tried from Bottle from K-Citymarket (Turku Kupittaa) on 19 Mar 2025 at 14:34

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 6
CBH Winter. Hazy orange, small white head. Smokey, muddy aroma. Light-bodied to medium-bodied. Nice smokeyness, otherwise a bit flat and watery. Low bitterness. Disappointing one from Takatalo.
Tried from Draft on 15 Mar 2025 at 17:43

7/10
Smooth, sweetish and slightly fruity with some smokiness, leathery ham, banana, wheaty yeastiness and hints of earthiness. Surprisingly easy going, but pretty balanced. Expected a bit more intense bitterness and smokiness, but still quite good
Tried on 14 Mar 2025 at 18:24

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
(Keg at Pikkulintu Puotila, 20250313) The beer poured reddish amber and cloudy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had smoke, clove, earth, banana and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, grass, smoke, banana, clove and bitterness. Aftertaste had smoke, malts and bitterness. Tasty and balanced brew with spicy yeast and not too strong smokiness.
Tried from Draft at Olutravintola Pikkulintu (Puotila) on 13 Mar 2025 at 15:53