Takatalo & Tompuri Brewery

Microbrewery in Virolahti, Kymenlaakso, Finland 🇫🇮

Established in 2016

Contact
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 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
0,33l bottle from the brewery, enjoyed @ home. Pours clear amber with a medium head. Aroma is malts with pine and citrus. Flavor is malts with caramel, pine, hops. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Oct 2023 at 20:23

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
18th October 2023, tasting with minutemat at my place, this was a shared sample from Grumbo. Misted golden body, no head. Light smoked ham aroma and taste, peaty.
Tried on 20 Oct 2023 at 06:53

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Keg @ Pikkulintu Ruttopuisto, Helsinki. 18.10.2023. Poured amber color, thin dense head. Slightly nutty, caramel malty, deep. Medium bodied, bready malty. Excellent. Best of the three märzen on tap at that time ( Närke and Rothaus).
Tried from Draft on 19 Oct 2023 at 08:58

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sample thanks to grumbo, shared with blackhaddock. Murky gold in the glass, charred caramelised smoked meat aroma, continues to taste presenting a pleasant balanced smoked character. Decent.
Tried on 19 Oct 2023 at 08:44

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
--Sample, thanks oh6gdx! -- Black, rich beige head. Aroma of cocoa powder and chocolate cake. Sweet with near full body and rounded mouthfeel. Ashy burnt malt on chocolate cake. Long bitter finish. Lacking depth, and has a bit of the dreaded cakeyness.
Tried on 05 Oct 2023 at 21:02

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
24/9/2023. Bottle courtesy of Teemu. 5.0% abv. Region #430. Finnish region 15/19. Pours almost clear dark golden with a small frothy white head. Aroma is smoked, malts, grains, old campfire and smouldering socks. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness with mild smokiness. Moderate body, average carbonation. Not a style I’m especially fond of, some I like but this one didn’t work so well for me.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Sep 2023 at 15:16

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Rated at Olutravintola Pikkulintu Kontula. Soft and slightly roasty with hints of smoke, ash and earthiness, oatmeal. A bit thin bodied
Tried on 02 Sep 2023 at 15:17

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Tried on 02 Sep 2023 at 06:35

5.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottled 330ml (PBF XIII) Golden colour, small white head. Grassy grainy aroma. Light-bodied. Sweetish malty, grassy flavours. Neh. (5/2/5/2/9 2.3)
Re-rated bottle at home. Grassy and grainy. Ok 6/2/6/2/11 2.7
Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2023 at 22:39

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33cl bottle. PBF XIII. Poured golden in color. Quite sweet, malty, light bodied, grainy mostly.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2023 at 22:36