Põhjala was founded in Tallinn, Estonia at the end of 2011 by four Estonian beer enthusiasts and home brewers.

Soon thereafter the company was joined by a Scottish head brewer, Chris Pilkington, with a few years of Brewdog experience under his belt.

The first Põhjala beer, Öö Imperial Baltic Porter, was released in the beginning of 2013 and for most of that year, our beers were contract-brewed in other breweries’ production facilities while we prepared to open our own. Construction of our first brewery was completed in April 2014 in Tallinn’s Nõmme district.

Week one
First steel arriving to Nõmme facility
Team
Belgian crew visiting. TCBW vibe in the brewery

Starting out with just 5 × 24-hl fermenters, we more than quadrupled our annual production capacity in just 2.5 years.

Since 2014, Põhjala has poured beers at many beer festivals around the world — from TCBW organized by us in Tallinn, to Cigar City’s Hunahpu’s Day in Tampa, Florida and Young Master Invitational in Hong Kong.

Brewing at BBNo
Charlie, Norway Brewing Co.
Les Berthom, Lyon
Monterey, Berlin
Brewing Taanilinn
Kimchi Radio. Amsterdam

We have collaborated with good friends from breweries like Boneyard, Brew By Numbers, De Struise, Lervig, Stillwater Artisanal, Jester King, Stigbergets, Norway Brewing Company, Jing-A, Mallaskoski, Birrificio Italiano and To Øl. Our own beers span a broad range of styles, but with a particular focus on porters, barrel ageing, and ingredients from the forests of Estonia — as well as more contemporary styles.

ピガール
Speakeasy Bar
Brewing at Dream Brewers
Legendary Shanghai BeerLady

New era.

At the end of 2018, we moved to our new facility in the historical Noblessner shipyard area by the sea in North Tallinn.

The Põhjala Brewery and Tap Room now features a 50 hl Rolec brewhouse and Framax filing line, state of the art lab facilities and a tap room with 120 seats and 24 taps.

Põhjala currently exports to over 30 markets around the world and to almost every country in Europe. These contacts have brought us together with like-minded people all over the world.

Markets we sell beer to…

Austria
Australia
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Croatia
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Romania
Portugal
Singapore
Slovenia
Slovakia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States

The team

Ardo Uudmäe CEO
Martin Vahtra Head Brewer
Kristi Hagel Sales and Marketing
Rait Kulli Production
Bob Campell Lead Brewer
Kristen Karri Retail Manager
Michael Holman Head Chef
Samuel Oja Brewing
Juks Ojaperv Service Manager
Peeter Keek Business Development
Eha Lamp Finance
Marke Saaremets Design
Brit Hamburg Sales
Ronald Remmet Sales
Taivo Tamme Sales
Oliver Ploom Export Sales
Michael Hehir Brewing & Lab
Alar Arna Brewing
Loren Christopher Henry Brewing
Vitali Nikiforov Mechanic
Toomas Muuli Packaging
Andrei Sorokin Packaging
Karolina Vasser Media
Tiit Paananen Tech

Get in touch

Tap Room
Põhjala Retail OÜ
Book a table or a brewery tour →
+372 5666 2800
taproom@pohjalabeer.com

Brewery
Põhjala Brewing AS
Peetri 5, Tallinn 10415, Estonia
pohjala@pohjalabeer.com

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