All four of us on this trip like museums, but Susanna likes them just that bit more. What might take Bev, Steve and myself around two hours to go around will take Susanna around nine hours. She’s fiercely clever and has a thirst for knowledge, but it means we’ve often finished when she’s still in the second room. That happened on this trip at the city’s history museum, so the three of us decided to go to a craft beer bar to wait for her.
Look at how tempting that little line-up is. Nicely curated with a range of beer styles and all clearly displayed. They had a wide selection of Põhjala beers, but I’ve been to their taproom in Tallinn twice and so was looking for something more local this time.
I ordered food and drink, Steve was ordering and Bev walked around looking lost. The team member was helpful in explaining which the local beers were, which helped me narrow down my four choices for the flight somewhat.
We visited on a Saturday afternoon and it’s fair to say that it wasn’t exactly packed with customers. But, it’s a popular venue, but more so in the evenings I’d suggest.
It’s all modern and on-trend. I like this kind of seating, although it’s not to everyone’s tastes.
And the beers. From left to right:
(i) Crux from Reservoir Dogs Brewery, this was a fruited gose which had a taste of mango, a salty edge and it was also refreshing and juicy.
(ii) Prule Pale Ale from Lobik, this was gentle, herbal and hoppy.
(iii) Prepovedana from Bevog Brewery, this was light, hoppy and clean.
(iv) Starvation from Reservoir Dogs Brewery, this had roasted flavours with tastes of coffee and chocolate.
I like a bit of beer themed artwork.
This is the slow baked grated beef hot dog with house marinade, smoked ketchup, salsa and fried onions. I thought that it was delicious, rich in flavour and chunky in portion size. It was a perfect complement to the beers that I’d ordered.
I really liked this venue, it was welcoming, friendly and felt inviting. It was also clean, the service was efficient and I very much enjoyed the beers and food. Even Bev didn’t grumble as she ordered about eight local white wines to go with her hot dog, so I’ll take that as a success.