<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n For anyone new to the craft beer world, the term gypsy brewery might be new to you. Gypsy brewers are simply beer makers who hire the facilities of a brewery to go and make their beers. For brewmasters Silver and Tanel of Kalamaja Pruulikoda their passion for beer has turned from friends knocking on their door asking them to make more homebrew, into one of Estonia\u2019s oldest and most loved gypsy breweries. Their current beers include Retro Olu and Desperado, both of which have eye-catching labelling – but for opposite reasons. <\/span><\/p>\n I think small breweries are keeping the homebrewer’s attitude and brewing great (and crazy) beers that bigger breweries do not risk to make, as they must please more people,\u201d explains Silver Solnask, brewmaster at <\/span>Kalamaja Pruulikoda.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the beginning of the pandemic, everyone was kind of uncertain what was going to happen, and breweries did very few brews. But soon they realised that in the summer people still wanted to drink great beer, and then everyone started to brew to fill the shortage, also the restrictions in the summer were not so strict,\u201d Silver recalls.<\/span><\/p>\n The brewery does not usually take part in competitions. However, \u201cwe have participated in one and got a silver medal at the Eesti Joogi Festival (Estonian Drink Festival) with our saison “Miss Haizon”, which is brewed with coriander seeds, orange peel and ginger,\u201d he reveals. <\/span><\/p>\n To get your hands on Kalamaja Brewery beers, head to Sip beer shop in Telliskivi, where you will also find a wide range of beers from other gypsy brewers in Estonia. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n At the other end of the spectrum is Estonia\u2019s largest and internationally most recognised craft beer brewery – Pohjala. And with this size comes a few benefits. Not only do they offer a larger range of core and special beers. They have an extremely popular tap room where you can try these beers along with tasty texas bbq inspired food. They also offer brewery tours, a sauna you can hire, and a shop. Unlike other craft beers made in Estonia, if you really hunt around, you may be able to find a shop stocking Pohjala back home. <\/span><\/p>\n Other similar breweries worth checking out include Sori Brewing Company and Kolk. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Beer Houses provide a kind of dream scenario for many beer lovers. Handcrafted beers made on-site that you can enjoy in a comfortable pub environment. Humalakoda in Tallinn\u2019s trendy Telliskivi area is a great example of a beer house done well. This passion project from the owners of Hell Hunt (one of Tallinn\u2019s most popular and iconic pubs) allows you to see right into both the kitchen and the brewery. They produce a handful of different beers on site, and if you are there at 6 pm on Wednesdays, brewmaster Jaan will show you around the brewery and answer all your questions free of charge. <\/span><\/p>\n Other similar beer houses in Tallinn worth your time include Kochi Aidad and the aptly named Beer House (in Tallinn\u2019s old town).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For any fan of craft beer, one of the best things about travelling somewhere new is getting your hands … Read more<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":105500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[14980,14981,14982,14983,14984,14977,14978,14979],"class_list":["post-105482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restaurants","tag-handcrafted-beer","tag-gypsy-brewery","tag-humalakoda-2","tag-pohjala-2","tag-beer-house-2","tag-craft-beer-estonia","tag-kalamaja-pruulikoda","tag-craft-beer"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105482"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105512,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105482\/revisions\/105512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/balticguide.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Silver-Solnask-Kalamaja-Pruulikoda-Retro-beer.jpg\")
Gypsy Brewing \u2013 Kalamaja Pruulikoda<\/b><\/h2>\n
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Craft Beer Breweries \u2013 Pohjala<\/b><\/h2>\n
Beer Houses – Humalakoda<\/b><\/h2>\n