Põhjala Cellar Series - Taara Avita!
A multi-layered stout aged for 6 months in rum barrels from the island of Martinique.
The beer is named with the ancient Estonian war cry that was used when attacking the enemy. You might want to pronounce it something like Tah-rah ah-vee-tah! and it means ’May Thor help us!’
The beer is named with the ancient Estonian war cry that was used when attacking the enemy. You might want to pronounce it something like Tah-rah ah-vee-tah! and it means ’May Thor help us!’
3.8
173 reviews
Tallinn, Estonia
Community reviews
Pitch brown, small creamy coffee head. Roasted classic aroma, bit of alcohol. Medium body, a bit smoky, licorice and a bit of tar. Alcohol in the aftertaste.
Bottle with friends, thanks Tide! Black with tan head. Raisin, wine yeast. Watery and flat with wine, char, rum, booze. Either too young or too old. Hard to tell.
Bottle. Pitch black color, small creamy head. Aroma of roasted malts, oak and rum. Medium body and low carbonation. Taste is fruits, roasted malt, wood, herbs, caramel, rum, boozy finish.
Tap at Zmogsala beer fest. Chocolate, caramel, rum, quite roasted, some vanilla, alcoholic. Black body, ok head. Medium-high body, low carbonation, semi-sweet finish.
33 cl. bottle. Low fluffy and quickly disappearing light brown head. Pitch black body. Alcohol dominated rum aroma and flavor. Little hops bitterness, low carbonation, long finish.
Die Kirsche spielt sich klar in den Vordergrund, bei diesem muffligen Fassbutterfeuerwerk. Am Ende gibt’s noch harzige Earthhops zu bewundern. Der Kamin ist gesetzt und auch zum Löschen eines Schwarzwälder Kirschtortenbrandes ist es geeignet 😁.....läßt einen, sozusagen, gemütlich ausgleiten ...Sour&Sweet?? A Problem?? No Way!!! Hier wird geklotzt und nicht gekleckert😍...Fass&Schnaps!!! Gott erhalts!!! Schwerwiegend!!! In vielerlei Hinsicht 🙂.0,33 Buddel from BEYOND BEER HH.Ca.8€. Marzipanlakritzattack..aaahhhh...✨ .
Bottle. Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. Rumbarrel too present. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Intense flavor. but a Little too much rum for me.
The aroma is full of chocolate, coffee, caramel, vanilla, smoke, oak and dried fruits. The color is pitch black and there is no head. The taste is full of chocolate, coffee, caramel, vanilla, smoke, oak, dried fruits, cane sugar, rum and charred oak. A nice beer! More breweries should age their stouts on rum barrels, it’s just better than bourbon barrels.
Taara Avita czyli Rum Barrel Aged Stout ;)
Powiem, że pół roku w beczkach po rumie zrobiło swoje, naprawdę super efekt. Polecam jak ktoś będzie miał okazje ;)
Bottle from TidensFarver. Pours black with a light brown head. Aroma and taste is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee notes, lots of rum, oak. Medium to full body. Soft carbonation. Nice finish with lots of rum. Excellent.
Bottle thanks to Anders. Aroma of rum, light booze and mild chocolate. Dark brown colour with tan head. Taste is moderate sweet and light bitter. Medium body, oily- feel, sweet rum finish.
Dunkler und schwerer, etwas alkoholischer Antrunk. Cremig, etwas Vanille, zurückhaltende Noten von Rum. Süffig, angenehme milde Süße. Die Malznoten bleiben cremig, steigend holzig, Bitterschokolade. Weich. 8/12/11/12/11/12
Bottle (thanks martjoobolut). Pitch black with moderate, light brown head. Good head retention and moderate lacing. Aroma is light heavy malty - roasted, coffee, dark chocolate, molasses, candy-like. Definitely moderate to high rum notes. Somewhere behind nice light to moderate dark fruits accents (prunes, raisins) with some oaky and woody accents. Taste is moderately to heavy sweet and light to moderately bitter - long duration, stable. Medium to full body, smooth and thick texture, soft carbonation. Finish is candy, semi-sweet, roasted, chocolate, rum. ABV is slightly warming an pinching in the end. In overall good brew, ABV is well hidden, not very complex, rum notes dominate somehow this beer.
Apperance; An Opaque dark brown with a small light brown head.
Aroma: dark malts, roast, lightly peat, wood,earth, leaves,rum. Taste: dark malts,liquorice, hints of smoke and peat, some herbs, some rum and wood tones,moderately bitter, light to moderate sweet, odd water splash in the finish. IBody seems to be below average and carbonation is also on the softer side..
Feels a bit thin for such big beer.
AIBF2016. Black pour with a pale mocha head. Roasty malt and spicy fruity quality rum nose. Raisins, prunes, coffee and chocolate. Slightly sweet, slightly bitter, fruity spicy taste. Round velvety slightly astringent mouthfeel. Very nice and balanced. Love the rum presence. Quality impy!
Practically black with small brown head. Malty aroma followed by strong winey notes, also something of bread and roasted grain. Sweet-sour taste with rum notes and medium strong bitterness on the background. Lasting medium rum aftertaste.
330ml bottle. Pours dark brown with light tan head. Aroma has vinegar with hint of rum. Taste is intense salty liquirice, rum and sweet bitterness in the end. Nice, but could be more refined.
0,33l bottle from Alko webstore. Pours very dark brown with a low tan head. Aroma is sweet roasted malts and rum. Flavor is sweet roasted malts, oak, rum, alcohol and some hops. Very good.
Bottle from Kavu. Pours pitch black with medium head. Aroma is roasted malts, wood, dark chocolate. Flavour is rum, vanilla, chocolate, liquorice.
33cl bottle. Leicht trübes dunkel orange braunes Bier mit einer geringen bräunlichen schaumkrone. Geruch intensiv holzig, dunkles malz, Kaffee, Vanille. Geschmack intensiv malzig, süß, Vanille, rum, holzig, dörrobst, Top!
33 cl. bottle. A black beer with a small beige head. Aroma and flavour of roasted malt, oak, caramel, rum, sweetness, coffee and bitterness.
Decent IMP, but it was quite late evening, so I wasnt impressed. Decent roasted malts, some coffee, dark choco, but I felt like rum BA didnt work well for my like in this one.
Kinda spicy, bit same time one dimensional sweet even for me. Otherwise decent sipper, but I have other choices from Pohjala
Bottle at home.
Black colored with a medium sized beige head.
Roasted aroma of oak and chocolate.
Roasted flavor of oak, chocolate, hops and alcohol.
Roasted and warming alcoholic finish.
Bottle from Tidens Farver. Black with a brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate, cocoa, coffee, wood and rum. Flavor is very sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with warming alcohol. Oily. 111216
Draught at Brewdog Stockholm. Black beer with a nice beige/brownish head. Chocolate and rum aroma, vanilla, caramel, cacao nibs and licorice. Rum and vanilla flavor, cacao nibs, raisins, some licorice. Quite well hidden alcohol.
Solid!
F: thin, brown, quick disappear.
C: dark opaque.
A: roasted malt, cocoa, dark chocolate, coffee, dark fruits, alcohol, vanilla, rum, hint of woody.
T: dark malt, dark chocolate, smoky, cocoa, vanilla, woody, hint of rum, liquorice, dark cherries, port wine, oily mouthfeel, full body, low carbonation, not the best but very tasty and good balanced, bottle (330 ml) from Malting Pot in Brussels.
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty caramel spicy woody rum aroma. Roasted malty sweetish woody spicy rum and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty woody spicy caramel finish.
Draught at All in Beer Fest 2016 session 3, 2016-11-05 Göteborg AR: roasted malt, aquavit AP: dark brown, wee stouty creamy F: roasted malt, coffey, vanilla 3,6
Bottle. Black. Roast, laurel, licorice and rhum in the aroma. Malty sweet and sour flavor. Oak, vanilla. Rhum, licorice, lemon. Caramel, roast. Maybe infected, but in a very nice way.
Aroma:
Medium/heavy aroma of malts, caramel, wood, dark fruit, chocolate, mocha, molasses, roasted malts, coffee and spices.
Appearance:
Opaque black beer with a slight/medium off-white/beige head.
Taste/Palate:
Starts medium/heavy sweet with malts, caramel, wood, dark fruit, chocolate, mocha and molasses; ends slightly bitter and dry with roasted malts, coffee and spices.
Overall:
This beer is intense, complex and balanced. That rum really helps the dark fruit and spices shine through the roasted malts. What a great intense and yet mellow flavour, so extremely complex.