Do. Your.
Own. Thing.

Building the future

We followed our own advice and are Doing. Our. Own. Thing. Vaat is currently building a brewery and a bar in the center of Tallinn.

Our VISION is a place of great fresh beers, low-alcohol alternatives and other interesting beverages where beer lovers from around the world meet to witness the latest innovation in ecologically sustainable, high-quality micro brewing.

In 2019 and 2020 we were able to secure the financial means to realise our dream.

We are very grateful to our amazing community, our many helpers, our 188 investors, the state of Estonia, and the EU for their support. This is a truly ambitious project on a rather tight budget. Our excessively hard work is currently being rewarded with the luck of the brave. There is struggle, there is progress, there are setbacks, there's success.

While the bar has already celebrated its first anniversary, the brewery is still to be completed. In the meantime we're also working on a new website. Stay tuned!

Teeme oma asja ja ehitame tulevikku

Vaat pruulikoja eesmärk on toota head õlut, vastutustundlikult. Selleks oleme Tallinna kesklinna ehitamas innovatiivset, väikseima jalajäljega pruulikoda Eestis (et mitte öelda maailmas).

Pruulikoja ehitamiseks saime toetust kokku 188 erainvestorilt, Eesti riigilt ja Euroopa Liidult. Oleme teile lõputult tänulikud!

Lisaks pruulikojale on valmimas ka uus veebileht, kus saab olema rohkem ja oluliselt detailsemat infot nii pruulikoja kui meie toodete kohta. Seni palume lisainfo saamiseks pöörduda meie poole läbi meie sotsiaalmeediakanalite või meiliaadressil [email protected].

Terviseks!

The investments of our 188 shareholders have been supported by ARIB (PRIA) within the framework of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). In 2019, we were awarded a grant of 175'000€ to aid the purchase of production equipment for the new brewery.

Meie 188 osaniku investeeringuid toetab Euroopa Maaelu Arengu Põllumajandusfond (EAFRD) raames PRIA. 2019. aastal saime uue pruulikoja tootmisseadmete soetamiseks toetust summas 175 000 eurot.

Our Taproom & Community

The Vaat Taproom is located in the heart of Tallinn, in Telliskivi TLN. We are open from Wednesday to Saturday. Come and enjoy our beers and meads in a cozy atmosphere, take a tour of our brewery, participate in a guided tasting, play a board game with friends, or just hang out.

For all information regarding our taproom visit taproom.vaat.ee

Faces of Vaat

Our community is the most important part of our adventure. It's what makes it all worth it.

Check out the growing number of beautiful Faces of Vaat, a photography project by Anna Meurer.

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Our beers & meads

Supernova

Modern Lager
alc 4.8% vol

Supernova is a crisp and crushable modern lager! It combines high drinkability with a gentle sweetness and a moderate floral bitterness. As our first ever pale lager beer it started as an experiment and became a keeper.

Supernova won the Untappd community award for the best pale lager in Estonia in 2023!

Available.

People Pleasner

Hoppy Pilsner
alc 4.8% vol

This dry hopped single hop Pilsner has one purpose - to let Enigma shine! Enigma is an exciting hop variety from Australia which lends the beer the aromas and flavours of tart berries, tropical fruits, and white grapes.

People Pleasner hasn't won any awards yet, but it sure has won many hearts and palates already with its unique hoppy freshness!

Available.

Finally!

Micro IPA
alc 2.9% vol

We love small beers, and we think there’s not enough of them. Incredibly easy drinking with a body that belies the low ABV, this pale malt and Mosaic SMaSH brew is the perfect lunch beer. This is the first recipe we developed at our new brewery in Telliskivi, Tallinn. Finally!

Available.

Kveikly Now

Farmhouse IPA
alc 5.3% vol

Kveik is a Norwegian farmhouse yeast, which gives this beer a farmhouse IPA quality. It's a balanced, crisp, and flavorful brew with a hazy appearance. It has a warm fruitiness, hints of citrus, and herbal notes, with just the right amount of funk.

Available.

Witty Nelson

Wit
alc 5.2% vol

Summer in a can. This Belgian-style wheat beer is dry-hopped with Nelson Sauvin, delivering tropical fruit, white wine aromas, and a hint of spice. This refreshing twist on a traditional style has been a Vaat classic since our beginnings and is now brewed fresh in Tallinn, Estonia.

Available.

The Coast is Clear

West Coast IPA
alc 5.8% vol

Simcoe, Columbus, Centennial and a bitter finish. This is a throwback to the good old days. Weʼve been going on about how there are not enough West Coast IPAs, well, here's one!

Available.

Tallinner Weizen

German Hefeweizen
alc 4.4% vol

Tallinn has given us a lot. Here's where we grew up in terms of beer. Before the arrival of the IPA we had the Belgians and the German wheat beers. It's time to give something back. This is for Tallinn, a city where German beer culture and wheat have always been first class citizens.

Available.

Happy Endeavours

White Session IPA
alc 4.5% vol

Brewing is ultimately a happy endeavour! With this hoppy wheat beer, we want to celebrate that fact. This flavourful Session IPA is brewed with El Dorado and dry hopped with Centennial.

Available.

Fizzy Bee

Dry sparkling mead
alc 4.8% vol

This light and refreshing Melomel is brewed with organic Estonian honey and a little mango. It is fermented with white wine yeast from the Vinho Verde region of Portugal.

Available.

Our Brewery

It is our mission to lower the ecological footprint of artisanal beer production in every way we can. Thanks to our amazing community, we were able to build a highly innovative brewing system on which we’re brewing the beers we love to drink.

We make balanced, drinkable and clean beers that can withstand the test of time.

Our legacy beers

Jailhouse Brew

Russian Imperial Oatmeal Stout
ABV 9.1%

“If thrown in the old jailhouse, this is the beer we cook. Jailhouse Brew is complex and opaque like the story that got us locked up. It’s coffee, smoke and body salts behind iron bars, and it’s strong enough to get us out again.”

Out-of-stock. We miss you, JB. You'll be back some day.

Witty Nelson

Wit inspired ale
ABV 5.5%

Summer in a bottle. Dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Witty Nelson starts off as the perfectly refreshing summer beer. As it ages, the tropical notes make way for a growing complexity of wit spiciness, saison characteristics, and the elegant aromas of white wine.

Partially available. Our good old superstar is now available in a can!

Lager than Life

Hoppy Vienna Red
ABV 4.7%

Some beer archeology, quite a bit of Vienna malt, Tettnanger and Citra dry hops. This Vienna Red, an almost extinct style, is our contribution to the world of Lager. This is not a generic loveless brew, this is Lager than Life.

Out of stock. Not in production anymore. Maybe a comeback in a can someday?

Blimey!

New England Double IPA
ABV 8.0%

Baconian, Balanced, Beauteous, Beautiful, Becoming, Bedazzling, Befriended, Believable, Belonging, Beloved, Beneficial, Benignant, Better, Better-than-before, Best, Bewitching, Beyond dreams, Big.

Out of stock. Not in production anymore.

IPK

Session IPA
ABV 4.6%

Pilsner malt and Kölsch yeast. Amarillo and Jarrylo. Crisp, aromatic, highly drinkable. Our take on the session IPA – the IPK.

Out of stock. Not in production anymore.

Forest Dubbel

Belgian Ale with Estonian Cowberries
ABV 7.5%

A salute to the Estonian autumn. This beer blends the malt and yeast forward qualities of Belgian ales with the sour, fruity and refreshing notes of hand-picked Estonian cowberries.

Seasonal, currently not available but will be back in a can for sure.

San of a Birch

Nordic Sake Beer
ABV 7.0%

A prototype we can't wait to produce.

Not released yet. It's about time, right?

The Vaat manifesto

Don’t run after the market. Follow your drive and curiosity. Create the market.
Beer styles are like crutches. Learn to walk without them, they’re limiting your movement.
Be anti-mainstream even in an anti-mainstream environment. Spend your “fucks given” wisely.
Don’t be afraid of taking the hard way. Doing things right creates true satisfaction. Quality is not negotiable.
Never stop improving. Your process, your beers, yourself. Innovation is the only way to win.
Don’t compare to others. Ignore the haters, love those who appreciate what you do. Include them in your dream.
Do your own thing.

Where we grew up

In our nomadic period we developed all our recipes at our lab brewery in Tallinn, Estonia. With great care for quality and detail we brewed and improved each recipe until we were happy with the result. Most of the beers we created in that way were then produced in Belgium, at the renowned De Proefbrouwerij. We also brewed at a couple of Estonian breweries.