Do you really need to go to Brewdog when you've travelled all the way to Estonia?

No, not really. 

To be fair, I'm not sure you really need to go to the German beer hall either, but curiosity got the better of us.
And if we hadn't visited, I'd never had seen these fantastic washroom hand basins...

The Beer House (Dunkri 5, 10123 Tallinn - web) is a large German-themed eating and drinking establishment in the heart of the Old Town, made up of multiple rooms, much of which was hidden away behind closed doors when we visited at an off-peak time.

It's everything you'd expect:  shiny brewing coppers, large chunky tables, serving staff in dirdls, Bavarian beer hall music.
Stuffed animal diorama.  Of course... 

And all your favourite trad beer styles brewed on site - 7 in total at tourist-trap prices.  Half a litre of Märzen for €6.50, whilst a small plate of chips was a whopping €7.00.

I could just about cope with the beer price - this was an enjoyable, moreish, full-bodied amber ale.

It was that beer hall music I was struggling with - after hearing the Oompah band version of 'Roll Out the Barrel' for the third time in a row I was eyeing the exit and planning an escape.

Our final point of call in Tallinn was back in the Telliskivi Creative City area, where we made out way to the Purtse Tap Room (Telliskivi 60m, 10149 Tallinn - web).
Purtse brewery itself is located in the industrial region of Ida-Virumaa in the north-east of Estonia.  Celebrating the part of the country they hail from, the bottle labels feature industrial scenes and rugged coal miners.
Their tap room in the capital is welcoming and well set-up - with some nice bucket light shades...

There was a great choice on the taps and in the fridges at Purtse, from their very good 'Industrial' DIPA that I picked first, to the very weird 'Plaadimeri' tomato and chilli sour.

I grabbed a stubby bottle of 'Tuhamagi', an 11.5% imperial porter, as a takeaway.

 

"Do you really need that?" asked Mrs PropUptheBar, doubtfully.
No, not at all - a bottle of Lehe 'Cantognake Buffalo Trace BBA', purchased on day one from Uba Ja Humal, was waiting to be drunk back at the hotel.

A mere lightweight of a beer at 21%...

It was a much nicer tipple than you'd expect for such a stupidly strong beer.
But it left a nagging sense of worry about just what effect it would have on me and whether I'd be in a fit state the next morning to get up and catch the bus to Latvia...