Himo

Visited Panimo Himo last month and was quite thoroughly impressed. So impressed that I failed to take any photographs on site.

Himo is located in the Pirkkala Citymarket überstore in Tampere. The location pretty much necessitates using a car, as it is firmly located in the big box store neighbourhood.

The brewery itself is within the store, whilst a subset of the offering (anything over 5.5 ABV) is sold in a separate location within the building. A location that is not at all signposted in the main store, likely leading to missed sales.

Himo is a real and serious brewery-in-shop, and first of its kind – its sole predecessor, Tammisto failed to impress with its offers of bland beers regularly sold out, and not one of them going above the milkstore limit. Himo, on the other hand ranges from odd sours to quadruple IPAs, not catering solely for the everyday shoppers.

Pirkkala shop’s beer selection is the biggest I’ve seen in Finland, and very nicely laid out, with most of the wares cold-stored.

Will be back. With a camera.

FI: Himo yllätti erinomaisen positiivisesti, oluita monesta tyylistä.m