Craft beer in Finland: Panimo Himo from Pirkkala

Published: May 15, 2026

Tags: brewery visits | Finland | Panimo Himo

Tampere, the third largest city of Finland and a regional capital of Pirkanmaa, is often said to be the most attractive city of the country. This historical, beautiful city is located between two large lakes and divided in two parts by Tammerkoski rapids. Tampere has a long history as an industrial city, which is visible still today in the many red-brick industry buildings of the city center. When it comes to beer, Tampere and its surroundings are rather famous too, establishing itself as the beer capital of Finland. And yes, there are great local breweries and several excellent beer restaurants, as well as beer festivals and other events. In this post introduce Panimo Himo, a small brewery located just outside the city of Tampere itself, in Pirkkala.

A microbrewery inside a hypermarket

One of the most unique beer phenomena in the Tampere area is Panimo Himo (Himo Brewery) microbrewery, which operates inside the K-Citymarket Pirkkala hypermarket. This small, roughly less than 100-square-meter craft brewery brews delicious beers right next to the hypermarket’s impressive beer section. As the brewery is set behind large windows, it’s possible to watch craft beer being processed while picking up cans in your shopping cart. And by the way, this hypermarket has a great selection of both local and global craft beers on shelf!

Himo (the name can be translated to desire or passion) is an independent and creative artisan brewery that was founded in 2021 and started brewing operations in KCM Pirkkala in 2022. Himo crew brews quality craft beers for domestic market – a big part of the production is sold very close to the source, but Himo also delivers their beers to other supermarkets and restaurants.

Himo beers are brewed in a self-modified 1000-liter brewhouse, fermented and matured in six 1000-liter tanks and a few smaller ones, and packed mostly in cans, partly in kegs, and sometimes in growlers too. When brewing traditional Finnish Farmhouse Ale Sahti, Himo packs it in 1,5 liter plastic faucet packages, the kind the you can often see in used for wine.

Panimo Himo keeps constantly launching new beers

The beer selection of Himo is rather wide, from crispy Pilsners to heavy Barleywines and from fruited Sour Ales to juicy NEIPAs, and there are no year-around core beers. Unlike many breweries, Himo has decided against having a core series, partly because the capacity of the brewery is limited, but mostly because the customers always want to find new products. Thus Himo keeps providing always something interesting, launching several new beers each month.

Out of the Panimo Himo craft beers that we tasted in summer and autumn 2025, some of our favorites were the Combat Rock Industry XXV, a NEPA brewed to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Combat Rock Industry record label, the Himo Homo Go Deeper, a NEDIPA that respects the emancipation and equality of sexual and gender minorities in the spirit of the Pride philosophy, and the juicy Loivari NEIPA, brewed in collaboration with Hupi Brewing. In addition, we liked a lot for example the Kämmen/Rysty Pilsner, the Musta tunti (Dark Hour) Dark Lager and the Älä silitä palavaa pukkia (Don’t stroke the burning goat) Smoked Beer.

There are of course plenty of Himo craft beers for sale in Bierkkala, meaning the beer shelves of the KCM Pirkkala, but they also have their own separate bottle shop in the hypermarket complex, the Himo Shop.

Himo representatives are a familiar sight in craft beer events in Finland, and they co-organize a beer festival too! Vilja Beer Fest, organized in Bistro Vilja in Tampere, gathers together great breweries and beer enthusiasts every summer, and there is a winter event too!

Panimo Himo
Palmrothintie 2, Pirkkala, Finland
https://www.panimohimo.com/
https://www.instagram.com/panimohimo/

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Craft beer in Finland: Panimo Himo from Pirkkala

Craft beer in Finland:
Panimo Himo from Pirkkala

Craft beer in Finland: Panimo Himo from Pirkkala

A microbrewery inside a hypermarket