Saku Õlletehas

Commercial Brewery in Saku, Harju County, Estonia 🇪🇪
Owned by Baltic Beverages Holding
Associated Venue: Saku Gastropub - Out of business

Established in 1820

Contact
Tallinna maantee 2, Saku, 75501, Estonia
Description
Saku Õlletehas was established in 1820, when the owner of Saku manor, Karl Friedrich Rehbinder decided to set up a small brewery at his manor. Documentation has proven that the first brewing period at the Saku beer house took place in October 1820. By 1899, Saku Õlletehas had become the biggest brewery in North Estonia and had built its own railway line between Saku and Tallinn.

Throughout history, quality lager beer and Baltic porter have played a key role in the Saku beer portfolios. These beers have been exported all over the world, from the Russian Empire to the developed beer markets in Europe.

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3.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Can (BB 09/2007)
Golden color with lively carbonation, decent white head. Sweetish corn-aroma, even a bit honeyish and lemony. Starts with soft palate, later some harsh notes. Overall quite sweet with honey-like flavors. Mildly malty aftertaste. Clean, sweetish and boring lager, slightly more interesting than the Saku Original.
Tried from Can on 21 Apr 2007 at 12:53

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Dark brown with a brown creamy head. Malty caramel aroma - easy roasted malts & metal. Smooth roasted malty taste more caramel than coffee with again a metallic note. Slight sweet with a dry bitter end!
Tried on 14 Apr 2007 at 03:49

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle, 7.5%. Mildly bready aroma, I do not get any roasted notes or the like. Black colour, big stable light brown head. The flavour is a lot more powerful than the aroma. Slightly sweet liquorice flavour, turning more bitter before going liquoricy again. Good, sticky mouthfeel. Very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Apr 2007 at 11:29

3.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Canned. Golden colour, mediumsized white foamy head, which lasts for quite some time. Lacing. Aroma is skunky hops, malts and some metallic hints. Flavour is sweet malts along with biting hops. Some very erathy and grassy notes in aftertaste. Crisp carbonation.
Tried from Can on 08 Apr 2007 at 05:35

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Dark amber colour. Powerfull malty and light hoppy aroma. Nice caramellic flavor and slightly bitter. A little salty average finish. Oily palate. Nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2007 at 03:58

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a black color with a longlasting tan head. Roasted malty aroma with some hints of alcohol and dark fruits. Also some hints of chocolate. has a sweet slightly rosted malty flavor with hints of caramel and chocolate. Has also some hints of dark fruits and licorice. Dry roasted malty finish with a long aftertaste of chocolate and bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Feb 2007 at 14:22

3.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Brown beer, 500 ml, production date: 040805; eye: golden, nice white head made up of rather large bubbles and that disappears rapidly to leave a thin ring around the glass, clear, really slight effervescence; nose: corn, sugar, light malt; mouth: in that order, carbonation, then nothing, my mouth searches, light malt slightly grainy, corn, caramel, a bit of bitterness from the hops, fianle in corn but with the carbonation taking over, quite sweet, medium to thin body, thin and stick texture, quite carbonated; overall: qutie ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, produite le 040805; eye: dorée, belle mousse blanche formée de bulles plutôt grosses et qui disparaît assez rapidement pour laisser un très fin anneau autour du verre, claire, très légère effervescence; nez : maïs, sucre, léger malt; bouche : carbonatation, puis rien, on cherche, léger malt un peu granuleux, maïs, caramel, un peu d’amertume du houblon, finale en maïs mais où l’effervescence prend le dessus, plutôt sucrée, corps feluette, texture mince et collante, très carbonatée; en résumé : b’en ordinaire
Tried on 20 Feb 2007 at 16:12

3.2/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 3
Canned. A light yellow beer with a thin white head. The aroma is very light - what is there is sweet malty. The flavor is sweet malty with light notes of metal, leading to a dry end.
Tried from Can on 05 Feb 2007 at 15:43

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Medium light brown head. Opaque black body. Dry burnt chocolate aroma with notes of wild berries and metal. Very harmonic. Taste is deep, sweet chocolate and licorice, very well balanced with wild berry notes. Smooth, dryish mouthfeel. Dry, roasty coffee and chocolate aftertaste. An excellent porter! (0.5l bottle.)
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2007 at 14:16

3.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Week but ok aroma. Week flavor. You can just detect pepper at finish. Watery palate.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2007 at 15:38