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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5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
50cl can from Selver, Tallinn. Pours clear golden with a modest, white head. Fruity aroma with notes of mango, peaches and pale malt. Fairly sweet with fruity flavours and a very light bitterness. Meh.
Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2025 at 20:12

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
very light pale yellow. smal white head. aroma is grainy, and sweet corn. Flavour is that sickly sweet corny, vegetable you get from a bad lager. In the finish there is some slight malt, and a decent crsipness to it. pretty dismal overall.
Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 09:38

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from Biernavigatie. Aroma is dark malt, dried dark fruits, raisins, cocoa, sweet milk chocolate, caramel, with a touch of coffee. Flavour is fairly sweet and light bitter. Body is medium. Some tasty chocolate and dark malt in the aroma., enjoyable, especially for an industrial-brewed Porter.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2025 at 04:46

3.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
50cl bottle from Maxima, Tallinn. Pours clear golden with a white head. Orange and citrus peel, mild spicy notes and something in between candy-like and perfumey - not very pleasant. Reminds me both of some cleaning agents and weird candy. Could possibly get similar flavours by eating candy, cleaning and drinking beer at the same time. Not my cup of tea at all.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2025 at 20:09

5/10
0.5 l, can.
Tried from Can from Auchan Cluj Iulius Mall on 27 Jan 2025 at 12:32

3.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Can from a supermarket in Tallinn. Sweet malt with some metallic notes. Bleh, sweet and boring industrial Lager.
Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:56

3.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Can from a supermarket in Tallinn. Caramel and sweet malt and toffee. Sweet and bland beer, just caramel malts, meh.
Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:56

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can 568ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. [ As Saku Rock Hopper ]. ABV: 5.3%. [20250113]. 5/3/5/3/11
Tried from Can on 14 Jan 2025 at 00:24

5/10
Tried on 14 Jan 2025 at 00:21

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle 0,5ltr: Very dark brown colored brew with an smoked ham-like smell when opened the bottle. Dry bitter taste and hints of roasted malts, caramel and coffee.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:29