Viru Õlu

Commercial Brewery in Haljala, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia 🇪🇪
Owned by Harboes Bryggeri

Established in 1975

Closed in 2020

Contact
Rakvere mnt 7, Haljala, 45301, Estonia
Description
Viru Brewery was Estonia's third largest brewery, and produced the Wiru, Puls, Žiguli and various other brands. It was located in Haljala in Lääne-Viru County.

Production of beer was discontinued in 2020.

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5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Tap @ Humalakoda, Tallinn. Red/brown with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malt and coffee. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter.

Tried from Draft on 09 Jul 2024 at 18:56


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Tap @ Humalakoda, Tallinn, as Humalakoda Tume. Hazy dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and bready. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish. 090724

Tried from Draft on 09 Jul 2024 at 18:49


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Tap @ Humalakoda, Tallinn. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, wheaty, malt and grass. Flavor is sweet and bitter.

Tried from Draft on 09 Jul 2024 at 18:47


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tap at Hell Hunt. Pours clear deep brown with beige foam. Aroma: malt, caramel, bread, light dried fruits. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, follows the aroma. Light to medium body with light carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 03 Jul 2024 at 19:38


2.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2

Can 50 cl. Golden, clear, white foam. Aroma: sweet, alcohol, light malt, molasses. Taste: sweet, candy, alcohol, well, moderately crap.

Tried from Can on 28 Apr 2024 at 09:30


3.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Draught@Hell Hunt, Tallinn. Pale golden colour, pretty much no head. Aroma is dry apples, sugar and a bit artificial. Flavour is dry apple, some pear like sweetness and quite sugary. Refreshing, but that's the only good thing.

Tried on 22 Nov 2023 at 19:38


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Tap at Humalakoda as Humalakoda Tume. Med-thin body, medium carbonation. Medium bitterness, medium sweetness. Mostly malty, with lots of caramel, unpleasant amount and character, feels artificial, unmalty, sirupy. Very light actual roast going on, and it manages to impart a bit of sourish astringency. Overall feels like average macro dark lager. Meh.

Tried from Draft on 16 Oct 2023 at 15:49


7.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

Tap at Humalakoda as Humalakoda Hele. Thin body, rather low carbonation. Medium bitterness, low sweetness. Very clean, probably embodying what all macro beers would love to be. Very neutral, almost tasteless, very inoffensive, not in a bad way though. Just a boring thirst quencher, but a very well made one. Good.

Tried from Draft on 16 Oct 2023 at 15:35


8.2

Tried from Draft on 05 Oct 2023 at 20:29


8.4

Tried from Draft on 05 Oct 2023 at 20:15