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.
Production of beer was discontinued in 2020.
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled (backlog). Golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is caramel, honey, some mild nectar and mild wooden notes. Also a slight strange sweetness to it. Flavour is sweet malty notes with some mild "blood/metallic" notes, floral and fruity notes with mild yeast and some strange sweetness to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2017
at 14:50
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4
Tap at põrgu (thanks marduk?). Pours dark amber with beige head. Aroma is sour, potatoes, caramel. Flavor is sweet and sour, potatoes, caramel, grains. Overall: not good.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2017
at 15:19
3.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2
Bottle ("thanks" suurjuust). Pours amber with whiteish head. The head stays. Aroma is caraway, cucumber, sweetness, fruits. Flavor is sweet and bitter, citrus, nastiness, malt, caraway, hay, caramel, metallic notes. Finish has some sweetness and dry bitterness. Overall: hell nah! This doesn’t want to go down even when I’m forcing it... (it actually wants to come up instead...)
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2016
at 15:10
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
33cl bottle from Selver, Tallinn. Pours clear amber with a small, off-white head. Fruity, hoppy and mild malty aroma with notes of caramel, hints of herbs, pine and possibly citrus. Fairly low flavour intensity, and moderate sweet with a light but fairly balanced bitterness. Not too much going on here, not directly pleasant, but not unpleasant either. Fairly drinkable, but highly forgettable. Still certainly not the worst from Viru. --- Beer merged from original tick of Päkapiku EPA on 11 Nov 2016 at 20:05 - Score: 5
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2016
at 13:03
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
33cl bottle from Maksimarket, Tartu. Pours dark mahogany coloured with a short lived, beige head. Malty and caramelly with dark fruity and notes of wort and some slightly earthy notes too. Medium sweet with medium flavour intensity, some acidity and a fairly light bitterness. Drinkable. --- Beer merged from original tick of Õlu 25 Juubeli Eripruul on 16 Oct 2016 at 19:25 - Score: 5
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2016
at 10:32
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Hell Hunt. Golden colour, hazy, head does not stay long. Aroma is banana, wheat, a bit empty. Light bitterness. Drinkable. An average hefeweizen.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Sep 2016
at 05:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bright, red brown beer with quickly disappearing head. Aroma is dark fruits, malts and caramel. Taste is malts, dark fruits. Soft and mild, medium body. Very nice and enjoyable beer even if it doesn’t give anything special.
Tried
on 22 Sep 2016
at 13:46
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
33cl bottle from Prisma, Tallinn. Pours dark amber to mahogany with a rather modest, off-white head. Malty and fairly caramelly aroma with notes of dark fruits, hints of metal and hops. Medium sweet with dominating malty flavours and a fairly balanced bitterness. Not quite my kind of beer, but drinkable enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2016
at 15:19
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle (from prisma). Pours dark brown with brownish head. Aroma is sweet, caramel, malt, some dirtiness. Flavor is sweet and bitter, some cocoa, dirtiness. Finish is dry hop extract bitter, booze. Overall: bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2016
at 12:41
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle 330ml. Dark amber color, small off-white head. Caramel, harsh aroma. Light-bodied to medium-bodied. Caramel, grass, harsh. Sweetish. I wonder what kind of food you eat with this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2016
at 15:20