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.
3.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
500ml bottle kindly shared by Gaute. Pours a slightly cloudy, late straw coloured body. Film-type layer. Poor lacing. Sweet grain-fruity nose. Dough-like taste with bland fruity hints towards the ending. Cardboard dry. Mealy palate. Has got little to offer (Tromsø, 24.10.2013).
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2013
at 05:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Hell Hunt Nisu, a hefeweizen At 3 euro/pint at Hell Hunt. It is their house beer, seems to be vommon in Tallinn, I like that. Lovely cloudy gold color with a thin head of lasting foam. Spicy clove aroma, the taste is a bit of a let down. Sweet, a bit spicy, pear but also a kind of papery quality to it. Decent, my first beer to give me a spicy pear flavor. Not bad, quite good other that sort of paper note.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2013
at 12:23
3.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
(2 litre plastic bottle, courtesy of Marduk and FatPhil, 20130723) The beer poured deep golden and clear, Its head was small, sparse and white. Aroma had boiled vegetables, malts and alcohol. Palate was medium bodied and warming with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, sweetness, boiled vegetables and bitterness. Molten plastic and sweetnes in aftertaste. Bad and boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2013
at 11:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Drunk from bottle. Smell of apple, hops, malt. Aroma of alcohol, cognac, metal, raisins. Slightly oily. Flat but plentiful carbon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2013
at 04:21
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
(Bottle, 0.5 l, at Kolm Lõwi, 20130703) The beer poured golden and hazy. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had metallicness and hint of banana. Palate was quite light bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were grass, banana, mild fruitiness, some metallicness and low bitterness. Aftertaste was harsh and bitter. Not a good hefeweizen: too thin and harsh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2013
at 07:42
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
500ml Bottle - Golden with a slight haze, not as cloudy as most wheat beers are. Malt, grain and a hint of lemon in the aroma. Malty and bready taste with some notes of lemon in the taste. It tastes more like an unfiltered lager than a wheat beer. A disappointment.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2013
at 08:27
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
50cl bottle. Straw color, frothy white head, creamy. Aroma resembles boiled rice, malt and light citric notes. Taste is weak with some malt and light fruity notes. empty finish, watery. Nothing I would like to try again, but not the worst non-alc beer out there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2013
at 03:11
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Can, 0.5l. First beer from Estonia. Redish color with small head. Preety strong alcohol taste. It’s little caramel and bitter. Preety poor beer.
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2013
at 09:57
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottled. Deep amber colour, small white head. Aroma is some raisins, mild herbs, spices and some mild metallic notes. Flavour is fruity, mild raisins, some metallic notes as well as some spices.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2013
at 10:36
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
50 cl bottle @ home. Batch #102: BBE 24.05.2013
Aroma has apricot, some pine needles, resin and hints of honey. Also some slight grainy notes in the background. Flavour has honey, corn, grainy notes, some pine needles, hints of caramel and biscuits. Some gooseberry bush in the finish. Closer to English than American pale ale. Becomes a bit sweet and sticky at the end of the glass. Not that bad one would expect from the earlier ratings.
Aroma has apricot, some pine needles, resin and hints of honey. Also some slight grainy notes in the background. Flavour has honey, corn, grainy notes, some pine needles, hints of caramel and biscuits. Some gooseberry bush in the finish. Closer to English than American pale ale. Becomes a bit sweet and sticky at the end of the glass. Not that bad one would expect from the earlier ratings.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2013
at 05:38