Viru Õlu

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

Established in 1975

Closed in 2020

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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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1.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 1
Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is rubber, grains, some slight mould and earth. Flavour is being quite much the same. A rather horrible brew.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2010 at 03:18

2.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 3
Bottled
Thanks to Kairit! Honeyish golden color, small white head. Aroma has sweet maltyness and artifical lemon with some off-smells. Light, watery palate. Sweetish malts, iight bitter/sweet lemon. Low hoppyness, low gravity. Lemon taste is lighter than in German radlers. Crap.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2010 at 02:53

2.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 1.5
Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is mild lemon along with crap lager. Flavour is mainly grains, rubber with some slight lemony notes. Would be much better if there would be some more lemon to hide the crap beer used as for the beer part.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2010 at 02:51

1.2/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 1 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 1
Another champ from the Malaysian malt liquor distribution organ. There seems no end to this stuff. Hazy pale straw. Some grain and alcohol on the nose. Taste is all alcohol. Pure rocket fuel. Not even some caramel like the crappy brandies they sell here under illustrious marques like Double Axe for a buck a bottle. This really has no merit as a consumable product.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2010 at 08:54

5.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
(Bottle) Poured pale golden and clear. Head was medium sized and white. Aroma was herbal, metallic and mildly grassy. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were herbalness, hint of grass, metallicness and bitterness. Aftertaste was herbal and bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2010 at 10:47

3.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
(Bottle) Poured pale golden and clear. Head was medium sized, white and disappeared quickly. Aroma was metallic and mildly grassy. Palate was light bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were mildly grass, metallicness, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was bitter
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2010 at 10:22

4.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 6
(Bottle) Poured pale golden and clear. Head was medium sized and white. Aroma contained mostly ginger. Palate was light bodied and bit burning with medium carbonation. Flavours were ginger, hint of malts, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste contained ginger and bitterness.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2010 at 10:07

3.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Bottle, from trade with SaintMatty. A clear, golden beer topped by a finger-thick white head soon disappearing. Lemonade and pale lager in the aroma, not much else to be traced. Lemony flavor with a touch of pale lager, and a little bitterness towards the end. Quite thin, and dry. Better than most German radlers, but nothing more. Interesting, or frightening, that this kind of drink also shows up in other countries. 100522
Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2010 at 06:35

3.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
500ml Bottle - Golden with a white head. Sharp lemon aroma which is rather reminscent of Sprite. Sweet lemon taste with a hint of malt. The lemon notes become ever so slightly bitter in the finish. Too artificial to be taken too seriously.
Tried from Bottle on 05 May 2010 at 13:26

4.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
500ml Bottle - Pale golden in colour. Corn, tea, grain and a faint hint of honey in aroma. Grassy and grainy taste with corn and malt detected.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Apr 2010 at 13:11