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 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottled (thanks SADESA!). Yellowish golden colour with small white head. Aroma is hops, perfume and some citrusfruits. Flavour is malts, hops and some slight citrusfruity notes lurking as well as mild rubber.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2008
at 14:47
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Virtually no nose. Mouth is light, unbalanced. Malty, a bit sweet with some chocolate notes, but pretty indistinguishable dark lager.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2008
at 16:10
2.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 1
Bottle, 0%. Bready aroma. The flavour is sweet and bready. Sharp bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2008
at 04:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 5%. Pine aroma? Pale yellow colour, white head. Grassy and piney hop flavour. I wonder what kadaka is. All else is standard macro lager. But not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2008
at 04:22
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle, 4.6%. Fat and citric cherry aroma. Clear dark brown colour, stable light brown head. There is some cherry in the flavour, a bit like prune, too. Even some sesame seed. Not sweet, the bitter kind of cherry. Different from the alcopop type cherry beers, but not a lot better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2008
at 04:21
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2
Bottle, 0%. The aroma is slightly sweet, like mash or øllebrød, and not unpleasant. Clear dark brown colour. Tan head. The flavour is slightly sweet, there is some sweet wort.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2008
at 03:50
3.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 1.5
Bottle, 0%. Clear dark golden colour, white head. Spicy and teaish aroma. The flavour is a little sweet and teaish, like sweet wort, not as sweet as some alkoholivabas, though. Almost drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2008
at 03:50
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draught at Hell Hunt. Buttery aroma, not too unpleasant. Clear very dark brown colour, no head. The flavour is slightly sweet, quite buttery with a roasted finish. All in all drinkable.
Tried
on 10 Sep 2008
at 03:42
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Draught at Hell Hunt. Clear golden colour, no head. Typical macro flavour, bready and boring. Not entirely unpleasant, but very boring and clearly macro.
Tried
on 10 Sep 2008
at 03:41
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fluffy, good head over Coca-Cola coloured beer. Very roasted, burnt nose, chocolatey (milk-), sweetsmelling. Sweet, very nutty flavour (hazel-), roasted malts. Light to medium bodied. Just a tad too sweet, but I suppose it must be heaven to find such thing at the southeast end of the Baltic. Wow, thanks, Stefaan!
Tried
on 25 Aug 2008
at 06:09