Saintmatty (11341) reviewed Wiru Kadakaõlu from Viru Õlu 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
500ml Bottle- Golden in colour with a small head. The aroma is quite tangy and fruity with some floral hoppy notes. Malty and refreshing taste with not much of hint of the juniper at first. The juniper then is more noticeable in the fruity finish. Not bad and quite inventive for an Estonian brew.
oh6gdx (51641) reviewed Wiru Original Lager from Viru Õlu 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Bottled. Yellowish golden colour, with small white head. Aroma is is grainy and also has some notes of rather sweet malts. Flavour is grainy, sweet malty and has some rubbery and slight metallic notes to it. Not the most pleasant beer. Not very pleasant.
oh6gdx (51641) reviewed Premium from Viru Õlu 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottled, apparently 2008 vintage... Yellowish golden colour with white small bubbly head. Aroma is is malts, grain and some slight hayish notes. Flavour is very grassy and hayish along with some sweet malts. Refreshing, but quite watery. Quite rich carbonation.
oh6gdx (51641) reviewed Frederik Pilsner from Viru Õlu 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Bottled. Pale golden colour with mediumsized foamy head, some slight lace. Aroma is sweet malts along with grain and hay and also some slight saltwatery notes. Flavour is very much the same along with some grassy bitterness. Once it warms up also some notes of metallicness show.
oh6gdx (51641) reviewed Frederik Vaba from Viru Õlu 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottled. Golden colour with mediumsized slightly off-white head. Aroma is pretty much grass, earth, cardboard and some mild rubbery notes. Flavour is very much the same, but also has some maltyness in it.
Saintmatty (11341) reviewed Premium from Viru Õlu 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
500ml Bottle- Somewhat bizarrely it has a year printed on the label (2008) like it is going to be a highly sought after and sophisticated brew. Light golden in colour with a white head. Malty, grassy aroma with some hay and a mild citrus and hoppy element. Malty and mildly bitter taste which does not linger too long. A bit bland but then I am not particularly surprised. On the plus side, it is quite refreshing, yet so is water!
Saintmatty (11341) reviewed Wiru Tume from Viru Õlu 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
500ml Bottle- Dark brown in colour with red tinges and a tan head. Fruity and malty aroma with some raisins and fruit cake. Fruity taste with raisins, fruit cake and some dates. It is rather bitter and tangy on the tongue at first but this fades quickly. A pleasant but not very strong finish. Not bad, but a little thin. Having said that, I am glad they have brought out a new dark beer and shown more adventure than their larger rivals.
Saintmatty (11341) reviewed Wiru Original Lager from Viru Õlu 17 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
500ml Bottle- Pale golden in colour with a white head. Malty and slightly sweet aroma with a bit of grain. Bittersweet taste with a strange sugary element to the aftertaste at first. Mild hops compete with a bit of malt and yeast. Not good but slightly different to their other lagerofferings at least and not worse off for it either.
Saintmatty (11341) reviewed Hell Hunt Cider from Viru Õlu 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2
Draught (Hell Hunt, Tallinn)- The colour is reminiscent of a white wine and the aroma is sweet and perfumed. Sickly sweet apple taste which is definitely artificial.
Saintmatty (11341) reviewed Puls Tume Lager from Viru Õlu 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
500ml Bottle-Dark brown in colour with red tinges and a small head. Malty, chocolatey aroma which is quite inviting. Malty, slightly sour taste with chocolate and dried fruits with a bit of caramel. Slightly tangy. Not bad but they could do better.