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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4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottled. Clear golden, rich airy head. Buttery aroma with cellar tones. Sweet with notes of diacetyl, medium body and some very light grassy bhops. Medium bitterness. Solid, but with some off-flavours.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Feb 2007 at 02:35


4.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottle. Creamy white excellent mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Week malty and hoppy aroma. OK but week flavor. Short finish. You can sense it is made from better stuff than "ekstra Lager", but it is still an ordinary beer.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2007 at 06:00


3.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Darker than other estonian pale lagers. Light malty and hoppy aroma, almost no aroma. Bready flavor, moderate bitter short finish. Watery palate.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2007 at 05:58


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. A little too sweet but ok flavor. Watery palate too the good side. A beer to go for in estonia because it has its one caracter.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2007 at 05:56


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottled (thanks tbone!). Dark brown colour, small brown head. Aroma is caramel, roasted malts, and sadly some metal and rubber too. Flavour is burnt sugar, malts and some roasted notes.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2006 at 12:08


3.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5

1 L plasticbottel. Creamy white fair mostly deminishing head. Bad bready aroma. Almost no flavor, watery but ok palate. Strange beer that shoudnt excist.

Tried on 16 Dec 2006 at 02:18


2.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2

Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is light golden. Aroma is corna dn honey - weird. Taste is sour bread...

Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2006 at 10:31


3.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3.5

Hopfig-herb startet das Bier, etwas malig ist es dann im Mittelteil. Mit dem Hintergedanken, dass hier noch Zucker zusätzlich dabei ist, lässt sich die hier etwas künstlich wirkende Süße recht gut deuten. Der Nachgeschmack ist völlig charackterlos, das minimal bittere Aroma verflüchtigt sich direkt. Das Bier soll eindeutig die Massen ansprechen, ich könnte dieses Bier eigentlich auch mit einem Heineken ersetzen, der "Laie" würde wohl keinen Unterschied merken. Schade, sowas (Sowohl die Auswechselbarkeit als auch der Geschmacksinn mancher :-) ). Test vom 30.11.2006, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 7,6,7,2,14,5

Tried from Bottle on 30 Nov 2006 at 01:02


2.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly deminishin ´g head. DArk yellow colour. Heavy bready aroma. Sweet ugly flavor. Short finish, but not as watery as other 0% ABV.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2006 at 01:35


4.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottled. Golden color, small white head. Grassy Saaz-hoppy and burnt sugar aroma. Malty, quite sweet, some harshness. Beer’s taste is more like helles than pilsner. Quite sweet, but balanced malty basic lager.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2006 at 09:15