Viru

Viru

Bottle: Filtered.

Originally sold by Tartu as A. Le Coq Premium Extra. The beer was bought by Brand Independence Ltd in 2006 and renamed Viru. It is contract brewed by Tartu for Brand Independence Ltd.

Ingredients: Water (from one of Europe’s deepest wells); Malted Barley (Lithuanian); Sugar; Saaz Hops; Yeast.


‘Viru’ (pronounced ‘veer-roo’) is becoming a well known Baltic states’ beer export. Brewed in the university town of Tartu, Viru is packaged in a octahedral bottle designed over 100 years ago, and thought to be based on the churches and towers of old Tallinn, capital of Estonia.
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442 reviews
Manchester, England

Community reviews

2.2 Auch ich griff primär wegen der Flaschenform zu diesem Bier. Drinnen ist ein leichtes Lager, das nicht viel hergibt, aber auch nicht wirklich schlecht ist.
2.1 Bottle. Pours clear golden colour, white head. Aroma is sweet, very grainy, husky, buttery. Taste follows to nose, sweet, malty, rubbery. Light body, average carbonation. Poor macro lager.
2.1 Can, 500 ml. Deep golden with a decent white head goes quickly. Medium carbo, very faint sweet hay on the nose. Balanced med body, faint taste with a little bitterness on the end. Not an interesting but quite fair lager.
2.0 Bouteille 33 cl - couleur blonde or, mousse blanche, grosses bulles, goût insipide, une lager basique
2.6 Õlle on selline jook, et iga uus kord kui klaasi või pudeli suule tõstad, siis leiad midagi uut, sõltuvalt tuhandest-miljonist pisiasjast, mis hetke olukorda mõjutavad. Seega piirdun iga õlle juures selle tekstiga.
2.3 Rubia cristalina con poca espuma y poca retención. Poco q destacar, pale lager industrial, algo de grano y postgusto metálico. Lo único a resaltar la botella, octaédrica, simbolizando las torres de la antigua Tallin, un buen diseño como reclamo para una cerveza del montón.
2.4 500 ml can from the LCBO. Pours a clear golden colour with modest-sized white head. Aroma is harsh grains and grass. Flavour is harsh graininess and light grassiness. Average body and carbonation. Typical macro Euro Lager.
2.3 Sweet herbal aroma. Amber, poor head and suds lacing. Sweet herbal candy flavour. Chemical thin finish and citrus tang chemical aftertaste.
3.0 Aroma: malt, sweet, herbs, Appeatance: golden, little ambar, clear, frothy, white foam, Taste: light sweetness, lightly bitter, malty, little fruity Palate: medium body, thin feel, lively carbonation,
2.6 Butelka. Złoty kolor. Piana biała,średnia,zanika dość szybko. W smaku i aromacie słody,ale nie odpychające słodkością,ziarniste nuty,trochę chlebowych posmakow.plus za opakowanie....
1.9 Dégustée chez le voisin, deux bouteilles ramenées par ses globetrotteurs de parents. Forcément, la bouteille pyramidale intrigue ! Une lager assez classique, qui comme souvent ne pêche pas par ses excès de gout. Je suis content d'avoir pu la déguster mais je ne suis pas certain d'en acheter si j'en vois en magasin.
2.0 A to ještě dávám speciální plus body za atypickou a velmi pěknou lahev... :)
1.0 Stands out in a bad way. Super thin, herbal aroma, no mouthfeel. Slight metallic bitterness.
3.0 Great bottle and the beer is not bad. Refreshing and easy to drink.
2.0 This is an average beer with kind of a sweet taste after you swallow it. It's OK but I'm not a fan.
3.2 Gustosa e delicata...non la miglior birra che possa consigliare ma non male.
3.3 Nel complesso piacevole....se bevuta ghiacciata.....grazioso il packaging.....
3.3 Cerveza de un color rubia clara, la espuma dura lo justo, sabor bastante agradable. Lo mejor, la original botella.
2.0 Bottle by Ostrava Santa. Pours golden color, white head. Aroma and taste are malty and hoppy, quite bad beer.
2.8 300ml bottle into schooner glass. Great bottle. Golden amber beer with light carbonation and lasting fluffy white head. Nose of sweet malt and distant vinegar. Full-bodied and malty. Finish is grainy with malt and late bitterness. Easy-drinking superior Euro-lager.
2.3 A bit sweet/malty, relatively old can from the beer store (slightly before the 1 year as the canning date BB date), I wouldn't rush out to get his but it's not bad.
2.3 Can from the beer store - Pours a a medium clear gold color with a 1 finger white cap that disappears quickly. Aroma is is faint and commercial with maltose-dextrin smells and little else. Clean, no off tastes, sharp edges-lacks conditioning acuate LME dextrin tastes and light hop presence - instantly forgettable.
2.6 Really cool bottle... I had the can :( Pours amber with a small white head. Aroma is lightly malty. Taste is very mild with a slightly dry finish. There are faint malty notes and some light herbal hops with a hint of cedar. Light-medium bodied with moderate carbonation. There’s nothing bad about this but there’s little going on. In my opinion that’s better than a bud.
1.2 The bottle it’s really nice, tht’s pretty muche the only positive thing about this beer. Bad lager, really
1.7 A: Light straw with a small white head. N: Not much some barley malt. T: Medium bitterness, crisp P: Thin O: Standard for the category.
1.7 Pours out pale golden with a white head. Aroma of pale malts, grain and sweet corn. Taste is a light sensation with a little malty and cardboardy flavors.
2.3 30cl bottle from a local supermarket. Thin creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Malty aftertaste. meh.
0.9 Bottle, 300 ml, courtesy of JFK10000. Clear golden, small and short lasting white head. Water with some malt pretty much. Light bodied.
2.3 Botella 300 cl. Color dorado.Espuma blanca regular, media duracion. Aroma malta, cereales. Sabor cereales, dulzor suave con debiles notas de amargor. Algo acuosa, sin cuerpo. Bastante bebible.
2.2 From bottle (nice octagonal design) in footed pilsner. Pours clear deep yellow with one-finger head that dissipated quickly. Aroma of malt and yeast but not much of the Saaz. Easy drinking with soft finish.