# AS Viru Õlu

Brewery page of DA Caps, a collection of beer bottle caps. Web page: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brewery/485

- Country: [Estonia](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/country/ee/info)
- Countries over time: [1975–1991](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brewery/485/period/6) [USSR](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/country/su/info) (as Viru kolhoosi õlletehas, Пивзавод колхоза «Виру»); [1991–2020](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brewery/485/period/7) [Estonia](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/country/ee/info), 12 caps
- Years under this name: 1975–2020
- Status: closed (no longer brewing)
- Owner today: [A/S Harboes Bryggeri](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brewery/617.md)
- Location: Rakvere mnt 7, Haljala, 45301 Lääne-Virumaa. (verified)
- Caps in the collection: 12 (https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brewery_caps/485)

## About

First brewed on 7 July 1975 at the brewery of the Viru collective farm in Haljala (until 1977 part of the inter-kolkhoz enterprise Kungla); at first only Žiguli beer. AS Viru Õlu from 1991, owned by the Danish Harboe group from 1992. The third-largest brewery in Estonia (Wiru, Frederik, Bear Beer, Puls). Harboe stopped brewing in Haljala in 2020. The plant was then bought by Samu Saarikoski, a shareholder of the Finnish Pyynikin, who leased it to Pyynikin Brewing Company; it brewed there from 2021 and by September 2026 had ended its production in Estonia.

_Verified by the collection's managers._

## Brands

- [Bear Beer Extra Strong](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/45.md) — 1 cap
- [Beer Beer](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/16.md) — 1 cap
- [Beer Beer Strong](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/43.md) — 1 cap
- [Frederik Alkoholivaba](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/62.md) — 1 cap
- [Frederik Pilsner](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/46.md) — 1 cap
- [Frederik Premium](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/8.md) — 1 cap
- [Frederik Tume](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/44.md) — 1 cap
- [Palmse](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/48.md) — 1 cap
- [Viru Olu](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/8970.md) — 1 cap
- [Wiru Palmse Tume](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/1003.md) — 1 cap
- [Wiru Pilsner](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/571.md) — 1 cap
- [Wiru Premium](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/brand/472.md) — 1 cap

## Articles

### Värikkäistä vaiheista tunnettu tamperelainen panimoyhtiö lopettaa toimintansa

2026-09-03 · Source: https://yle.fi/a/74-20244489

### Haljala õlletehas sai uue omaniku

2022-09-29 · Source: https://www.laanevirumaauudised.ee/uudised/2022/09/29/haljala-olletehas-sai-uue-omaniku

### Soome firma on ostmas Eesti suuruselt kolmanda õlletehase

2021-01-27 · Source: https://www.toostusuudised.ee/uudised/2021/01/27/soome-firma-on-ostmas-eesti-suuruselt-kolmanda-olletehase

### Viru Õlu to stop brewing in Haljala

2020-07-02 · Source: https://news.err.ee/1108131/viru-olu-to-stop-brewing-in-haljala

## Caps (12)

- [#10 Frederik Premium](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/10.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/1/10-b.jpg)
- [#19 Beer Beer](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/19.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/1/19-b.jpg)
- [#57 Beer Beer Strong](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/57.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/1/57-b.jpg)
- [#58 Frederik Tume](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/58.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/1/58-b.jpg)
- [#59 Bear Beer Extra Strong](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/59.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/1/59-b.jpg)
- [#60 Frederik Pilsner](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/60.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/1/60-b.jpg)
- [#62 Palmse](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/62.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/1/62-b.jpg)
- [#87 Frederik Alkoholivaba](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/87.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/1/87-b.jpg)
- [#597 Wiru Premium](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/597.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/1/597-b.jpg)
- [#728 Wiru Pilsner](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/728.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/1/728-b.jpg)
- [#1311 Wiru Palmse Tume](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/1311.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/1000/1311-b.jpg)
- [#17129 Viru Olu](https://dacaps.imcoll.com/cap/17129.md) (picture: https://dacaps.imcoll.com/collection/17000/17129-b.jpg)