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Viru Jõulusokk


Score
2716
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by Viru Õlu (Harboe)
Style: Dunkler Bock
Haljala, Estonia

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RATINGS: 14   MEAN: 2.66/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.69   SEASONAL: Winter   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Tume Pühadeõlu
Christmas Goat is in Viru Õlu beer assortment for the second winter. It is a dark Christmas brew, alcohol consistency 6,0%. Christmas Goat was a part of old Estonian Christmas masquerade. Originally, on the secnd day of Christmas, people dressed into different characters to demand food and gifts from neighbours and bring luck to the generous ones. Like in all Scandinavia, Goat´s character (Yule Goat) used to be the most popular. Till today, Christmas Goat has remained a symbol of Christmas. Figures made of straw are used for decoration purposes.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
DruncanVeasey (4800) - NUNEATON, Conference North, Warwickshire, ENGLAND - MAR 7, 2011
Bottle from Solaris, Tallinn. Ruby with a falling beige head. Black cherry aroma with hints of rye bread and liquorice. Simplistic malty taste; malt loaf, cherry and liquorice with faint undercurrents of Bovril and Baltic saltiness. Easy to drink, without any glaring faults. Unconvincing.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
Miksu (3887) - Jyväskylä, FINLAND - FEB 19, 2011
1l plastic bottle, thanks Juha! Dark brown color. Sweet, raisiny, worty and nutty aroma. Sweet flavor with chocolate, raisins, wort and dark rye. Low carbonation. BB Feb 2010, tastes old but not in unpleasant way.

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
rosenbergh (3145) - Helsinki, FINLAND - JAN 28, 2011
500 ml bottle. From Estonia. Courtesy of FatPhil.
Clear dark ruby red colour with off-white head. Malt, bread and rye in aroma. Flavour is very malty, not very Bock-y though. Some roastiness too. Thin and boring.

2.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
mjs (2865) - Helsinki, FINLAND - JAN 27, 2011
(Bottle, 0,5l, courtesy of FatPhil) The beer poured dark reddish brown. Head was medium sized and white. Aroma had sweetness, raisin and mildly roastedness. Palate was quite light bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, sweetness, metallicness, mildly roastedness and quie low bitterness. Aftertaste was mild and sweet. Quite weak brew.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
Svesse (4215) - Hässelby, SWEDEN - JAN 20, 2011
(Bottle. Thanks to SaintMatty) Reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty nose with caramel, dark bread, dried fruit, wort, red berries and hints of cinnamon. Malty nose with notes of caramel, wort, raisins, dried fruit and a slightly spicy finish with medium bitterness and some sweetness. More than medium body. Solid and well made, quite decent winter bock.

1.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
SirLimpsalot (843) - SWEDEN - DEC 10, 2010
Metallisk, absolut helt utan kolsyra, svaga toner av röda, söta bär och glögg.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
gyllenbock (1608) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - DEC 10, 2010
Bottle. (thanks SaintMatty) Dark red color with small beige head. Malt, dried fruit, a bit sweet, not much of Christmas spices. Mouth feel was thin and there were traces of cardboard in the taste.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
suurjuust (248) - Tartu, ESTONIA - NOV 16, 2010
Deep ruby red, small head. The nose is malty and sweet. Subtle carbonation, silky mouthfeel. Toasty malt, dark bread, hints of chocolate. Smooth an simple. Easily drinkable.


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