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Viru Õlu
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. History Viru Brewery grew out of one of the branches of the Viru collective farm, or kolkhoz in 1975. Originally only Žiguli beer was produced, a pale lager with minimum 2.8% abv which was brewed throughout the Soviet Union. During the first year, 640.000 litres of beer was produced, and in the following year more than five million litres of beer was made in Haljala. In 1991, the collective brewery was formed into ''AS Viru Õlu'', and in 1992 Harboes Bryggeri A/S of Denmark became the biggest shareholder. Production of Christmas beer, Bear Beer and soft drinks started in the 1990s. In 2008, Viru Brewery bought the "Puls" trademark of the former Pärnu Brewery. In February 1997, a strong light beer Bear Beer (7.5%) was licensed from Harboes Bryggeri. Later, Bear Beer ...
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Viru (beer)
Viru beer Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grain—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used. The grain is mashed to convert starch in the ... was Estonia's first ‘gypsy’ beer brand, developed by Baltic Beer Company in 2004. Viru brand name comes from the word Viru that is widely used in Northern parts of Estonia as the name for streets, buildings, businesses as well as two counties of East Viru ( Ida-Viru maakond )and West Viru ( Lääne-Viru maakond). There are several theories about the origins of the name Viru (more can be found in the Wikipedia article about Vironians) The Viru bottle was created by Baltic Beer Company to reflect the historical medieval bottles once used in the region and revive the classic art-deco style of Estonia's first independence in the 1920s. Baltic Beer Company Ltd (formerly Brand Independence Ltd) is a company based in Lo ...
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Harboe's Brewery
Harboe's Brewery () is a Denmark, Danish brewery located in Skælskør, Denmark which was established in 1883. Harboes is an international beverage manufacturer with production facilities in three countries and business activities in more than 90 markets worldwide. They manufacture and market beverages and malt-based ingredients. The company has been family-owned and managed for five generations. The company Harboe Beer is a range of premium beer of Danish origin. Harboe Beer is distributed globally and is one of the best-selling brands in the Scandinavian beer market. Harboe's Brewery has subsidiaries in 5 countries and business activities in more than 90 markets worldwide. Products Beer The Harboe Beer product range includes the following varietals of beer: * Pilsner (4.6%) * Classic (4.6%) * Årgangsbryg (Arkitekt) (10%), a delicious traditional nepalese brew * Bear Beer (7.7%), a light, sweet and refreshing lager * Dark (5.2%) * Gold (5.9%) * Extra Strong (12%) * Clim8 — ...
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Haljala Alev 25
Haljala () is a small borough () in Lääne-Viru County, in northern Estonia. It is located about 10 km northwest of the town of Rakvere, by the Tallinn–Narva (Tallinn–Saint Petersburg) road (part of E20). Haljala is the administrative centre of Haljala Parish. As of the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 1,084. Haljala was first mentioned in 1241. Name Haljala was attested in historical sources as ''Halela'' in 1241, ''Halgel'' in 1402, ''Halligell'' in 1445, and ''Haliel'' in 1447, among other spellings. The Finnish linguist analyzed the name as not ending in -''jalg'' 'leg, foot' (genitive -''jala''), but with the suffix -''la''. According to the linguist Valdek Pall, the suffix -''la'' in place names is often preceded by a personal name, and Airi Kartano has compared personal names containing ''Hal'' (such as ''Hali(kko)'', and ''Halli'') with the word ''hall'' 'gray(-headed), gray(-bearded)'. R. Alitalo has connected the meaning of Finnish place names ...
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Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Its capital Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest List of cities and towns in Estonia, urban areas. The Estonian language is the official language and the first language of the Estonians, majority of its population of nearly 1.4 million. Estonia is one of the least populous members of the European Union and NATO. Present-day Estonia has been inhabited since at least 9,000 BC. The Ancient Estonia#Early Middle Ages, medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last pagan civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Northern Crusades in the ...
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Haljala
Haljala () is a Populated places in Estonia, small borough () in Lääne-Viru County, in northern Estonia. It is located about 10 km northwest of the town of Rakvere, by the Tallinn–Narva (Tallinn–Saint Petersburg) road (part of European route E20, E20). Haljala is the administrative centre of Haljala Parish. As of the 2011 Estonia Census, 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 1,084. Haljala was first mentioned in 1241. Name Haljala was attested in historical sources as ''Halela'' in 1241, ''Halgel'' in 1402, ''Halligell'' in 1445, and ''Haliel'' in 1447, among other spellings. The Finnish linguist analyzed the name as not ending in -''jalg'' 'leg, foot' (genitive -''jala''), but with the suffix -''la''. According to the linguist Valdek Pall, the suffix -''la'' in place names is often preceded by a personal name, and Airi Kartano has compared personal names containing ''Hal'' (such as ''Hali(kko)'', and ''Halli'') with the word ''hall'' 'gray(-headed), gray(-bear ...
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Lääne-Viru County
Lääne-Viru County ( or ''Lääne-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. In Estonian, ''lääne'' means western and ''ida'' means east or eastern. Lääne-Viru borders Ida-Viru County to the east, Jõgeva County to the south, and Järva County, Järva and Harju County, Harju counties to the west. In January 2013, Lääne-Viru County had a population of 58,806: 4.5% of the population in Estonia. History In prehistoric times, Lääne-Virumaa was settled by Estonians of the Vironian tribe. County government Until 2017 the County Governments of Estonia, County Government (), seated in Rakvere, was led by a County Governors of Estonia, governor (), who was appointed by the Government of Estonia. Since 2014, the governor position was held by Marko Torm. Municipalities The county is subdivided into Municipalities of Estonia, municipalities. There is one urban municipality ( – towns) and seven rural muni ...
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Kolkhoz
A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz. These were the two components of the socialized farm sector that began to emerge in Agriculture in the Soviet Union, Soviet agriculture after the October Revolution of 1917, as an antithesis both to the feudalism, feudal structure of impoverished serfdom and aristocracy, aristocratic landlords and to individual or family farming. Initially, a collective farm resembled an updated version of the traditional Russian obshchina "commune", the generic "farming association" (''zemledel’cheskaya artel’''), the Association for Joint Cultivation of Land (TOZ), and finally the kolkhoz. This gradual shift to collective farming in the first 11 years after the October Revolution was turned into a "violent stampede" during the collectivization in the Soviet Union, forced collectivization campaign that began in 1928. Name T ...
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Zhigulevskoye
Zhigulevskoye ( rus, Жигулёвское, p=ʐɨɡʊˈlʲɵfskəjə) is a brand of Russian beer. The original brewery was founded in Samara in 1881 by Austrian entrepreneur Alfred von Vacano. The original brand was named ''Viennese Beer'', but, according to legend, in 1934 it was renamed "Zhigulevskoye Beer" to get rid of its "bourgeois" name. During the Soviet era, at times it was virtually the only beer brand that could be found anywhere in the country. At the peak of its popularity it was made in more than 700 breweries around the country, and it practically became a generic name for beer. Production was regulated by a GOST standard since 1938. Zhigulevskoye had to contain no less than 2.8% alcohol by volume#Alcohol_by_weight, alcohol by mass and was allowed to have up to 15% of adjuncts.ОСТ 350-38, ГОСТ 3473-46, ГОСТ 3473-53, ГОСТ 3473-69, ГОСТ 3473-78 Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, beer under the Zhigulyovskoye brand has been produced by mul ...
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Lager
Lager (; ) is a Type of beer, style of beer brewed and Brewing#Conditioning, conditioned at low temperature. Lagers can be Pale lager, pale, Amber lager, amber, or Dark lager, dark. Pale lager is the most widely consumed and commercially available style of beer. The term "''lager''" comes from the German word for "storage", as the beer was stored before drinking, traditionally in the same cool caves in which it was fermented. As well as maturation in Refrigeration, cold storage, most lagers are distinguished by the use of ''Saccharomyces pastorianus'', a "bottom-fermenting" yeast that ferments at relatively cold temperatures. Etymology Until the 19th century, the German language, German word ''Lagerbier'' (:de:Lagerbier, de) referred to all types of top and bottom fermenting yeast, bottom-fermented, cool-conditioned beer in normal strengths. In Germany today, it mainly refers to beers from southern Germany, either "''Helles''" (pale) or "''Dunkel#Munich Dunkel, Dunkles''" (da ...
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet Union, it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by area, extending across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and sharing Geography of the Soviet Union#Borders and neighbors, borders with twelve countries, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, economy were Soviet-type economic planning, highly centralized. As a one-party state go ...
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Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.* * * Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.The island of Bornholm is offset to the east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. The Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, has roughly List of islands of Denmark, 1,400 islands greater than in ...
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Soft Drink
A soft drink (see #Terminology, § Terminology for other names) is a class of non-alcoholic drink, usually (but not necessarily) Carbonated water, carbonated, and typically including added Sweetness, sweetener. Flavors used to be Natural flavor, natural, but now can also be Artificial Flavoring, artificial. The sweetener may be a sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice, a sugar substitute (in the case of diet sodas), or some combination of these. Soft drinks may also contain caffeine, Food coloring, colorings, preservatives and other ingredients. Coffee, tea, milk, cocoa, and unaltered fruit and vegetable juices are not considered soft drinks. Soft drinks are called "soft" in contrast with "hard" alcoholic beverages, alcoholic drinks. Small amounts of alcohol (drug), alcohol may be present in a soft drink, but the Alcohol by volume, alcohol content must be less than 0.5% of the total volume of the drink in many countries and localities See §7.71, paragraphs (e) and (f). ...
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