Einstök Ölgerð Icelandic Arctic Pale Ale

Icelandic Arctic Pale Ale

 

Einstök Ölgerð in Akureyri, Northeastern Region, Iceland 🇮🇸

Brewed at/by: Viking Ölgerd
  Pale Ale Regular
Score
6.25
ABV: 5.6% IBU: - Ticks: 205
American and Bavarian craft come together with the finest Icelandic water to create the Viking version of the Pale Ale, where robust hoppiness meets smooth malty undertones. Cascade hops give it the American character, while Northern Brewer hops add just enough bitterness to make this Ale refreshingly Icelandic.
 

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5.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Orange with a large fluffy head that lingered. Bitter and fairly rough with tobacco, orange and pine notes. Long finish. Medium body.

Tried from Can on 08 Nov 2025 at 17:19


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

A 330ml bottle, happy to see these back in stock in restaurants in Jersey. A excellent pale ale. Originally I remember buying all 4 of this range of beers from a bar display close to Exeter cathedral in 2014. Drank in my home on 22/08/14 as different bottle of beer No. 761

Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2025 at 10:32


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. An actually good pale ale. Clear golden color with an nice two finger head. Very well balanced in both aroma and taste.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2025 at 05:13


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

12 oz. can
5.6% ABV
Packaged on: 24JUL24
$11.29 6-pk @ Publix

NOTE: They seemed to have dropped "Icelandic" from the name. Both the beer can that I got, and their website, just show the name as "Arctic Pale Ale".

AROMA: Moderately sweet with moderate scents of malt and caramel, followed by a hints of pine and citrus.

APPEARANCE: Pours a hazy, medium color, with a tall, 3-finger, tight-frothed, off-white head that dissipates slowly, with very good lacing.

TASTE: Moderately bitter with flavors of pine, malt, and grapefruit, and then just a hint of caramel towards the end. The finish is all pine flavor and fairly bitter. For me, the bitterness level just doesn't match well with the sweetness level of the aroma.

MOUTHFEEL: Medium-bodied and a little tacky on the tongue. Carbonation is average.

OVERALL: I've enjoyed most of the other beers that I've tried from this brewer, but this is not one of my favorites. Mostly because there is nothing that makes this beer memorable over all the other pale ales out there. That doesn't mean that this is a poorly crafted beer (quite the contrary). It just means that I won't remember it, nor would I be able to pick it out of a lineup of other beers in its category.

Tried from Publix - Winter Springs Town Center on 21 Feb 2025 at 19:56


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Can from Hopt. Aroma is light toasted crystal malt with some caramel, candied fruits, some orange. Sweetish flavour with a mild bitterness. Body is medium. A bit dull and on the sweet side.

Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:59


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Аромат хороший. Много хорошего европеского хмеля с нотками вырывающемся каскадом, при этом весьма много солода, причем снова европейского, как будто чешский. Цвет обычный, золотистый, слегка мутный. Вкус сразу очень горчит. Причем чем дольше ждешь после глотка, тем дальше горечь уходит из твоего рта. Послевкусие, как ни странно и хмелевое и солодовое. В прицепи пить можно, хотя слишком горьковато для меня.

Tried on 01 Feb 2025 at 11:31


8

It's okay, but yeah, Iceland.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:58


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Klar mørk golden med boblete offwhite topp som blir liggende rundt kanten. Aroma; malt, gjær, karamell, humle, mose. Smak; Karamell, malt, hint av sirup, lime, humle. Balansert, middels fyldig. Svak men lang ettersmak.

Tried on 17 Feb 2024 at 15:58


7

Klar gylden med offwhite skum som legger seg som ett slør. Aroma furunål malt karamell humle. Smak fersken humle malt karamell malt furunål. Frisk og god øl med god bitterhet. Flaske fra VP Langnes

Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2024 at 19:26


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Klare goldene Farbe mit weißer Schaumkrone. Malziger, hopfiger Geruch. Geschmacklich malzig, grasig hopfig, fruchtig mit Citrus. Mittlere Süße mit hoher Bitterkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.

Tried on 08 Jul 2023 at 18:04