Icelandic Arctic Berry Ale
Einstök Ölgerð in Akureyri, Northeastern Region, Iceland 🇮🇸
Brewed at/by: Viking ÖlgerdFruit Beer Summer
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Score
6.23
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In Iceland, Sumardagurinn fyrsti (the First Day of Summer) designates the arrival of warmer temperatures and abundant sunshine. At Einstök, we´re celebrating summer with this limited edition Arctic Berry Ale, a refreshing witbier flavored with tasty bilberries, hand-picked near the Arctic Circle. It´s the perfect ale for your summer adventures, but enjoy it while you can - it will disappear with the midnight sun.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Drinks of the World. Pours hazy pale yellow with a pillowy head. Aroma is soft bilberry, some wit and yogurt. Body is medium, silken, more bilberry, fruity and sweet, more yogurt. Sweet creamy palate. Good, but a bit same-same.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Dec 2017
at 15:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Hazy yellow color with white head. Aroma is sweet blueberries, pale malts, wheat, cereal. Taste is blueberries and cereal, some wheat dough, a touch hops as well. Very creamy mouthfeel with soft medium carbonation. Quite drinkable, but does not work out completely, despite its simplicity.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Nov 2017
at 16:16
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33 cl can from Vinbudin. Hazy, golden colour with a fluffy white head. Fruity aroma with citrus, spices and sweet, red berries. Taste is light sweet. Medium bodied. Finishes slightly drying with sweet red berries and a spicy note. Nice summer’s beer.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jul 2017
at 10:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Bilberry..I’m on board. Classically minded fruit beer. The Bilberries are nice, giving it a blueberry black raspberry tone. Has finesse, drinks really nice. Fluffy and light on the palate. It might be the greatest fruit beer out there, but it is quite better than a lot of the modern misses that many tickers endure. Easy going, light wheat touches. Reminds me of fresh blueberry beers of the past.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jun 2017
at 00:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330 ml can from BeerLovers, canned 20.03.2017
Pale golden, medium hazy body, with a medium, creamy, lacing, white head.
A of sweet blueberries, minerals, some citrus, some wheat, slight spices.
Tastes quite similar, a bit fuller maybe, with blueberries mainly, but also a bit more hops.
Medium, a bit creamy mouthfeel, with a lively carbonation.
Finishes quite light, medium sweet, medium spicy, slightly bitter, a bit hoppy, with lingering blueberries.
Good. Overall a bit too light, but still refreshing and clean to drink. The berries are dominating, while restrained, leaving room for some hoppy notes. Nice, little summer beer.
Pale golden, medium hazy body, with a medium, creamy, lacing, white head.
A of sweet blueberries, minerals, some citrus, some wheat, slight spices.
Tastes quite similar, a bit fuller maybe, with blueberries mainly, but also a bit more hops.
Medium, a bit creamy mouthfeel, with a lively carbonation.
Finishes quite light, medium sweet, medium spicy, slightly bitter, a bit hoppy, with lingering blueberries.
Good. Overall a bit too light, but still refreshing and clean to drink. The berries are dominating, while restrained, leaving room for some hoppy notes. Nice, little summer beer.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jun 2017
at 12:24