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 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Total Wine in Folsom, CA. Pours pale gold with a slight white head. Aroma is berry, but not a familiar one. Kind of blueberry? Near med body. Flavor is berry, and it goes a little perfume. Seems dry and bitter, but the "perfume" aspect detracts. Drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2014
at 19:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can shared in Hoboken - thanks to Blipp. Pours hazy, pale yellow with a bubbly white head. The nose has some white grape, baked wheat, pale grains. Light sweet flavor, fairly dry, with some pale wheat, children’s Tylenol, grape. Light bodied with average carbonation. Sweet finish with further grapes, moderate wheat sugars. Fine.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Dec 2014
at 19:07
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
33cl can from Vínbúðin Austurstræti, Reykjavik. Pours slightly hazy and very pale with a white head. Somewhat fruity and wheaty aroma which seems a bit artificial and actually reminds me a bit about a berry youghurt.. Semi sweet with slightly strange berry flavours and just a light acidity. A bit strange and not really my thing, but still interesting enough.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Sep 2014
at 12:17
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
0,33L can, BB 11.07.15. Pours golden with white head. The head stays. Aroma is sweet, berries, malt. Flavor is very sweet, bitter, soapy, herbal, berries, malt. Finish is hoppy bitter. Overall: not very good, the berries are way too dominant and are somewhat artificial. It feels almost alcopopish.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2014
at 11:07