Icelandic Wee Heavy
Einstök Ölgerð in Akureyri, Northeastern Region, Iceland 🇮🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
7.06
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Viking history in Scotland goes back a thousand years. Even our brew master studied in Edinburgh, where he carefully surveyed the local brew. Our Scotch Ale is the first of its kind to use Icelandic-grown, birch-smoked barley in collaboration with Eimverk distillery in Garðabær. We then add native Icelandic Angelica, a fabled herb used by Vikings past. Our Wee Heavy is rich and hearty, with a touch of smokiness, and remains incredibly balanced. Your tastebuds have no choice but to be conquered.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
a: dark-ish brown coloured body | beautiful, relatively fast-dying tan head
a: rustic | nuts | bourbon
f: earthy | toffee | apples at end
t: malts | caramelised sugars | dirt near finish
o: plain | uninspired | decent, but expected much more!
33 cL can | Wegman's (grocery): McLean (Tyson's Corner), Virginia | 09-April-2025 | US$2,33 (part of a mixed six pack) | canned: 09-April-2025 | sampled: 27-May-2026
a: rustic | nuts | bourbon
f: earthy | toffee | apples at end
t: malts | caramelised sugars | dirt near finish
o: plain | uninspired | decent, but expected much more!
33 cL can | Wegman's (grocery): McLean (Tyson's Corner), Virginia | 09-April-2025 | US$2,33 (part of a mixed six pack) | canned: 09-April-2025 | sampled: 27-May-2026
Tried
from Can
from
Wegmans - Sterling
on 27 May 2026
at 21:33
7.5/10
Tried
on 30 Jan 2026
at 01:21
8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From Beer Drop, canned May 28th 2025.
It pours a clear mahogany with a massive head of foam, great retention and lacing.
The smell is nutty, roasty, has toffee, light smoke.
The taste is roasty, nutty, toffee, has grain, little bit smokey, almost tobacco.
Medium bodied, I would drink this again.
It pours a clear mahogany with a massive head of foam, great retention and lacing.
The smell is nutty, roasty, has toffee, light smoke.
The taste is roasty, nutty, toffee, has grain, little bit smokey, almost tobacco.
Medium bodied, I would drink this again.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Nov 2025
at 21:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pour is a dark murky river water brown. Aroma is a tootsie roll burnt caramel with brown sugar. Flavor is more sugar covered dark fruit a little smoky malt and a touch of alcohol. Very rich and flavorful. Almost into Dubbel territory. I really liked this rich and flavorful.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Sep 2025
at 23:55
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 23 Aug 2025
at 20:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Aromas are dark malt, toffee and toast. Flavors are similar to nose with an ever so slight smoke quality. Good balance between bitter, sweet and carbonation while leaning a bit sweet. Pretty good wee heavy.
Tried
from Can
at
Bodega Brew Pub, Inc.
on 03 Aug 2025
at 04:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
Bottle at home. Pours deep copper with beige head. Nose is sweet boozy, fruity and spicy touch and a moderate smokey character. In taste it’s mainly sweet with notes of booze, grains, some smoke again. Medium body, soft carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From Heinrich 3000, Kornwestheim, best before 11/24, drinking it yesterday, at home, relax. Good brown beer, full body, malty, smooth, note of toffee, sweet, boozy, regular bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Heinrich's Super Getränke-Markt 3000
on 02 Mar 2025
at 21:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Hopt. Sweetish brown malt aroma with caramel, toffee, notes of dried dark fruits, berries, candy, touch of fudge and ash. Sweet flavour with a mild bitterness. Body is above medium. Rich creamy malts and I like the touch of fruits, good brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2025
at 11:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Аромат весьма пряный, даже немного перцем отдает, но не сильно, намеки на травы но тоже уходящие в пряности, немного карамели и сухофруктов. Цвет темно коричневый, пенка совсем маленькая. Вкус весьма ровныйЮ в меру питкий. Снова на первом плане пряности. Немного гвоздики с травами. Затем немного карамельки с медом, но намного меньше в пропорциях чем пряности. В послевкусие все тоже самое плюс сухофрукты. В Целом ровно и хорошо.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2025
at 11:28