Icelandic Wee Heavy
Einstök Ölgerð in Akureyri, Northeastern Region, Iceland 🇮🇸
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
7.04
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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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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Amber in color with a three-finger head. Aroma is caramel, roasted malts and grains. Taste is toffee, caramel, nuts and roasted.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:39
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
12 oz can. Pours a nearly opaque brown color with a big foamy beige head that has decent retention. The aroma is medium in strength with toffee and dust. The taste is toffee, dark breads and roasted grains. The palate is full and a bit oily with soft carbonation. Finishes somewhat short. Overall: Decent Wee heavy--will drink again. Pairs well with some gouda cheese.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jan 2025
at 18:12
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can 330ml @ home. Pours hazy amber brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel and faint hint of smoke. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long malty, caramel and bitter finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Aug 2024
at 17:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Brown, hazy with a off white head. Aroma of dried fruit, sweet malt and dark berries. Light bitter with a bread, sweet malt and dried fruit end.
Tried
on 27 Oct 2023
at 23:40
6.5/10
Tried
on 10 Jun 2023
at 23:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Lots of caramel and dried fruit, with a slight toasted pumpernickel and cocoa note on the back end and a slightly bitter fade. Fairly simple, but drinkable.
Tried
on 11 May 2023
at 03:47
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled (from Alko webshop). Deep brown, very close to black colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is dried fruits, mild leathery tones, some figs and plum along with mild alcohol. Flavour is fruity, caramelly, plum, some alcohol, mild leather and some pleasant yeasty spiciness to it. Very smooth, and actually feels a bit aged too, but in a positive way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2023
at 19:50
7.5/10
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Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2022
at 23:28
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
June 2021 canning consumed August 2022. 12oz can pours a garnet amber with a huge cap of off white head. Nose has some oxidation, sherry, caramel, soggy bread, booze. Flavor has cherries and the rest. Full bodied, boozy finish. A little stale. 7 5 7 3 13
Tried
from Can
on 12 Sep 2022
at 13:38