Lillebjørn
Eik & Tid in Oslo, Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴
Sour / Wild Beer Regular|
Score
6.45
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Beer5000 (11421) reviewed Lillebjørn from Eik & Tid 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from Gulating. Slightly unclear brown body with a small off-white head. Mild aroma, malt, bread, ripe fruit and hint of wood. Flavor is quite subtle and you might be a little experienced to figure out whats going on here because this is a rather quite beer where the aroma and flavors doesn't actually screams for attention. It’s still not a great beer, but it has certain qualities that deserves some attentions. The balance is quite amazing. I don't see this as a sour beer really, but there is a tart dryness and mild acidity balancing the sweet malt, making this beer feeling a lot lighter than it probably is. It feels quite malty, but not very sweet at all. Not much fruit or bitterness either, but some kind of ripe berries or fruit contributes to the flavor. It’s not a funky beer, but there is some kind of cellar notes here. It has some wood and yeast flavor which gives a earthy character. I have no idea what their house kveik strains is supposed to taste like, but compared with the kveik based beer I have sampled so far, I can't really say to recognize any kveik flavors either. That is not necessary a bad thing, I just need to try some other samples with this kveik flavor to get to know this better.
All in all a very balanced but not particular exiting beer, there is no WOW factors, but is still a good beer that should be tasted by anyone who has an interest of beer besides searching for the bitterest, most sour, strongest or most juicy flavor when tasting beer.
Inbreak (10167) reviewed Lillebjørn from Eik & Tid 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
16.03.2018, 0,75l bottle @ home:
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet floral, sap, wet grass, hay, berry skin, fruit stones, weeds, bark, old cellar, bloodlike minerals, old leafs. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish mineraly, weeds, sour grass, minerals, hay, flowers, berry skin, bark, old cellar, paper, hints of unripe gooseberries. Medium bitterness, slightly watery and harsh sour-ish mouthfeel. Fair enough, just kind of boring.