Olympic Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Kifisia, Attica, Greece 🇬🇷
Owned by Carlsberg Group International Head Office

Established in 1968

Contact
Elaion 59, Kifisia, 145 64, Greece
Description
The origin of the brewery go back to 1968 when Henninger Hellas company, the local Greek distributor of the German Henninger beer, was founded. In 1994 it was renamed as Northern Greece Brewery. In 1997 Mythos Beer was introduced, and in 2001 the company renamed itself as the Mythos Brewery S.A. Since 2008 it has been a subsidiary of Carlsberg Group. In 2014 a restructured Olympic Brewery was established after the merger of Mythos and Olympic.

Olympic Brewery is a strong and reliable company in the domestic beer market. Combining Greek DNA and the global imprint of the Carlsberg Group dynamics, it is a key player that not only envisions, but can also change the beer map of Greece. In 2018 Carlsberg acquired the remaining 49% in Olympic Brewery. When Mythos Brewery and Olympic merged in 2014, Carlsberg already had already gained a controlling 51 % share in the company.

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4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
0.33 l can bought in a market in Tirana, Albania. Nice, a new beercountry. It poured pale yellow body with medium sized head. Weak aroma of some malts...a bit grainy. Sweet malty flavor, not bad, but again very simple and one-dimensional beer. Some hints of corn and boring hops felt. Sweet-sourish aftertaste rounds it. Drinkable, might be refreshing, but a lower average pale lager.
Tried from Can on 01 Oct 2008 at 18:45

4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Can courtesy of and shared with heavy who found it in Albania (thanks!) Poured a golden-yellow body with a medium sized thick white head that went away fast. Slightly acidic, cabbagey nose, a bit grainy. Honeyish light sweet taste, some low quality hops, a bit corn, maybe light cabbage again, a bit flowery in a way. All in all not impressive.
Tried from Can on 01 Oct 2008 at 15:27

4.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle from Friar Tuck in St. Louis MO. Pale golden color with an ok frothy white head. Aroma is hoppy, but seems slightly skunked (green bottle). Medium body with sharp but mild carbonation. Flavor is without skunk at first, with malt and noble hop in good balance. But then a skunk hint seems to show up. Even if it’s not skunked, it’s a bit unusual. Suggests a lightly bready German pilsener, with a lot of noble hop, but it has a different sort of spice than I am familiar with. A bit of a puzzler.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Sep 2008 at 19:30

4.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
33cl bottle. Thanks buddy. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is hay/grain/corn/maize. Hints of lemon & buiscuit. A bit watery. Very typical industrial lager -tasted worse though!
Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2008 at 13:33

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
One of the 4 Genesis Beer. A rather new Microbrewer. Their Weiss Beer. Typical hazy golde ncoloar with big foamy head. Banana is the dominant flavor with some typical yeasty notes, wheat. Not bad but lacks of originality and is a bit watery.
Tried on 05 Sep 2008 at 05:51

3.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottled (BB 02/2008)
Clear amber color, decent cloudy off-white head. Cardboardish, ashy, grassy, caramelly aroma. Caramelly with grassy and papery flavor. Typical low-quality Vienna. This bottle was a bit past its prime.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2008 at 04:25

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5
I actually liked this lager, but don’t they all taste great on holiday? A malty sweet lager, no bitterness, but very crisp and fresh, grassy. And thin.
Tried on 26 Aug 2008 at 03:45

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Bottled (thanks brunnsbe!). Reddish amber colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is caramel malts, weird sweetness and some toffeeish diacetyl. Flavour is sweet malts, mild acidicness and some fudge. Quite papery notes too.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2008 at 11:57

2.6/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 4 Texture 2 Overall 2.5
Drank this the whole time I was in Greece. It’s refreshing but like everything else in the Greek beer scene just not special.
Tried on 24 Aug 2008 at 09:21

4.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4
Bottle 0,33l. Golden colored.A good-looking fluffy white head. Strong metallic and hoppy aroma. Soft mouthfeel. Sweet malty flavor. KI=9
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2008 at 15:56