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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4.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Blond color. Simple aroma and flavor: malt and hay; honey; a light sweetness in the middle, mixing with a flowery note.

Tried on 25 Nov 2003 at 11:07


3.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Bottled(330ml). -for greek's are good... maybe, but for other is bad........

Tried from Bottle on 21 Dec 2002 at 07:14


4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Pale straw color with fast fading white head. Very mild, very clean. Certainly nothing special

Tried on 18 Dec 2002 at 18:10


4.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Bottled. Pale golden. Neutral aroma. Medium bodied and rather sweet with some late bitterness. Clean and drinkable middle-of-the-road lager.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Nov 2002 at 01:04


4.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Not really great, but about what I'd expect from a plain lager from overseas. Tastes like any other plain lager from overseas. Had a little fruity flavor to it but that was all I could find to comment on.

Tried on 13 May 2002 at 10:11


2.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5

This didn't taste much...and the tiny little flavour I manged to find wasn't very pleasant.

Tried on 16 Apr 2002 at 14:24


3.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Clean and uneventful. Mild hop accent. Similar to Marathon................

Tried on 15 Mar 2002 at 07:41


2.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5

Pale golden in colour. Rather sweet, pretty bland, hint of bitterness. Very forgettable. For good Greek beer go to the Craft brewpub in Athens.

Tried on 21 Feb 2002 at 17:39


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Yes I had this while on holiday in Greece... and found it quite acceptable. Probably the best(??) Greek beer. However, I don’t feel any need to have it imported to Norway.....
Rerate: It is now actually imported to Norway, in a watered-down 4.7% ABV version, in order to be sold in our grocery stores. 330 ml green bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Crystal clear pale golden colour, decent head. Fresh and grassy moderate aroma. The flavour is fairly "clean" with a moderate malty sweetness and fairly decent hops in the finish. OK on a hot summer’s day.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2002 at 17:21


4.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Most Greek pilsners are quite similar, but this would be at the high end of the scale quality-wise.

Tried on 27 Dec 2000 at 20:22