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26 Howe Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6TG, Scotland
Description
Founded in 2022, Himlenbryg is focused on perfectly representing the traditional European styles its professional brewers have always loved. Always on-style, always super-drinkable, these may not be 'loud' beers, but they always speak volumes. A true Nordic rising star.
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
dark brown with light tan head
A - hops citrus and resinous, caramel
F - hops are still there with a light chocolate/coffee from the malt
light and easy drinking
A - hops citrus and resinous, caramel
F - hops are still there with a light chocolate/coffee from the malt
light and easy drinking
Tried
from Can
from Beer52
on 10 Oct 2025
at 21:49
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33cl can from Beer52.
Thick off white head. Hazy light burgundy pour. Light fruity bitterness
Thick off white head. Hazy light burgundy pour. Light fruity bitterness
Tried
from Can
from Beer52
on 27 Jun 2025
at 17:58
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Just read the other 3 reviews of this and I've got a different animal. It's red for a start and dominated by 'Lingonberries' (had to goggle them), I have never knowingly had them in a beer or even tried some before. So my beer had a pink head on a hazed light red body and had a hedgerow berry sort of aroma and taste, which I discovered were in fact these Lingonberries (think cranberry). Not unpleasant, but not really my scene, slightly tart in nature.
Tried
from Can
from Beer52
on 01 May 2025
at 17:30
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml can via Beer52, drank at my brothers in Devon on 30th April 2025. Billowing beige head on a coke brown body. Chocolate notes in the malt laden brew, bit thin for a Baltic Porter, but pleasant enough.
Tried
from Can
from Beer52
on 30 Apr 2025
at 21:15
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Semi hazed gold with good white head. Aroma is light floral with some grainy malt, light citrus and white grape. Taste has a subtle fruit but its quite wheat noted, light citric sherbet note which is drying on the palate. The use of oats firms up the body but as there is not much going on taste wise, a lighter session mouthfeel might have been better. Not keen.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Black pour with nice foamy beige head. Aroma of dark chocolate, malted milk biscuits, coffee, blackcurrant. Taste has a dark bitter chocolate, biscuit, Weetabix, liquorice, roast, a bit spicy. A touch thin and gassy for a dark 6% beer. Quite nice flavours though.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Can at and thanks to James, 13/04/24. Light black with a decent lasting beige head. Nose is mellow roast, nutty, toffee, dark malts. Taste comprises cocoa powder, dried fruit rinds, toffee, charr, modest roast, sweet edged. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. So so contract garbage ... why bother ... you're only getting a Baltic Porter in name here ... not in flavour!
Tried
from Can
on 13 May 2024
at 20:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Beer52. It pours darkest brown to black with a decent beige head. The aroma is earthy roasted wood, cacao nibs, coffee grounds, umami, liquorice, molasses and a puff of smoke. The taste is dry, dark roasted malt, dull smoke, toasty, charred wood, bitter - sweet dark chocolate, cacao nibs, liquorice allsorts, molasses, coffee grounds BD toasted nut with a drying, roasted finish. Medium body and average carbonation. Decent Baltic porter. Drinks well.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2024
at 14:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
[33cl can from Beer52.] A hazy straw coloured pour with a loose white head; malty aroma with a little lingonberry; tart fruity berry taste with a sweet malty body; and a thin insubstantial finish.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Feb 2024
at 19:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
[33cl can from Beer52 - another invented brewery.] A cola coloured pour with a thin beige head; aroma of roasted grains with a touch of coffee; rather sweet in the mouth with a fruity taste and a light grainy bitterness; then a very sweet finish and a little warmth in the stomach.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2024
at 19:23