Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson
Commercial Brewery in Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland 🇮🇸
Established in 1913
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Description
Established in 1913, Ölgerðin is the Icelandic word for 'brewery', and, as the name suggests, brewing was the company’s main focus from the start. The brewery is named for Egill Skallagrímsson, a Viking Age poet.
2.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
On �lstofa Korm�ks of Skjaldar, pours a clear pale blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out herbal notes, with a grassy, vegetal character. Flavour is very vegetal, with fungal notes and a nasty vegetal character. Awful stuff.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2019
at 16:36
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
On tap at Bj�rgar�urinn, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out straw, grassy notes, and cereal grains. Flavour is cheap and watery, with grassy notes, herbal notes, and some vegetal character. Pissy and cheap. But it's drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Jun 2019
at 16:04
4.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can shared at Paul's house. Thanks to Paul. A clear nut brown coloured pour with a beige head. Aroma is sweet raisin loaf, nutty malts, apple sauce, little umami, oatmeal cookie. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, super sweet, raisin and apple sauce umami. Palate is medium sweet sticky.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Apr 2019
at 21:49
2.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
Can shared in Oldmeldrum. It pours deep brown with a decent tan head. The aroma is sweet, oily, meaty, marmite and malt loaf. The taste is sweet, sticky, so sweet, heavy sugary alcohol, treacle, crazy sugary, sugared plums, cherry cola and date with a sugary finish. Light body and fine carbonation. So god. Dam sweet.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Apr 2019
at 20:49
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Very little aroma at all. Clear gold with a decent white head. Light, refreshing and a touch if apple.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2019
at 11:24
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from a Reykjavík market. Pours bright gold with a foamy white head. Aroma is bready with a hint of grassy hop. Near med body. Flavor is bready with a fair amount of grassy/spicy hop. I could deal with this as a session beer.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Oct 2018
at 17:01
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from a market near the Center Hotels. Pours bright gold with a creamy/foamy white head. Aroma is bready with a spice note. Med minus body. Flavor is bready with a spice note. Actually the flavor isn’t really weak, but it’s unusual. The Near Beer of decades ago immediately came to mind. Refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Oct 2018
at 10:49
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can on Icelandic Air heading East. Pours bright gold with a creamy white head. Aroma is bready with a hint of spicy hop. Sort of medium body. Flavor is bready with a little spicy hop. Arguably tastier than Bud. I’ll drink it.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Oct 2018
at 10:44
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
From Nate: gold pour/white head. Sugary grain aroma. Smooth, sweet low taste. Not really grainy or bitter. Accordingly, nothing is too off in this... boring but refreshing.
Tried
on 16 Aug 2018
at 01:33
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
Bottle from Vinbudin, Reykjavik. Pours clear golden, topped with a medium sized, foamy white head. Mildly grainy nose, corn - typical stuff. Mildly sweet, quite corny. Medium bitterness to balance. Medicinal finish. classic macro lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2018
at 16:06