Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson

Commercial Brewery in Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland 🇮🇸

Established in 1913

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Grjóthálsi 7-11, Reykjavík, IS - 110, Iceland
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.

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5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
I was served a plastic cup of Gull while in the pool at the Blue Lagoon in Iceland. Your basic Pilsner yellow, it also had a decent snow white head. Citrus in the taste, mostly lemon, with grain and crackers. Not bad, maybe it was the location helping.
Tried on 02 Aug 2019 at 13:36

5/10
Grainy, tasteless, freezing cold, some hops, crisp
Tried from Draft on 26 Jul 2019 at 15:33

4/10
A nagyon halovány színje már afféle rizses kukoricás egyveleget vetít előre...
Tried on 24 Jul 2019 at 22:32

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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

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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 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 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 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 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 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