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.
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
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3
Can from a small supermarket next to Myvatn. Pours clear golden, topped with a medium white foamy head. Mild grainy nose, corn - not much going on. Mildly sweet start, medium bittery feeling. A bit metallic in the aftertaste. Typical macro quality, but drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Aug 2018
at 16:03
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle from one of the Vinbudin. Pours clear yellow colour, topped with a white foamy head. Slightly smelly corn nose, but not too much. Slightly sweet, a bit medicinal. Hints of bitterness. Average lite beer. Not unpleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2018
at 21:42
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can from Vinbudin, Hevragerdi. Appearance - pale yellow, big fluffy head. Nose - sweetcorn and dank malt bag. Taste - more of the malt bag. Light lemon. Maybe some pils spice. Palate - light bodied with a dry finish. Overall - not special.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2018
at 23:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On keg at Salt, Reyjavik. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - reassuring sweetcorn and green beans. Taste - more corn, light citrus. Palate - light bodied, dry through middle and end. Overall - decent example of the style and appreciated at the time.
Tried
on 22 Jul 2018
at 19:06
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 2
33cl can. Poured clear golden color with a thin white head. Aroma has citrus extract and sweetness. Overly sweet with artificial citrus notes.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2018
at 13:07
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Plechovka z obchodu. Slaba nrvyrazna vona. Bleda farba pena ziadna. Chut slabochmelova. Na konci trochu vyraznejsia.
Tried
on 10 Jun 2018
at 21:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Z obchodu, plechovka. Vona prijemna sladova. Medova farba pena nedrzi. Chut trochu horka sladova na konci viac horka.
Tried
on 10 Jun 2018
at 21:31