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.
3.8/10
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Aroma 3
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Texture 4
Overall 4
Can on the airplane to Reykjavik to make me go to sleep off hours. It worked like overtime! Not too bad for a lager, either. Crisp finish and decent fresh water.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Apr 2017
at 17:41
1.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Prettt foul on the grand scheme of things like giant plastic ocean trash islands. Pours golden with ok head. Tangy adjunct finish. Not as good as Viking or Gull. Bottle for $10 at hotel and worth far, far less.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2017
at 17:31
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and caramelish. Metallic. Dark malty and slight caramelish. Toasted and dark malty finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2017
at 12:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Keg at Kaffibarinn - Reykjavik. Pours clear yellow-gold with a foamy, white head. Crispy cereal in the nose, some straw, pale grains. Light sweet flavour with some further pale grains, cereal, low bitterness. Light bodied with average carbonation. Pretty crisp on the finish, with further crispy cereal, pale bread, hay. Nice, easygoing cheap lager.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2017
at 06:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap@Taphouse, Copenhagen - Dark brown verging black. Sweet and toasted malty with some sweet burnt caramel and cocoa notes, brown sugar, earthy, holy backing, slight toasted nutty accents in the close.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Feb 2017
at 08:41
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. A dark brown beer with a lazing tan head. The aroma has notes of prunes, over ripe fruits, bread, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, prunes, over ripe fruits, herbs, and caramel, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Feb 2017
at 06:14
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle brought back from Iceland by my sister. Clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma: sweet malt, some fruitiness, slight floral/herbal notes. Taste: sweet fruity malt, grainy, grassy hops, soft bitterness slightly metallic. Oily texture, medium carbonation and body. Fairly good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2017
at 17:42
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can at the hostel in Reykjavik. Some kind soul left this on the ’Free Shelf’ in the communal kitchen - don’t mind if I do. Pours immaculately clear yellow with a fluffy white head. The nose holds light cereal, general pale grains. Very lightly sweet flavour with faint grass and metallic notes, some hay. Light in body with average carbonation. Decent finish, some pale bread, biscuits and straw. For what it is, it’s not terrible.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2017
at 17:40
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can at the Reykjavik airport. Pours clear yellow with a foamy, white head. Dried cereal in the nose. Light sweet flavour, a little dry, with more crisp cereal, a mild tinny note, husky grain, hay. Light bodied with average carbonation. Lightly drying to finish, with further crisp grains, slight bitter straw, metallic edge. A serviceable watery low-alc lager.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2017
at 07:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can shared at the hostel in Reykjavik. Pours totally clear yellow with a small, foamy white head. Pleasant crispy biscuits in the nose, traces of straw. Light sweet flavour with subtle dry cereal notes, a little further biscuit, hay, very slight grass. Light bodied with average carbonation. Clean finish, lightly dry, with airy ple bread, more biscuity notes, cereal grains, mild bitter hay. Simple but not bad for an NA beer.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2017
at 12:56