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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4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Bottle at the hostel in Reykjavik. Pours clear yellow-gold with a foamy, white head. Dry pale grains in the nose, faint paper. Light sweet flavour with subtle metallic botes, some floral hop impression, more dried cereal. Light bodiednwith average carbonation. Fairly dry in the finish with further light papery dryness, vague dried cereals. Bland.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2017 at 12:51

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Canned October 28, 2016, drunk 11/27/16 on WOW Airlines flight to Iceland.
Clear with a large white head showing moderate retention. Golden, well-carbonated.
Smells quite clean with mineral water, pleasant cereal character and light honey-like grains. Maybe a hint of metallic character, but very, very minimal. None of the major offenders here; DMS, diacetyl or acetyldehyde. Very light hint of grassy hops help lighten things and there is no alcohol or oxidation.
In the mouth it shows ample carbonation, not too obnoxiously fizzy with honey and mineral water. Lots of grain and light cereal with hints of pepper and grass. Clean, drinkable and refreshing. I quite enjoyed it. Maybe on the sweet side, but I didn’t find the malt sugars problematic.
Tried from Can on 26 Dec 2016 at 17:38

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can at room in Iceland from Bonus, golden beer medium head.Aroma grain and malt. Taste is sweet and bitter. fizzy, one of the better low alcohol beers
Tried from Can on 10 Oct 2016 at 15:38

4.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
500ml can kindly shared by Magne. Pours a huge, rocky white head, solid lacing. Clear (dark) golden body. Pale malty smell with some moments of herbal hops. Light ripe fruity flavours joined by mid-sweet pale malts. Sweet malty end. Just alright, rather anonymous though. (Shared with friends at Prestvika, Sommarøya 02.09.2016).
Tried from Can on 04 Sep 2016 at 03:24

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Golden beer, small head. Aroma is weird, dont know how to describe it. Taste is watery, grain, malt, sweet. some bitterness, weird flavour. meh
Tried on 19 Aug 2016 at 15:30

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Glass from tap, golden small head. aroma is grain. Taste is the same with some hops. average.
Tried from Draft on 16 Aug 2016 at 17:35

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can at friends place, golden beer, medium head. Aroma is sweet grain, taset is the same and quite fizzy, meh
Tried from Can on 16 Aug 2016 at 17:31

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
33cl bottle from BeerExpress, Tallinn. Pours clear dark mahogany with a modest off-white head. Malty aroma with mild roasty notes, solid caramel and dried dark fruits with a hint of spices and alcohol. Sweet and caramelly with raisin flavour and warming alcohol. Nice as a winter warmer, not that fitting now in the middle of the summer. --- Beer merged from original tick of Boli Doppelbock on 20 Jul 2016 at 21:31 - Score: 7
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2016 at 13:49

3/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 2
A blonde Lager with a thin white head. In aroma, corn adjunct malt with light grassy hops, light skunked notes, bad. In mouth, a chalky adjunct malt with light grassy German hops, light mineral notes, mineral water with faint memories of a beer. Can from 10/11 store in downtown Reykjavik.
Tried from Can on 22 May 2016 at 19:16

2.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 2 Overall 2
A pale blonde lager with a thin white head. In aroma, a rather banal adjunct malt with light grassy hops, light mineral notes, plain and boring. In mouth, a rather weak malt with faint grassy hops, light mineral notes, watery and bad. Can from 10/11 store in downtown Reykjavik.
Tried from Can on 21 May 2016 at 17:38