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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5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Canned. Clear golden, small head. Sweet, fruity and bready. Medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Some butter. Low bitterness.
Tried from Can on 24 Dec 2011 at 12:31

4.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Can. Light golden with a white head. Thin, with sweet malty aroma and lightly hopped. Watery with a slightly bitter finish. Boring, but drinkable.
Tried from Can on 24 Dec 2011 at 03:47

2/10
Tried on 31 Oct 2011 at 12:53




2/10
Tried on 31 Oct 2011 at 12:52

3.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 2 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
500 ml can, as Egils Premium Export, from Rúsan, Tórshavn. ABV is 5.7%. Pale golden colour, large white head. Moderate sweetish "industrial" aroma, hints of wet cardboard. The flavour is first medium sweet, some acidic fruity notes, hints of cardboard again, some bitterness in the dry and dusty finish. No masterpiece this one.
Tried from Can on 13 Oct 2011 at 12:31

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Update 7/23/2022: description below remains, but I enjoyed this one more on tap... from 8/25/2011: Pours clear gold into a shaker. Bright white lace recedes to hug rim. Adjunct aromas. Sweet malt and adjuncts, mild bitter finish. 5/3/5/3/10
Tried from Draft on 25 Aug 2011 at 23:56

2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 1
500 ml can, from Rúsan, Tórshavn. ABV is 4.4%. Golden colour, moderate white head. Weak aroma, grainy and dusty, just a faint hint of fruit. Fizzy mouthfeel. Bland flavour, grainy and dusty again, very dry, minimal hops, not good at all.
Tried from Can on 12 Aug 2011 at 05:14