Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson

Commercial Brewery in Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland 🇮🇸

Established in 1913

Contact
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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4.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 7 Overall 4.5
Pint in Reykjavik, 20/06/2009.
Golden blonde Euro style macro lager.
Kicked off with this .... weakish corn and cereals affair.
Upgraded to Polar Bear.
No thanks.
Tried on 19 Jun 2009 at 23:00

5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 7 Overall 4.5
Pint in Reykjavik, 20/06/2009.
Golden blonde Euro style macro lager. Had a little more about it than the Gull but having tried a few local offerings I soon went to Fransizkaner and the like in bottle.
Tried on 19 Jun 2009 at 23:00

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 6 Overall 5
Can. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is malt, fruit. Flavour is sweet, malt, fruit, grain, alcohol, hint of hop. Medium body. Boring beer.
Tried from Can on 31 May 2009 at 04:14

4.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Can. A clear, almost golden beer with a finger-thick white head. Pale malts and fruits on the nose, with some alcohol and a grassy touch. Quite weak. Grainy and fruity flavor with some alcohol. Not much bitterness to brag about. Dry, full-bodied and a bit warming. There’s some piney and grassy bitterness in the finish. A clear beer, but dead boring. Can’t really see any use for beers like this. (090418)
Tried from Can on 27 Apr 2009 at 14:39

4.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
50cl can. clear yellow, small white head. aroma of cor, faint alc. flavor is sawdust, syrup, sweet.
Tried from Can on 13 Apr 2009 at 13:58

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
21/11 0.5 l can courtesy of ogivlado, thanks for sharing! It poured a darker brown body with medium sized beige head. Weak aroma, some caramel malt. Flavor is fine, sweet caramel, combined with roasted malt and licorice. Not particularly bodied but still that sweetness don’t allow you to think it’s too watery. Finish is shorter, sweetish. Simple but not bad dunkel that just misses some body.
Tried from Can on 28 Nov 2008 at 08:22

3.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
03/11 0.5 l can courtesy of ogivlado, thanks! New beercountry for me. Let’s see that US-like beer. Well, it poured some pale yellow body with bigger head. Boring industrial malts overwhelm aroma, which is weak anyway. Flavor quite OK for what it is, a bit industrial but with some bread or honey malts discernible. Thin, very watery body. Short, watery finish. Label says it’s the best light beer in the world, actually, it might be close to truth, but this is still crap when you look even to average pale lagers.
Tried from Can on 27 Nov 2008 at 11:34

4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Canned(500ml). -trade with faroeviking (thanks Jacob).
Reddish/brown coloured, medium sized tan head, weak caramel nose with touch of herbs. Malty, caramel and licorice taste. Also very watery and a way too sweet beer.
Tried from Can on 27 Nov 2008 at 07:12

4.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
Can that ogivlado received in a trade with faroeviking, shared with him and heavy (thanks!) Poured an extremely dark red body with a medium to big tan head that took its time to go away. Extremely weak nose... couldn’t detect anything (maybe, just maybe malt...). Sweet caramelly taste, watery. Notes of licorice. Odd. Extremely weak roastiness, maaaybe alcohol.
Tried from Can on 26 Nov 2008 at 16:58

2.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 2 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 2.5
Canned(500ml). -trade with faroeviking (thanks Jacob).
Pale golden coloured, small white head, lively carbonation, dusty nose. Weak malty, salty very watery and that’s it. Some mild bitter finish. Pure Iclandic water.
Tried from Can on 19 Nov 2008 at 12:12