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.
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Clear yellow colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity and malty. Flavour is malty with somce citrus.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2008
at 03:40
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Yellow colour, medium white foamy head. Grainy aroma. Flavour is of bread, grassy, crispy and dry.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2008
at 03:39
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. A deep red beer with no head. The aroma is sweet and very malty with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of both straw and caramel.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2008
at 16:33
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
[Tasting @ yespr – Courtesy of yespr] Clear golden with medium white head. Grassy aroma with caramel and light hoppy notes. Slightly grassy flavor with light malty and caramel notes.
Tried
on 10 Feb 2008
at 05:19
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a white head. Light malty aroma. Mild sweet towards cornish. Slight fresh hoppy accent. Ends sweet and slight bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2008
at 18:58
3.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
(Can 50 cl) Clear, reddish brown with a beige head. Sweet, buttery aroma. Thin and watery, a little low in carbonation. Extremely sweet notes of roasted malt and burned caramel, very, very sugary. Absolutely no bitterness. Yeah, lots of Christmas gnomes on my can also. 110108
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jan 2008
at 11:02
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Can. Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are sweet malt and hops.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2008
at 06:41
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Can. Christmas version. Small head with short duration. Color is brown. Aroma and taste are very very sweet malt, syrup or molasses.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jan 2008
at 17:16
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
50 cL can, x-mas version. Pours dark brown with a reddish hue and a fully diminished off-white head. Sweet raisin malt aroma. Flavour is sweet malty, fully like a danish hvidtøl, slight raisin flavoured fruity.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jan 2008
at 05:15
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Can. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Not too alcoholic. Short finish. Creamy palate. OK malt liquer
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jan 2008
at 04:41