Ægir Tors Hammer

Brewed by Ægir Bryggeri
Style: Barley Wine
Flåm, Norway

Serve in Snifter

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I knew a guy named Thir once. He would have liked this one, I think. Clear amber color. Aroma of boozy caramel. Taste is like snorting pure caramel, and a bit of spice. East to get hammered drinking half a liter of this bad boy. Best shared.

28th March 2012
Bottle at Grunnerloka. Clear amber beer. Big head - very pale tan. Smooth dry palate. Sweet malt - quite an intense caramel. Some hop, well buried. Inevitably some alcohol aniseed and warmth but generally copes with it’s high abv. Some slightly burned toffee in the head. Drinkable big ol’ barleywine!

From bestillingsutvalget at Vinmonopolet. Pours a hazy amber color body in the glass with a thin off white head. Sweet and fruty smell of brown sugar, orange and port. Quite alcoholic on the nose. Delicious taste of brown sugar, clementines/orange, hops and creamy caramel. The alcohol is well integrated in the taste and the overall impression of this "barleywine" is very impressive indeed!

500ml bottle. Medium amber, slightly cloudy, beige head. Fruity, complex aromas, dried fruits, marzipan, almonds, hazelnut, hops, apricots, malt, yeast. Medium sweet, full bodied, high bitterness, balanced CO2. Complex, rich taste, lots of dried fruits, almonds, walnuts, apricots, malt, caramel, yeast, hops. (2012-02-29)

Bottle 50 cl. Orange hast with a orange Nice orange head. Hoppy, rasin dark fruits aroma. Bitter taste with a caramel, rasin Alc end, suite Nice.

Tap (Pikkulintu, Helsinki, Olutopas Pikkujoulu 2011) - shared by Janne - thanks!
6 Huge toffee aroma, some fleshy fruit. And woh - if it’s not cold, the alcohol is huge.
3 Flat dark orange.
6 Sweet honey, thick and with some grains. Alcohol again biiiig.
3 Sticky and sweet. Bit too boozy, leaves you afaid to breath on a candle.
12 Covers 13% quite well by tasting of 11%. Gee, thanks.

UPDATED: MAR 1, 2012 Bottle. Hazy amber colour with a small off white head. Raisin and fruity nose. Sweet caramel flavour in the background with a mix of: raisins, fruit, alcohol, toffee.

50 cl bottle @ Olutravintola Pikkulintu, BBE 13.09.2020
Sweetish aroma is very typical to barley wine with oaky notes, raisins, some sugar and fruitiness. Flavour is very sweet with sugar and some exotic fruits from the hops. Alcohol in the finish that almost disturbs. Could improve with age.

500ml bottle @ Pikkulintu, Helsinki

Pours dark orange with a small foamy white head. Aroma has notes of alcohol, fruits, berries and spices. Taste is quite fruity and malty with notes of spices and berries. Finish is quite strong and slightly bitter. Alcohol warms and burns through a bit too much. Okay barley wine.

50 cl bottle. BBE 13.09.2020.
Pours hazy amber colour with small head. Aroma of ripe fruits like apricot, toffee, caramel malts, grass and yeast. Flavour of sweet caramel malts, toffee, ripe fruits, plum, mild raisins, wood and earth notes.
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