Mack Isbjørn

Brewed by Mack Bryggeri
Style: Pale Lager
Tromsø, Norway

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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(Can 50 cl) Clear, pilsener golden with a white head. Soft, malty aroma. Light body with some malt and a lightly fruity and tart edge. Discrete hopping. 281106

500 ml can. Light golden colour and clear. Throws a medium-sized white coarse head. Grainy malt aroma and a little grassy hops. High carbonation level with big bubbles. Light hop bitterness in the finish. Rather pointless and boring.

500ml can shared with Finn. Pours a huge white cap over a clear straw coloured body. Fast fading foam. The aroma has notes of malt and citrus. Light grainy flavour with a dry and weak bittersweet finish.

Can. Golden colour with a white head. Light malt aroma. Flavour is light malt with watery finish.

Canned, 50 cl. Some of the maltiness familiar from the other Mack brews, but a little lighter. A little citrus sting in the finish. Lightweight, but not bad.

Light body with a thin texture. Corn in flavour. Dry finish with yeasty notes. Dusty aftertaste. Rather boring.

On tap. (Ølhallen, Tromsø). Served far too cold. Bright golden. Almost no head. Watery. Perfumed? A sweet aftertaste.

Golden colour with a white head. Malty aroma with a grainy sweetness. Sweet malty flavor with a light barnyard note.

Medium, white, coarse-laced head shrinks quickly into a thin foam cover on a pale yellow body with some ongoing carbonation. Faint floral hop aroma with notes of freshly sawed wood. Taste is lots of floral hops, somewhat bitter, with the same wooden notes towards the end. Very light, and clean-tasting, and entirely dominated by the hops. Easily the best Norwegian Pilsener I’ve had. This is quite good, thanks to the hops.

Bottle. Clear yellow coloured with a white head. Skunky aroma of malts and caramel. Flavour of malts and corn. Hoppy finish.