Ölvisholt Skjálfti

Brewed by Ölvisholt Brugghús
Style: Premium Lager
Selfoss, Iceland

Serve in Lager glass

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Bottle 33cl @ [ Tasting by Maria ].
Clear medium orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lancing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruit - berry, moderate hoppy, pine - citrus, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (170608)

Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a thick off-white head. The aroma has notes of elderflowers, citrus, hops, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of grassy hops and malt as well as hints of grapefruit, leading to a bitter finish.

From tap. Pours clear and golden orange with a fully diminished white head. Mild fruity and light hoppy aroma. Mild citrusy accent and bitterness in the initial flavour. Lingering fresh hoppy and dry bitter base flavour. Bitter and dry finish with a mild fruity hops accent. Nice and refreshing.

(Bottle 33 cl) Clear amber golden with an off-white head. Ligh citrus touches in the aroma. Medium-bodied with a soft mouthfeel, caramel and fruit combined with a surprisingly decent hoppiness in the finish. 190908

UPDATED: MAR 3, 2009 Bottled@EBF2008. Golden colour, not much head. Aroma is hops and some mild grassyness as well as mild notes of caramel. Flavour is grass, caramel, quite much fruityness as well as mildly saltwatery. Mild fruity aftertaste. 6 3 7 3 13

Bottled@Bishops Arms Vasagatan, Stockholm. Golden colour, big white head. Aroma is grass, yeast, earth and some grainy notes. Flavour is quite bready malts with some fruity bitter hops. Wellbalanced. Aftertaste is fruity and earthy. 6 3 7 3 13.

UPDATED: OCT 1, 2008 Bottled at European Beer Festival, Copenhagen (as Skælv). Clear golden, brief head. Light orangey nose. Medium sweet with clean crystal malt character. Fairly sweet with medium body. Salty bitterish finish. Rather simple with it’s too clean mouthfeel, but still has a fair bit of character. (5/3/6/2/10 = 2.6)
Re-rate draught at Stockholm Beer Festival (now as Skjálfti) The hops feels more pronounced here, and served less warm from keg some of the hardness disappears. I was told that this beer is brewed more in the California Common style than as a lager.

Bottle at EBF 2008. Clear golden coloured with a small white head. Malty aroma of hay, grain, caramel and hops. Malty flavour of hops, grain and grape fruits with notes of grass. Hoppy finish.

Bottle. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty slightly hoppy aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some citrus hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

50cl bottle. Pours clear copper with a small white head and lacings. Nose is peachy and floral hops. Medium bodied. Very crisp taste with a dry hoppy end. Very enjoyable & extremely good for a pale lager!

Draught at På Besök, Malmö
Hazy deep blond color. The aroma shows some malt, with light fruitness. The flavor has some malt, with a respectable body, some straws, but it’s quite anonymous. Strong ending bitterness, that hides a very light sourness; this edge is actually a bit disturbing. Simple.