Ölvisholt Vatnajökull Frozen in Time

Brewed by Ölvisholt Brugghús
Style: Dunkler Bock
Selfoss, Iceland

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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My parents brought back a bottle of this from Iceland. The beer pours to a glowing amber body with a white head. The aroma is malty with some cereal grains. The flavor is malty with a light banana and stone fruit. Graham crackers. Almost like a barleywine dunkel. Medium bodied and easy drinking.

Thx. to Martinus for sharing this one & the additional info. // 33 cl. bottle sampled @ Tim’s De Molen & assorted beers tasting // label looks like the cover of a cheesy power metal album cover // pours amber with a creamy white head // nose is typically German which is quite funny because you go out of your way or get pumped about trying an Icelandic beer & the taste & smell is just totally German // smell of German lager / yeast thing, flowers, touch apples & caramel // taste is German, bock, lager, bitter floral, apples, flowers, dark bread, touch dull // easy to drink bock mouthfeel // agreable

Clear aber colour, white head. Aroma of lager yeast, malts, caramel, sweetness, light fruity note. Sweet malty flavour, caramel. Only a touch of bitterness. Dry sweet malty finish.
Big on the munich malts. It has a very German feel to it.
(From 33cL bottle at the DMT @ Tim’s living, Gent. Brought from the Vatnajokull visitors centre.)

UPDATED: JAN 7, 2013 30/XII/12 - 33cl bottle @ home: De Molen & assorted beers tasting - bottled: 20/IV/12 (2012-1411) Thanks to Martinus for sharing the bottle!

Clear deep orange to light amber beer, creamy off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very German like, hay, stable, bit nutty, malts, grains, caramel, bit sugary. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: caramel, some grains, bitter hops, hay, bit nutty. Aftertaste: some grains, hay, citrus, caramel, little sweet, bitter hoppy ending.

33cl bottle, shared with 77ships, Martinus and Tderoeck. Thanks Tinus. BB 20.04.2013. Cuivrée claire, col beige léger et crémeux. Arôme est fruité léger, malt caramel pointe de douceur et de sucre résiduel pour un bouquet type pâle-Munich malté. Palais présente un léger fruité noir, léger malté, pointe d’épices, cara., le tout reste léger et typique d’un style allemand avec une présence houblonnée minime laissant juste une fine note d’amertume en fin de bouche.

Thanks to Blake and Jenny for sharing! Poured medium orange with a short-lived beige head. The aroma picked up sweet caramel, some non-descript fruits, and honey surrounded by a light kiss of earthy hops. The flavor found sweet caramel and honey at the core, with light bitterness around.. not very interesting, but it was certainly drinkable. Lighter-bodied with low-moderate carbonation on the palate.. OK feel and flow.

Bottle at CCB Day, Sätila 2012-07-07. Golden amber beer with a small offwhite head. Raisins, malty, caramell, minty aroma. Caramell, mint, malty, raisins flavour.

Bottle shared at Tkrjukoff’s CCB-day in Sätila. Thanx to Jon at Ölvisholt for the bottle! Pours hazy amber with a small light brown head. Aroma of caramel, herbs, some alcohol, some sourness. Sweet caramel to the taste, malts, low bitterness.

UPDATED: JUL 15, 2012 330 ml bottle shared @ tkrjukoffs CCB Day tasting. Pours hazy orangish golden with a small offwhite head that quickly dissipates without leaving much trace. Smell is sweet, malty and fruity with sweet dark bread, fruit cake, alcohol, plum juice, caramel, overripe grapes, orange juice, lemon zest, orange zest, grass, soil and wet stone. Taste is sweet and tiny sour with caramel, plums, raisins, marzipan, grass, orange zest, sweet dark bread, cookie dough, wet soil, grass and grapes. Mouthfeel Is round, tiny watery and medium bodied. Finish is tiny sweet and tiny sour with sweet dark bread, caramel, grapes, plums, orange zest and lemon zest.

Bottle at CCB Day, Sätila 2012-07-07. Somewhat hazy golden beer with à small offwhite head. Malty aroma, bread, sweet fruits, caramel, mint notes. Malty flavor, sweetish, raisins, figs, some alcohol, bready. Bready finish with raisins.