0.8 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 2/20My first Icelandic beer, brought home from the holidays by a dear colleague. :-) Unfortunately, it’s a very, very bad one; smelling of canned, overcooked veggies and pale malts. Taste follows suit, with the same horrid flavors so often found in "lite" beers; veggies, cardboard, canned meat and dusty, bitter hops. Far too bitter for its light body, Viking Lite really goes overboard. You may have to be a viking to like this, but I seriously doubt they would...
1.4 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Pours clear pale yellow with a white head that very little lacing. Aroma is grains, malt, and subdued hops. Flavour is much like the aroma.
1.3 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 4/20
Ser ut som en Corona och smakar som en Corona. Inget vidare alls vill säga. Metallsmak och dofter av järn dominerar. Flaska 33 cl vid Blå Lagunen, Island.
1 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 2/20
Can in hotel room, Reykjavik. This really an idiotic idea to rate every Icelandic macro pale lager but fuck it, this sounds really tasty! Clear yellow appearance with a white head. Sickly sweet pale malty, cooked corn, bullshit aroma. Sweet, mild celery/corn/veggie, a little skunky flavor. Absolutely horrible. Best before April 2013, so I guess I got it at its peak, ha. I need a Bud Light Platinum to wash out my mouth after this winner.
2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20
First beer from iceland, thanks mother in law. Clear yellow colour with medium head. Aroma is just basic lager. Flavour is sweet malt, watery.
1.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
Can 50 cl. Clear golden with a minimal white head. Light malt and corn aroma. LITE taste with a light bitter end; water
1.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 5/20
0,5 l can kindly shared by my beer pal and co-homebrewer Lars Helge. Clear pale golden with a white, 1" frothy head. Aroma of band aid, rice and dung. Bland, watery and light bodied with light sweetness and bitterness.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Can brought back from Iceland.
Pours a 1", fizzy head with a bit of fluff. Dissipates to a bubbly ring. Pale, clear, straw yellow body. Pils malt aroma with a pinch of noble hop spice and some corn. Flavor is seltzery/minerally with sweet malt and light, Saaz-ish hops. Corn is more prominent. Palate is light with a crisp, dry body. Moderate bitterness balances the sweetness. Prickly, aggressive carbonation. Slightly metallic note. Fairly clean finish. Overall not a super offensive light beer, but no need to come back to it.
1.2 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 3/20
Man, this is your typical big brew lager though I swear this fella tastes like a sparkling water.
2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Very pale beer. A hint of malt, some bitter hops, but this is water, water, water. They have tried to remove most of the flavour along wth the calories, and they’ve succeeded.
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