Iceland beer brands – Icelandic Beers.

Beer was banned in Icelandfrom 1915 to March 1, 1989. In Icelandwe have several natively brewed beer brands. The major breweries are Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson and Vífilfell. The word Brugghús is Icelandic for brewpub. Following the end of prohibition, some Icelanders have celebrated Beer Day on March 1. Some people may take part in a bar crawl. The legalization of beer remains a significant cultural event in Icelandas beer has become the most popular alcoholic beverage. Last four or five years have new small qualiti brewerys been popping up in Iceland. Icelanders love their beer, maybe because it was denied them for so long.  The quality of Icelandic beer lies in the extremely clean and soft water the breweries use. Water quality is the name of the game in brewing. Unlike the water used by many foreign breweries, the water used for Icelandic beer does not have to be treated chemically. It is filtered, but apart from that not treated at all. Icelandic water is soft. SKÁL, Skál means “cheers” in Icelandic.
Photo to right – Thorsbeer – Light beer from Iceland 1930.

I think these are the Icelandics beer on the market today ( This time i have not seasonal beer on this list) Please let me know in comments if you know about some Icelandic beer whics are not on the list.

Kaldi. is a beer from my hometown Dalvikurbyggð. Article in Reykjavík Grapevine from 2007 about Kaldi, The Coolest Beer.

Kaldi dark 5%
Kaldi lager 5%
Kaldi lite 4,4 %
Norðan Kaldi 5,4%
Stinningskaldi 4,6% This beer is made using the Angelica seed.

Einstök Brewery   – Akureyri in north Iceland.

Einstök Icelandic Toasted porter
Einstök Icelandic White Ale
Einstök Icelandic Pale Ale
Einstök Icleandic Doppelbock

About Einstok on Beerpulse.com  – Einstok on Ratebeer.

Viking brewery – Akureyri in north Iceland – And Vífilfell 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Viking Gold  5,6 %
Viking Thule  5%
Viking Lite 4,4 %
Viking Classic 4,6%
Viking Lager 4,6%
Viking Stronge 7%
Viking Stout – 5,8 % (Viking Ölgerd Akureyri)
Viking Pils Organic  5 % (Viking Ölgerd Akureyri)
Black Death Beer  5,8%

Ölvisholt Brugghús

Lava
Skjálfti 5%
Freyja 4,5%
Móri 5,5%

Vatnajökull  6%  ’Brewed from 1000 year old glaciers’ and flavored with wild thyme. Local beer – Just in restaurants In south east Iceland.

Ölgerð Reykjavíkur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gullfoss Lager 5% – This beer is named for the impressive waterfall Gullfoss.

Brugghúsið Borg.  –  Icelandic Website

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brio Beer Nr. 1 – 4,8%
Austur – Brown Ale Nr.2
Úlfur – Indian Pale Ale Nr. 3
Bjartur – Blond Nr.4  - 5%
Oktoberfest Marzen Nr.5 –  4,6%
Skógarpúki Nr.6
Stekkjarstaur Brown Ale (Icelandic Santas name – Seasonal) Nr.7 5. 7%
Surtur Stout. Nr.8 – 12%
Benedikt. Nr.9 –  7%

Ölgerðin El Grillo. A clear lager named after a sunken oil tanker that still lies in the Seyðisfjörður bay.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

El Grillo 5%
El Grillo Silver/Gold 5%

 

Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson – Reykjavík.

 

 

 

 

 

Egils Gold 5%
Egils Lite  4,4%
Egils Pilsner 4,5%
Egils Premium 5,7%
Egils Strong 6,2%
Egils Maltbeer 5,6%
Egils Dark 5,6 %
Polar Beer 4,7%

New Beer – Boli 5,6 – Photo her from the label designer.

Gæðingur. Brewery. – Skagafjörður

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gæðingur Lager  5%
Gæðingur Pale Ale 4,6 %
Gæðingur Stout 5,6%

 

Article about few Iceland beers – The Reykjavik Grapevine

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