Icelandic Arctic Berry Ale
Einstök Ölgerð (Einstök Beer Company)

 

An interesting Witbier. Poured from a 12 oz can into a tulip glass, this beer featured a pale-yellow color with a tinge of pink and a bubbly white head that fades fairly quickly. Minimal lacing on the glass. Aroma and taste include subtle wheat beer bitterness and wheat flavor with a mild infusion of fruit (berries). Both nose and flavor were mild and subtle. Mouthfeel is light and crisp. Would be a refreshing summertime thirst quencher. I happened to have it in in January with spicy Indian food but could still appreciate its light, crisp and fruity nature.

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Aroma is sweet fruit and big wheat/cereal grains. The flavor is big fruit/berries/bilberries- reminiscent of a mix of blackberries and raspberries, wheat/malts and a slightly tart/smooth finish.

Very crisp and refreshing

 

 

Copenhagen 20/9 2020. 33 cl can from Salling, Søndergade, Aarhus. Silver can with Einstök's viking - this time with sunglasses.

Pours unclear yellow with a medium-sized, dense, white head. Stable. Settles as 1 cm thick layer of foam covering the surface of the beer. Moderate lacing.

Aroma is fairly intense with a sweet fruitiness and light tart notes. White sugar, ripe blueberries, lemonade. Light tart odor of sour fruit and citrus.

Medium strong carbonation. Thin, oily, lightly tingling texture.

Flavor is moderately intense with a medium strong sweetness followed by a moderate tart sourness. Aftertaste is sweetish and a bit thin Lingers shortly. Sweet, watery finish.

Fine nose but a bit thin flavor-vise. More Fruit beer than Witbier.

12 oz. can
5.2% ABV
Packaged on: 26APR24
$11.29 6-pk @ Publix

NOTE: They seemed to have dropped "Icelandic" from the name. Both the beer can that I got, and their website, just show the name as "Arctic Berry Ale".

AROMA: Slightly sweet with mild scents of malt, lemon, and meadow flowers, followed by a hint of sweet citrus (maybe orange?). As the beer warms, I start to get mild aromas of cardamom.

APPEARANCE: Pours a hazy, pale hay color, with a tall 3-finger, tight-frothed, white head that dissipates slowly, with very good lacing.

TASTE: Mildly sweet with flavors of lemon, blueberry, and lychee fruit. It's kind of an odd combination of flavors, yet it somehow works! Fresh from the fridge the lemon is more pronounced than the other flavors. But as the beer warms, the lemon drops off and the other flavors take the stage. The finish is lightly sweet.

MOUTHFEEL: On the thin side of medium-bodied. Texture is slightly smooth but still has just a hint of tackiness on the tongue. When looking at it in a clear glass I would say that the carbonation level was high. However, when actually drinking it, it feels very soft of the tongue and I would say that the carbonation level barely reaches average.

OVERALL: I've enjoyed most of the other beers that I've tried from this brewer, and this one is no exception. While it's certainly not going to win any awards, I do find it to be quite enjoyable to drink. I think the biggest draw for me is that the flavor is slightly unique, yet doesn't go overboard with the "uniqueness" factor. Meaning, it provides a respite from the vast sea of "me too" beers, without offending the palate. I will happily buy this again. Especially during the summer, on a hot day, when the citrus and berry flavors would be the most refreshing.

These Einstok brews are simply lowkey good...

...Great looking beer, a delicious smell for a an ale, one of the best in quite some time for me. Mouthfeel is so light, so crisp, but unlike others I have described the same way - just better. Taste has some malty sweet flavor with that artic berry they claim they use and light on hops - allowing that fruity flavor to come through. Great ale to have on hand, at any time.

 

 

12oz can. Poured out a clear, golden orange color with a small, white head of foam. It left sudsy lacing. It smelled of sweet berries, wheat and caramel. Sweet fruity taste with wheat and a mild bitterness.