Thule Export Beer
Viking Brewery - Vifilfell Ltd.
- From:
- Viking Brewery - Vifilfell Ltd.
- Iceland
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
Ranked #314 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 65
Ranked #39,683 - Avg:
- 2.5 | pDev: 23.2%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 14
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 06, 2026
- Added:
- Aug 27, 2005
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
65
Poor
65
Poor
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
3.32/5 rDev +32.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.32/5 rDev +32.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Poured from 500mL can into a narrow drinking glass. Canned 1/26/26.
Appearance: pale yellow-golden hue with a crystal clear body and a finger of frothy white foam atop.
Smell: malt is mildly sweet with some graininess and astringency. Quite light; not the best macro lager aroma out there but certainly not the worst.
Taste: a little bit sweet with an earthy bitterness and an almost adjunct-ey aftertaste, although according to the label this is an all-barley-malt beer. Kinda like the aroma — while there are far worse macro lagers out there, this one is definitely not top-tier.
Mouthfeel: medium-light body with a big carbonation and a decent enough creaminess.
Overall: this wouldn’t be my lager of choice, but if I had limited options, it would do in a pinch.
May 06, 2026Appearance: pale yellow-golden hue with a crystal clear body and a finger of frothy white foam atop.
Smell: malt is mildly sweet with some graininess and astringency. Quite light; not the best macro lager aroma out there but certainly not the worst.
Taste: a little bit sweet with an earthy bitterness and an almost adjunct-ey aftertaste, although according to the label this is an all-barley-malt beer. Kinda like the aroma — while there are far worse macro lagers out there, this one is definitely not top-tier.
Mouthfeel: medium-light body with a big carbonation and a decent enough creaminess.
Overall: this wouldn’t be my lager of choice, but if I had limited options, it would do in a pinch.
Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
3/5 rDev +20%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3/5 rDev +20%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Thule from Viking Brugghus. Picked up a rest stop, stored overnight in hotel reefer. Served at whatever temp the reefer is in a room glass. Bottom of can stamped “BF 01 MAY 2022”. Reviewed 31/7/21. Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Light Straw (SRM 2), clear.
Body – Light Straw (SRM 2), clear. When rear-lite, same.
Head – Average (Maximum two cm), white, medium density, short retention, fizzy, diminishing to a 0.5 cm ring of bubbles and a thin cap.
Lacing – Scant. A few broken pieces.
Aroma – 2.75 – Begins grainy with DMS, no hops, no malt, no yeast.
Flavor – 2.75 – Begins slightly bitter with a taste of grain, no malt, no hops, no yeast. No ethanol (5.0% ABV, as marked on the can) taste or aroma. No gastric warming. No diacetyl. Oddly, no DMS.
Palate – 3.5 – Thin, watery, lively carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3.25 Looks good, otherwise disgusting.
Jul 31, 2021Appearance – 4.
First pour – Light Straw (SRM 2), clear.
Body – Light Straw (SRM 2), clear. When rear-lite, same.
Head – Average (Maximum two cm), white, medium density, short retention, fizzy, diminishing to a 0.5 cm ring of bubbles and a thin cap.
Lacing – Scant. A few broken pieces.
Aroma – 2.75 – Begins grainy with DMS, no hops, no malt, no yeast.
Flavor – 2.75 – Begins slightly bitter with a taste of grain, no malt, no hops, no yeast. No ethanol (5.0% ABV, as marked on the can) taste or aroma. No gastric warming. No diacetyl. Oddly, no DMS.
Palate – 3.5 – Thin, watery, lively carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3.25 Looks good, otherwise disgusting.
Rated by qrazvan from Romania
2.5/5 rDev 0%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev 0%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Nothing exceptional, just a good local lager I guess.
May 27, 2016
Reviewed by mynie from Maryland
3.1/5 rDev +24%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.1/5 rDev +24%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
While Gull is the most ubiquitous (and terrifyingly sweet) beer around Reykjavik, Thule appears to be the preferred alternative outside the city.
It's an absolutely okay American adjunct. Light floral aroma, medium sweetness, decent cereal roughness. There's nothing at all exceptional about the beer other than it's much more quaffable than Gull.
This probably won't withstand international travel too well, but if you're in Iceland it's a decent standby.
Jul 03, 2015It's an absolutely okay American adjunct. Light floral aroma, medium sweetness, decent cereal roughness. There's nothing at all exceptional about the beer other than it's much more quaffable than Gull.
This probably won't withstand international travel too well, but if you're in Iceland it's a decent standby.
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