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Thule Export Beer
Viking Brewery - Vifilfell Ltd.
- From:
- Viking Brewery - Vifilfell Ltd.
- Iceland
- Style:
- American Adjunct Lager
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 65
- Avg:
- 2.46 | pDev: 23.17%
- Reviews:
- 13
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 18, 2022
- Added:
- Aug 27, 2005
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
No description / notes.
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Ratings by stulowitz:
Reviewed by stulowitz from Iceland
1.41/5 rDev -42.7%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
1.41/5 rDev -42.7%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5
In 1998 this beer won an award at a Danish beer festival (Dansk olnyderforening) and shortly after that became one of the most popular beers in Iceland, especially amongst the younger generation. It says export beer on the label, making me think that the beer is Dortmunder export style, but on the breweries homepage it is said to be in the style of beers brewed in Plzn, Czech republic.
Ingredients stated on bottle: icelandic water, malt, corn, sugar and hops. (hmm, no yeast?)
Appearance - very pale, waterlike colour. White fluffy, fizzy head.
Smell - not much smell at all. Only slight corn aroma.
Taste - grainy. Sweet upfront, then the most subtle hint of bitterness hits the palate. Not much taste at all.
Mouthfeel - light and spritzy. Lots of fizz, wait a second is this selzer water? ;-)
Drinkability - if you want a very inoffensive beer when in Iceland, this is your pick!
Jan 27, 2007Ingredients stated on bottle: icelandic water, malt, corn, sugar and hops. (hmm, no yeast?)
Appearance - very pale, waterlike colour. White fluffy, fizzy head.
Smell - not much smell at all. Only slight corn aroma.
Taste - grainy. Sweet upfront, then the most subtle hint of bitterness hits the palate. Not much taste at all.
Mouthfeel - light and spritzy. Lots of fizz, wait a second is this selzer water? ;-)
Drinkability - if you want a very inoffensive beer when in Iceland, this is your pick!
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
3/5 rDev +22%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3/5 rDev +22%
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 +1.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev +1.6%
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, 2016Reviewed by mynie from Maryland
3.1/5 rDev +26%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.1/5 rDev +26%
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.
Thule Export Beer from Viking Brewery - Vifilfell Ltd.
Beer rating:
65 out of
100 with
37 ratings
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