Let’s taste

I intend to buy myself two sixpacks of Bríó today, according to the World Beer Cup 2012 the best German-Style Pilsener in the world:

Category 31: German-Style Pilsener, 74 Entries
Gold: Brio, Olgerdin Egill Skallagrimsson, Reykjavik, Iceland

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Since I wasn’t quite convinced by Icelandic beers so far, I’m thrilled to try this one by Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson. By the way, for anyone who wonders where this brewery¹ has its name Egill Skallagrímsson from, read the linked Wikipedia article. I can also recommend to read the respective saga, although – parental warning 😆 – it’s full of violence.

// Oliver

Update: a very nice beer indeed. I like the hoppy taste. When I tried it, I intentionally didn’t cool it down, so I could enjoy all the flavors that would normally be suppressed in a very cold beer.

1. öl = beer, a cognate of ale, gerði = maker, gerðin = the maker, að gera = to make [↩]