Please note: considering the huge and neverending development of the world of beer in many countries, my comments below may be quite out-of-date.

Iceland has just came out of a long and devastating prohibition (from 1915 to 1989) and its beer status remained very modest until very recently.
A big thank you to Silvia "CrazySilvie" and Dani "MadDan" Haller for bringing me my first beers from there back in 2003.

Breweries: ~ 20 / Consumption per capita: 75 litres / % imported: ?% / % exported: %.

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Total: 41 beers Weighted average: 12.48

country rating:

my favourite breweries (min. 3 beers)

  1. BORG BRUGGHÚS 13.65
  2. MALBYGG 12.30
  3. EINSTÖK 12.11
  4. ÆGIR 12.03
  5. ÖLGERðIN EGILL SKALLAGRÍMSSON 8.77

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BREWERY & BEER NAME
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ÖLVISHOLT LAVA 9.4 Stout - Imperial 16.4  
VIKING ÖLGERD STOUT 5.8 Stout / Dry Stout 15.6  
BORG BRUGGHÚS HREFNA Nr. 40 10.5 Belgian Golden Strong Ale 15.6  
ÖLVISHOLT MORI 5.5 Premium Bitter / ESB 15.2  
ÆGIR the BITTER TRUTH 5.2 IPA - American 15.2  
VIKING ÖLGERD BLACK DEATH BEER 5.8 Porter 15.2  
CAFÉ LOKI LOKI LAUFEYJARSON 5.4 Brown Ale - English 15.2  
BORG BRUGGHÚS ÚLFUR Nr. 3 5.9 IPA - American 15.2  
BORG BRUGGHÚS SURTUR Nr. 38 ÖLGERðIN EGILL SKALLAGRÍMSSON 10.8 Stout - Imperial 15.2  
BORG BRUGGHÚS SURTUR Nr. 30 9 Stout - Imperial 15.2  
BORG BRUGGHÚS MYRKVI Nr. 13 6 Porter 15.2  
ÆGIR BIG MUG 7.1 IPA - American 14.8  
SMIDJAN Stuck At Home 4.7 Stout - Sweet 14.8  
MALBYGG KISI 5.5 Pale Ale - American 14.8  
GÆÐINGUR STOUT 5.6 Stout / Dry Stout 14.8  
BORG BRUGGHÚS GARÚN ICELANDIC STOUT NR. 19 ÖLGERðIN EGILL SKALLAGRÍMSSON 11.5 Stout - Imperial 14.8  
BORG BRUGGHÚS ÚLFRÚN Nr. 34 ÖLGERðIN EGILL SKALLAGRÍMSSON 4.5 IPA - Session 14.4  
SMIDJAN Renslip 4.7 Czech Pilsner 14  
El Grillo Svartagull 5.6 IPA - Black 14  
EINSTÖK ICELANDIC WEE HEAVY 8 Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy 14  
BORG BRUGGHÚS SNORRI NR.10 5.3 Spice / Herb / Vegetable 14  
MALBYGG RIBBIT 6 19h 13.6  
KEX GURKEN GURKEN GURKEN 4 19g 13.6  
EINSTÖK PALE ALE VIKING 5.6 Pale Ale - English 13.6  
EINSTÖK TOASTED PORTER VIKING 6 Porter 13.2  
EINSTÖK ICELANDIC ARCTIC BERRY ALE 5.2 Fruit Beer 12.8  
MALBYGG LITLI BJÖRN 5.4 Stout - Sweet 12.4  
EINSTÖK WHITE ALE VIKING 5.2 Belgian Witbier 12.4  
BORG BRUGGHÚS LEIFUR Nr. 32 6.8 Saison 12.4  
BORG BRUGGHÚS BRÍÓ ÖLGERðIN EGILL SKALLAGRÍMSSON 4.8 Pilsner 12.4  
ÆGIR JUSTBEER 5 Pale Ale - American 11.6  
KEX THUNDER ALE JÓN RÍKI 4.6 IPA - Session 11.6  
BRUGGSMIDJAN KALDI DÖKKUR 5 International Dark Lager 10.4  
EINSTÖK ICELANDIC DOPPELBOCK VIKING 6.7 Bock - Doppelbock 10  
ÆGIR NOT QWHITE a WHISKEY SOUR 5.8 Belgian Witbier 9.6  
VIKING GYLLTUR / PREMIUM GOLD 5.6 American Adjunct Lager 8.8  
BRUGGSMIDJAN KALDI LAGER 5 Czech Pilsner 7.6  
ÖLGERðIN EGILL SKALLAGRÍMSSON EGILS STERKUR 6.2 Malt Liquor / European Strong lager 7.2
VIKING THULE EXPORT 5 International Pale Lager 7.2  
ÖLGERðIN EGILL SKALLAGRÍMSSON EGILS GULL 5 International Pale Lager 6.8  
ÖLGERðIN EGILL SKALLAGRÍMSSON EGILS PILSNER 2.25 Low Alcohol 5.6  

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