Valhalla Island Bere

Brewed by Valhalla
Style: Traditional Ale
Unst, Shetland, Scotland

500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Like all bottled beers from this brewery, it is filtered to remove all remaining yeast (but possibly not pasteurised?). ABV is 4.2%. Brewed with "bere", traditional wild barley. Deep golden colour, low white head. Malty and distinctly "dusty" aroma, weak hints of fruit. The flavour has much of the (lack of) character of a standard English bitter, "dusty" notes again, quite dry, with a very moderate fruitiness in the finish. The aftertaste has a distinct hoppy bitterness, with a hint of resin. I’ve had better, I’ve had worse.

Pours hazy bright yellow with a white head. Hoppy smell of grass, herbs and citrus. Tastes sour with hints of creosote and peat. Finishes salty. Light to medium bodied, watery texture, flat. Although interesting taste, its really not very good. (9.12.2009 Bottle @ Cardinal, Onsdag^2)

19.09.2009, on tap at the Cloister, Edinburgh. Amber colour with white head. Malty aroma. Very smooth with sweet aftertaste. Low bitterness.

Bottle 50cl.
Clear medium amber orange color with a small to average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate smoke - peat, rubber. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090621]

Bottled@Fonefan. Amber colour, medium beige head. Aroma is fruity and flowery hops along with some mild leathery and smoked notes. Flavour is quite much reflecting the same as the aroma.

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with lots of elderflowers and other spices. The flavor is sweet malty with light notes of elderflowers adn light notes of spices. The body is thin. Brewed with malted bere (pronounced bear) probably grown in Orkney, malted by Crisp Malting Group. It is thought, that Bere was introduced to the island and highlands by the vikings.

(Bottle 50 cl) Hazy, amber golden with a small, off-white head. Aroma of malt and nuts. Light and watery body. A little citrus and nuts as well as some earthy elder flower notes. The finish is dry. 311007

50 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange to light brown with a deminished head. Aroma is fruity with citrusfruity notes. Flavour has a distinct herbal sharp note to an almost classic ipa flavour but stays rather dry. Ends slight herbal and dry.