Beer Radar for TWTW Thursday 28th March 2013
By John Krüger
Ah Vikings. What’s not to like? Swords, feasts, and pretty yet sturdy blond women with platted hair, wearing skimpy deerskin clothing. OK, I’ll admit it; other than a few Conan the Barbarian comic books, I know nothing about Vikings or Iceland. What I do know is, they don’t mind the occasional beer and there’s an Icelandic beer called “Viking” now available at Dan Murphy’s. Viking is brewed and bottled in Akureyri, Iceland in a Pilsner style and it’s much nicer than eating ammonia flavoured fermented shark. It’s got a nice light malt flavour with a crisp finish, and while we’ve got a bee’s dick of warm weather left, I’d get into it. Viking is a good weekend session beer with a cool Nordic label featuring Odin, the god of fermented sharks.
