Föroya Bjór Black Sheep

Brewed by Föroya Bjór
Style: Dark lager
Klaksvík, Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands is a small cluster of rugged islands about 320 kilometres (200 mi) north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway between Norway and Iceland. It is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. With a population of roughly 50,000 people they dont get up to much this far North, apart from whale hunting and hiding in from the fierce Atlantic winds they often get.

Föroya Bjór, “The beer of the Faroes”, was established in 1888 by a Símun F. Hansen who learnt the skills of the trade in Denmark, and upon his return set up the brewery in Klaksvík. Apart from numerous beers and stouts the company also produces soft drinks, and sells most of their produce in the Faroe Islands, and to “neighbours” Iceland and Denmark.

Review: 33cl bottle of Föroya Bjór Black Sheep: 5.8% vol.

Bottle looks class. A very cool logo of an angry looking ram struck down by lightning, in an all black bottle. I hope they have these printed on tee shirts, as I’d buy one. Excellent and you know this is going to be fun even before you crack open the bottle. About as good a logo as you can get off a bottle. Comes in cans and bottles.

A dark lager from the Faroe Islands. Not often I get to sample anything from this archipelago, so I will try to enjoy this one.

On pour I get a brownish colour with a small whitish head. It looks ok for a black lager, won’t complain.

On the nose it is very fruity and I am also getting hints of coffee. Interesting.

First impressions on the pour is I am not getting a lot from the bottle, damn!

Otherwise I am getting the sweet caramel and the dark roasted malts.

Deep tasting that lingers in the mouth. Not a bad taste, nice enough to swivel on and enjoy. Quite tasty in fact. The bitterness is there but manageable.

Not bad, very good considering its from way up North in the faraway Faroe Islands, Very drinkable, liked it, will return in future.