UPDATED: JAN 9, 2024 Well stored bottle @ home. Black body under a small, dense brown head. Strong and lovely aroma of dark malt, vinous alcohol, coffee, dark chocolate, dry fruit and wood. Taste is super smooth, complex and really, really nice. Dark malt, chocolate, dry fruit, port, dry fruit, wood, warming alcohol, fine bitterness, red berry and a touch of honey. Perfect body with endless lasting aftertaste. So complex, so nice, so real – one of the best beers I have ever tasted for sure. One year storage has just made it even better than fresh.

UPDATED: NOV 2, 2023 On tap at the brewery. A black one, with a small dark beige head. Some curtains. The aroma is more vinous than the un-barreled version. Still rather sweetish, with a herbal hint. Dark chocolate, coffee, booze, licorice notes, some dark plums and prunes. Some bonfire hints, citrus zest and brown sugar too. It's full-bodied, warming and softly carbonated, sweet, with a light bitterness. The flavor has a vinous touch, red wine, dessert wine-ish roasted malts, brown sugar, coffee and dark chocolate as the main elements, with a herbal note, booze, grass, pine cones, plums and some dark dried fruit. More alcoholic feeling than the regular version. Everlasting finish. A bit intense this one too, but more mellow than the regular version, and sure very nice, and I'm looking forward to a cellared version later on. Fresh, it was my favorite of the three. 221015

UPDATED: SEP 15, 2023 Drucken på fat på Bishop Gustaf Malmö. Fina sherry och portvibsvibbar. Fin kropp med choklad, praliner, russin och kaffe. Mycket gott

UPDATED: NOV 4, 2023 Black with a small light brown head. Aroma of wooden barrels, dark berries and honey. Sweet with a good red berries and wooden barrels end. Nice bb 07.2032 Vinmonopolet.no 12.2022

UPDATED: JUN 26, 2023 En virkelig stor fordel med å kjøpe fatlagrede øl er naturligvis at de allerede er ferdig lagret, slik at vi hedonister ikke trenger å utfordre selvkontrollen unødig. 0,33 flaske fra fjernlageret i Herbarium, delt ene og alene med meg selv: nesten helt svart med kort skum. Sherry/portvinsvinøst anslag og oppfølging hvor honning, einerbær og appelsinliknende toner fra Vossakveiken gir en extra touch til kompleksiteten i maltbasen. Sachertorte, kokos, brandymarinerte svisker etc følger med på kjøpet (som slett ikke var billig...). en øl som stimulerer tanken samtidig som den bekrefter troen på norske bryggere, om enn ikke menneskeheten generelt.

UPDATED: JAN 4, 2023 Svart med lys brunt skum. Lukter mørke kirsebær, svisker, tobakk og mørk sjokolade. Fyldig og myk. Smaker mørk sjokolade, noe salt lakris og kirsebær. (Dark Night 2022)

UPDATED: DEC 24, 2022 0,33 litre Bottle, from Vinmonopolet Stange. Black with little head. Malts, yeast, Chocolate, sweetness, Fruity, sherry, honey, Smooth!

UPDATED: DEC 9, 2022 330 ml bottle in metal cylinder, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 16%, 50 IBU. Black colour, small tan head. Aroma of sherry, oak, chocolate, honey and juniper. Vinous flavour with the same elements, some fruity acidity. Easy drinking for its strength. Excellent beer, but hardly worth the outrageous price.

UPDATED: NOV 25, 2022 Lukt: Frukter, lakris. Utseende: Sort. Skum/kullsyre: Lite skum. Smak: Svak syrlig frukter, lakris. Medium: Rating:-748415, Flaske@330ml, ABV@16%, Når@25.11.2022. Hvor: Juleølsmaking Kumlefjorden. Nøgne Ø Nordic Noir 2 Sherry Edition Traditional Ale - Other

UPDATED: NOV 16, 2022 Så og si svart med en anelse rødskjær. Lukter Mørke stenfrukter, rosiner, trevirke. Myk og behagelig i munnfølelse. Fyldig. Smak av mørke stenfrukter, sjokolade, kirsebær. Kjenner alkoholvarmen godt. Nydelig:-) Dark night 2022