Nøgne Ø Imperial Stout

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Imperial Stout
Grimstad, Norway

Pours a rich black with a thin brown head. Aroma is very malty with hints of chocolate, caramel, and toast. Full bodied with low to medium carbonation. Flavor is also quite malty with chocolate, caramel, toastiness, some burnt flavors, a little licorice, and spices. Very impressive overall; a treat for sure.

(Bottle at Pikkulintu, Helsinki) Poured black with small brown head. Aroma was mostly of liquorice and burntness. Full bodied palate with medium carbonation. Tasted of burntness, chocolate, hint of sweetness, light spiciness, hops and bitterness. Burnt, spicy and bitter aftertaste.

Opaque black pour with a creamy tan head, great retention and lacing. Looks delicious! Aroma consists of roasty, chocolate, coffee, and earthy notes. Flavor is medium sweetness, medium bitterness with dark chocolate, coffee and roasted malt. Nicely balanced. Full body with soft carbonation and a bitter, long finish. A remarkable beer!

Black with dark brown head - nice aroma of roasted malt - Bitterness from roasted malt, coffee hint of chocolate - bitterness that lingers for a long time into the finish - very nice beer

Bomber from Knightly Spirits. Pours opaque black with medium light brown head. Aroma is alot of raisins, dark fruits, some roasted coffee...really nice just not strong enough. Flavor is burnt coffee, wood, raisins, and nuts...again though, not strong enough. The mouth feel is too light for an impy stout...This is a pretty damn good beer....just not what I look for in an impy stout...not strong enough of thick enough.

This from the cellar I didn’t mark the date, but am pretty sure it is about 2 years old - maybe three. Initial nose is bitter roasted malt. Initial flavors are dark chocolate with roasted grain bitterness. This stout doesn’t have quite the sweetness I was hoping for to offset the dry roasted flavors that dominate through the drink. Ultimately the finish is dry and the end of the palate remains dominated by the roasted/chocolate flavors. I don’t hate it, but don’t much care for it either. It is from the same part of Norway as my wife’s family - and that didn’t gain or cost it any rating points.

Bottle. Pours like used motor oil. Jet black. Dark brown, thick, frothy head. Aroma is dark chocolate, roasted malt, oily coffee beans, and dark fruit. Taste is dark, bitter coffee, burnt malts, bittersweet chocolate, dark fruit, and light lactic tartness, sort of like in a milk stout. Body is medium-full and has bubbly carbonation. Ends with more coffee, charred malt, dark chocolate, dark fruits and soft alcohol.

Black and thick and pours with a full dark brown head. A thin foam of retention. The aroma is nice, it’s not over-powering or anything but is a very nice scent consisting of chocolate, charred malt, espresso with light cream. Roasty tasting but very smooth, soft, and creamy with a bitter edge in the finish. Lots of chocolate mocha and espresso picked up in the aroma shows in the flavor profile as well. There’s also subtle traces of licorice, molasses or a touch of dark fruit but there’s no mistaking the chocolate and espesso as the dominant flavors. Not the most complex Imperial Stout but it’s so well done I don’t really care.