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Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon First Edition

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Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon First Edition

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An Imperial Stout formerly brewed by
Nøgne Ø

Grimstad, Norway

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3274.23/5.04.22/5.0Special16%97.4Snifter P  Stats

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This is our first edition of Dark Horizon. It is the first, for us anyway. There will be more to follow, and even though they will be other editions, they will still be firsts. “Let’s go crazy!” said Tore. The last time he said that, we created #100, which proved to be a success. How could I not agree to his suggestion? “How crazy can we be?” I responded. “Go all the way!” he answered. So we started off with a beefed up Imperial Stout, extra dark and extra bitter, not much to it really, but maybe a bit over the top. When this brew had fermented, we gathered again on a sunny Saturday morning, ready for next move. Half a ton of demerara sugars and our homemade extract of coffee were waiting for us. Standing there with sticky sugars all over the brewery and us, I just couldn’t resist asking Tore: “Don’t you have better things to do during week ends?” To this point he still hasn’t answered me. After adding a hefty volume of wine yeast, we left this brew to itself for month. A good month, that was.

This is ale; it is also a wine, and a coffee drink. We’ve been playful and brewed a hybrid. Do yourself and your friends a favour and share this bottle with those you deem worthy. Dark Horizon is indeed a global brew. Inspiration from the US Midwest, malt from England, bottles from Germany, name from Japan, sugars from Mauritius, hops from the Pacific rim, Yeast from Canada, coffee from Colombia, brewed in Grimstad, Norway.

All bottles of Dark Horizon are numbered with its unique number, and all together we launched 6000 of this brew.

37 P, 75 IBU, 16% ABV.

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 wetherel (1033), Carlsbad, California, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/104/519/20

Sep 29, 2007    Updated: Oct 4, 2007
Tasted from bomber at Alesmith release, courtesy of kmweaver. Thanks Ken! There sometimes comes a beer where there’s no question it should be in the top 50 list. Dark Horizon is one of those awesome beers. Wow, what a great smell that clears your nose. Alchohol is present, but in a unusually pleasant way as it is combined with sweet molasses and caramel notes. Lots of complexity in the flavor meld with sweetness. Black color, small tan head, microbubble lacing. Tempted to give the palate a 5 as well.

 Slayer85 (457), Firenze, Italy
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/519/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Bottled. A black as pitch and opaque beer with a small (not much more than a ring) and disappearing brown head.Very malty aroma, powerful, though not as expected, roasty with notes of chocolate, coffee, licorice, much berries and some alcohol, that is overall enough hidden. The flavour begins very sweet, but not cloying or unbalanced. Good roastiness and very smooth, creamy. Notes of dark fruits, and all other typical notes of a good stout. Medium to full body, soft caebonation, very long finish with medium bitterness. The alcohol is felt and it’s warming more than disturbing and I can’t believe it’s 16%. It seems more 10-11%. Very drinkable for its size. Expensive, but without doubt worthy. Lightly syrupy, complex, I can’t ask for more.


 FrankJohansen (2807), Sabro, Denmark
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Sep 23, 2008  
Bottle at EBF 2008. Black colour with a nice light brown colour. Complex aroma and taste of roasted malts, licorice and fruits. Lasting taste. Good beer.


 JorisPPattyn (4500), Antwerpen, Belgium
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
Sep 19, 2008  
Brown-black with red highlights. Coffee, black ink, solid liquorice sweets, and a minty finish. Coffee, smoked ham, ink-y, lot of syrup, ending on a fierce hopbitterbite. Roasted at the same time, of course. Unbelievably chewy, smooth as none. Alcoholwarming only in the aftertaste, dangerous to boot! Exceptional beerI Halleluiah to Jacob, after searching years after this beer, blackmailing beerpubowners and brewer, here it is. And it was worth it all.


 azlondon (501), Greater London, England
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Sep 19, 2008  
My one #3006. My 500th rating (491 according to RB, though).<br /> Appearance: Very dark brown, almost black. Tan/Brown head, not too much of it. Aroma: Coffee, dark malt. Vinous. Slightly roasted. Dark fruit when warmer. Caramel. Taste: Wow. Vinous, dark fruit. Coffee and chocolate. Bit of alcohol taste. Impressive. Info: 500ml bottle, 19/9-2008


 stouby (1533), Holbaek, Denmark
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
Sep 14, 2008  
Bottle at EBF 2008. Black with a brown head. Aroma heavy malty (roasted, licorice, coffee, chocolate, dark fruits). Flavor heavy sweet. Full body, the alcohol is well hidden.



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