Nøgne Ø # 100 (Batch 100)

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Grimstad, Norway

Bottle at home ... Rating 2000 and it will also take me to 150th rater a nice double ... Ive looked forward to getting hold of this Thanks to Maria for this ...Deep brown black ... nice pine resin hop nose ... nice mouthfeel ... low carbination ...juicy pine hop ... little woody ... juicy and bit juicy bitter in linger ...Darke than i expecxted but really quite nice...

Pour was dark with full tan head. Aroma was full of roasted malt. Real full body with flavors of more roasted malt, caramel, and some hops. Very smooth brew. Worth the buy. Would purchase again.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a huge fluffy beige head. A beauty. Dark fruits, caramel, coffee and off course american hops in the nose but also a metallic thing Im not so fund of. NOTE: At the rerate the metallic thing is gone. Might be the batch but could be that it dissapeared after 15 months in the bottle that really made this a gem. Lovely taste of cocoa beans, coffee, spices, raisins and citric fruits like grapefruit. First rate: 7/5/8/3/15

0.5 L. Two-finger head that lasts atop this nearly opaque, nearly chocolate brew. Aroma is chocolate, caramel, earthy orange. Flavor is the same plus lots more: resin, coffee, toasted oak, char, peppery green herb, slight smoke. Heavy body is smooth, dryish and tingly. Tastes similar to Bigfoot. BW, or DIPA? Who cares? This is damn good!

Glass: tulip Purchased at: Canal’s Discount Liquors, Burlington, NJ (Thanks, Mike) Price: $7.59 Size: 16.9 fl oz ABV: 10% IBU: 80 Estimated Calories:270 C RateBeer Rating: 98 Aural: quick, painless opening, active, static carbonation, pour is smooth and quiet. Aroma 10 out of 10 Intensity: strong Balance: sweet and sharp Impression: nice Malt Flavor: grain sweet toast nut caramel Hops Flavor: pine earth floral herbal resin citrus Other: pine, grapefruit, wheat Notes: Aroma is delicious and enticing. Appearance 5 out of 5 Color: brown Clarity: quite dark, nearly opaque. Head Retention: persistent Notes: A beautiful angry red brown body topped by a great deep tan head. Flavor 10 out of 10 Intensity: strong Balance: sweet and quite bitter Impression: amazing Malt Flavor: grain bread sweet toast nut caramel toffee roast Hops Flavor: earth herbal resin citrus Other: pine, grapefruit, Notes: The flavor is absolutely amazing. Palate 5 out of 5 Mouthfeel Sensation: creamy drying warming Body: full Carbonation: medium Finish Length: long Intensity: strong Balance: bitter Notes: whole mouth is affected - sweet, salty, a bit sour, very bitter, and amazingly, in this case, umami. General Impression: 20 out of 20 Craftmanship: boring ↔ excellent Freshness: stale ↔ fresh Personal Taste: disliked ↔ loved Notes: The scent was of an active factory making furniture, sawdust and sweat, and smoke. The visuals were of a deep midnight under a new moon. The taste was of oak and walnut planks being sawn and tasted in the smoky air of an overheated blade. The palate is of a visitor who won’t leave, whether you wish her there or not, but luckily, you enjoy her company. It was quiet in opening and pouring like an evening springtime rain. Address : <http://beercritic.wordpress.com/>

This has become one of my favorite BW/IIPAs. I love the darkness of it and the great bitterness at the finish. Toffee and strong malts also come through.

Pours a viscous opaque dark brown with a fantastic creamy beige froth on top that craters out. Sweet molasses, vinous, malty aroma with some definite alcohol and funk. Thats an interesting taste. So dark and bitter. A little bit plasticy like Davinci points out. Toffee and chocolate, slightly nutty/vinous. The molasses flavor does make it taste very much like an imperial brown. The hops play a similar role like that in a barley wine. Mine has definitely sat for a while and mellowed quite a bit, well balanced. Very dry finish, chocolate. Fantastic mouthful, medium/full with fine subtle carbonation and very fluffy. Very unique.

Pours medium reddish brown with a robust, thick head that takes a long time to settle...heavy lacing as well. Aroma is very complex...citrus hops (orange), roasted/chocolate malt, some yeast, and a heavy dose of spice. Flavor is heavy malt up front with some dark fruit flavors, then turns very bitter and heavy on the hops. I can see why this could be classified as a barleywine and an IIPA...I really thought this to be a hybrid of the two...hoppy characteristics in the finish, but the body and complexity often found within a barleywine. Palate is confusing...part of this wants to be a slow drinker as it is pretty heavy, but the bitterness adds an odd component to things. I’ll be honest, this really didn’t do it for me...albeit unique, the mixture of styles just took me for a loop and made this a difficult drink. Very complex beer, but complexity does not always equal a good beer in my book