Nøgne Ø # 100 (Batch 100)

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

Bottle. Really, really dark brown with a fine beige head. Musty and earthy notes, some cocoa even - hugely complex spice profile that shows up with the malts... nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon. Raisin and vanilla in there too. Flavor is almost a perfect echo to the aroma, but the alcohol is really apparent in the back end. The chocolate malt works really well here and adds the earthiness. Big bitter finish, but doesn’t overwhelm. Great beer, the bottle says barley wine-style and the site says DIPA. I think it’s closer to a barley wine.

Nøgne Ø # 100 is very dark brown beer with big beige head. Aroma is complex and fine. There are some sweet malts, some roasted malts, aromatic hops and twinkle of alcohol. Flavour is also complex: slightly sweet, but same time roasted flavour combined with pleasant aromatic hops and also medium bitterness is found in the end. Smooth to drink with full body completes this great beer. Complex aroma and flavour infuence to everybody and makes you to smile.

Deep, translucent and cherry cola in color with a dense, foamy tan head with no intention of leaving anything but extreme lacing on the sides of the snifter. Fierce aroma of bing cherries, rhubarb, crème brulee with caramelized passion fruit, caramel vats steeped in rye and a Disarenno amaretto and almond liquor hug the dark fruited figs. Suffice to say, the nose is nirvana. Flavor dawns aggressively, with harsh resounding Chinook to a touch of dry, gritty, cocoa-infused forays. Thick body with ripe black cherries dripping from a plum sauce and melted caramels before the bitterness kicks in again. Buttery grease seeps off the roof of the mouth, catching bitter blackened rye flakes on the way. A rhubarb and caramel torte graham cracker crust flavor rings with their sweetened, darkened fruit flavored melody as a blood orange with scorched brandy sauce seals the exit doors.

Bottle from Pizza Port Bottle Shop ( I think). Pours with a dark brown body topped by a thin to medium thick head with some lacing. It’s slightly sweet and malty with a grassy yet piney hope note and a little pepper with a bitter finish. Full bodied and warming.

Pours a very dark brown that only shows light when it is the thinnest part of a glass. Big light tan head. Nose is slight hops with a big hit of alcohol. Flavor is strong. Seems fairly dominated by alcohol. There is a definite hop presence there, but I feel like it would help this beer a lot to just lay down for a few years and mature. Feel is well bodied on the liquid and the carbonation is good as well. Overall this is a nice brew. But like I said, it could probably use several more years on it’s side.

Black with medium beige head. Hoppy aroma along with roasted malt. Flavor is sweet with roasted malt and a distinct hop bite. Alcohol warms you up nice in in the end just as the bitterness kicks in!

Deep dark basically black mahogany hue to it and a medium beige head that stays. Aroma is rich and fruity, sugary, caramel, a bit of smoke, dark fruits. Flavor is smokey, dark fruits, a touch of caramel, lots of resin, chocolate. The hops come out as well straight grapefruit rind and citrus. The charred flavor sticks with roastiness up front and then the bitter hop finish mixed with chocolate, really is a complex brew and almost like a brutal HOTD Adam. Full mouthfeel with lots of carbonation. The hops may be there but this is not an IPA, it’s a barleywine with too much bitterness and that’s what kills it. Had this served at exactly 61º.

Bottle says it’s a barley wine, but the hop presence and beautiful color of deep, ruddy brown, and a very persistent head, tell me that it is definitely more a IIPA than BW. Nose is rich and complex with dried fruit, brown sugar, and a touch of smoke. The flavor is also rich and complex, with a bit more smokiness, but also caramel and fig flavor coming through. Incredibly smooth and no carbonation. Earthy, dry finsh. Exceptional.