Nøgne Ø # 100 (Batch 100)

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

It says "Barley wine style ale" on the label. Very dark burgandy, wuth a beige head. Interesting aroma - coffee and caramel, mostly. Flavor is herbal, earthy, and notes of coffee and pipe tobacco and leather. In a good way, of course. Thanks to Springslicker for bringing this to the tasting.

Bottle via trade with John_adam2002.. Batch #167. Two years old and finally getting imported to the States? Hmmm... Muted sweet, piney hops, alcohol and some sweeter malt on the nose. Pours deep, dark brown with a big, khaki head. This is an IIPA? Doesnt look or smell thus far. Flavor is more along the lines of a barleywine of ASA. Grapefruit, grape skin, wood and a lingering bitter astringency. Lacks the bright zesty citrus and oily pine of IIPA’s. Medium bodied. Finishes with a lingering bitterness. I wonder what this was like 2 years ago...

500 ml bottle. Pours a brown cola color with a creamy off-white head that retains well and laces the glass.

The aroma is sweet sugary caramel malts and dark fruits with some spicy (slightly piney) hops and alcohol in the background.

The flavor is sweet and watery cola and some fruitiness with a harsh salty and tar-like bitterness at the finish. The alcohol is pretty harsh. The mouthfeel is medium to full and kind of watery.

Overall, too much harsh alcohol and bitterness for me. I don’t get any grapefruit or pine from the hops which is disappointing. It reminds me some of Flying Dog’s barley wine which I really didn’t care for either.

Bottle purchased at Liquor Max in Loveland, CO. Pours brown with a small, frothy, light brown head, somewhat lasting, spare lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, caramel, nutty), average hops (pine, perfume), average yeast (dough) with notes of alcohol, dates, and port. Medium bodied, sticky texture, average carbonation and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness, heavy acidity and bitterness. This one is still a bit young.

Murky brown color with a Dark canvas colored lasting head with nice lace. Fairly simple aromas of toasted malt and light grapefruit. Dark caramel cover hops flavors. Middle is choke-full of hops with citric zest and light pine. Lightly spicy finish with some white pepper. Long bitter linger with a woody quality. An interesting brew. Cross between a barleywine and an american strong.

Says barleywine on the bottle, IIPA on ratebeer, and right away can tell why theres a discrepency. Pour is really dark brown, looks like a mean dark malted heavy duty barleywine. Nose is of hops with an almost rye kick. Flavor is similar, seems like an overly aged IIPA or a slightly ageg barleywine. Good, but ot over the top great.

500ml bottle (Pikkulintu, Helsinki) Very dark red. Aroma has dark fruits, ginger, barley wine and rye bread. Pleasant carbonation. Sweet and sticky malty taste - rye bread again. Sweet medium-roasted malts, but a huge resiny hop - sticks to the tongue. Fabulously full taste, like a good [dunno, I left that blank :-(]

Bottled at Pikkulintu, Helsinki. One of the better beers from my favourite (Nordic?) brewery. Fruity, hoppy, a bit soapy, extremely rich and balanced aroma. Taste a bit more soapy than the aroma gave an impression of. Very silky, extremely long finish. Overtones of alcohol, even burns the tongue slightly. Taste brown and clear colour, surprisingly big head for this amount of alcohol.