Nøgne Ø # 100 (Batch 100)

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

This hard to find and fairly expensive import was highly recommended in an article I read. The minimal label makes it look like someone’s pet project, a small experimental run by some brewer or chef. Nice creamy head and brown pour. Excellent aroma! Sweet, honey malts; earthy, floral hops; and a touch of cheese or vinegar. Unusual and full flavor. Somehow Nogne brews make me think of the forests of Norway. There seems to be a touch of spruce or juniper - maybe even rosemary or horseradish? However, the label says there is nothing in this but malts, hops, and water. Nogne 100 has an astringent finish and a strong aftertaste. It is sharp and dry, and it takes a little getting used to, but this is a very impressive brew.

Brown in color with a decent sized beige head. Aroma is of brown sugar, caramel, chocolate, malt and spicy hops. Taste is heavy in caramel, with malt, citrus and hops.

16.9 oz bottle. Pours a pretty dark brown with a big tan head that fades fairly fast. Strong aroma of resinous hops, pine and toffee. The flavor is mostly bitter with a big sweet malt base to help the bitterness. Fullish body with mild carbonation and a thick syrupy mouth feel, kind of a harsh finish. If this is really an IIPA then I’ve never had one like it. More like a Barley Wine, like the label says. My first beer from N(insert o with a line through it)gne (insert O with a line through it).

Brun foncée, avec une mousse persistante et plusieurs particules en suspension. Elle est également asser pétillante. Forts arômes de sapins et d’épinettes s’en dégage et plonge dans les narines. En bouche, on retourve toujours des saveurs de sapins et d’épinettes. Bière très spéciale qui devrait être dégustée autour d’un feu de camp en plein millieu d’un bois. Très spéciale, mais asser difficile à boire vue ses fortes notes de connifères. À essayer.

Really a DIPA, it has more bw charecter than a DIPA. I’m reviewing this as a bw. Pours a dark brown with a deep malt presence that is mostly caramel and dark fruits. Flavor brings out the hops, there are some hops in the back that leaves a slight bitterness but definitly not of the american hop bomb caliber. Mouthfeel is thick with minimal carbonation. It’s really just a big beer, not quite a bw but not quite a DIPA, but enjoyable.

Very dark brown almost black with a nice big creamy head. Wow a powerful beer, amazing aromas; sweet sherbert, piney, a little coffee, perfume and single malt too. Smooth palate, flavours are roasted and hoppy. Only one beer a week at the moment so 500ml of this and i’ll be doing alright!

Another winner from Nøgne Ø and pleasure to consume. I think that it kinda blurs the lines between styles (much like Bigfoot does sometimes) but either way there are strong points either way. The beer pours a dark brown cola colored body with a light brown eruptive head. Dark fruit, molasses, pine needles, juniper and rose petals show up in the aroma. Chocolate malts, caramel, pine needles, raisin bread and alcohol all make them selves noticeable in the flavor . Very enjoyable and a nice beer for their 100th batch.

Bottle @ PIB... Poured black with a light brown head. Roasted malts on the nose. A little bit of hops up front with a zingy carbonation and a dark chocolate flavor. Coffee and smoked malts. Big alcohol flavor too. Imperial IPA? Either it’s a black IPA or the volunteer poured the wrong beer for me.