3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
A rich, creamy tan head that leaves laces tops this dark reddish-brown beer. Powerful grapefruit hop aroma. Oily full body. Despite the smoothing presence of caramel, the flavour emphasis is definitely on(slightly harsh) hop bitterness. A memorable anniversary brew from the excellent Den Nøgne Ø brewery, though not as perfectly balanced as their IPA (that may never have been their intention, anyway).
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Bottle 50 cl) Beautiful, dark reddish chestnut colour with a small off-white head that collapses rather fast. Almost fatty hop aroma. Loads of caramel in here and roasted malts. A sugary sweetness underlies the very marked bitterness. Very warming alcohol. Rather classical American Imperial IPA. 160905
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Lovely aroma, loads of malts wihtnotes of caramel, some port and then a good kick of hops, mostly citrus and orange dominates. Very murky and very dark brownish with a reddish tint, huge light tan head on top. Very hoppy flavor, but with a very subtle malt flavor, crystal malts, caramel, ends with a very gentle hop bitterness. A very well balanced IIPA, but i would classify it as a barley wine or similar.
2.1 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
(on bottle)OK, some would say; "don´t rate this when you can´t make it out", but hey, it says that it holds another 5 months on the label. BUT this IIPA has totally lost everything after 5 months behind glass. NO hops at all in the aroma, only crystal malt. Like a doppelbock, so I diged it. The flavour was the same, sugarish and sweet,like a real bock, but, even the finish was not even close to be burning. Well, it actually fits my theory about those huge beers having trouble on bottle, so...
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: OCT 26, 2007 Bottle. Deep brown in colour, lasting tan coloured head. The aroma was of hops (oranges, lemon zest), caramel malts, slightly sweet. The flavour had tons of hops (pine, oranges), sweet caramel malts, earthy. Wonderfully balalnced mouthfeel, medium body, high carbonation. Finishes with some spice and a lingering hop bitterness. Very nice.
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I finally got another bottle of this 2 years after first trying this. It’s exactly as remembered. A fantastic IIPA with wonderful balance. Nøgne Ø is an absolute fantastic brewery.
500ml bottle obtained in a trade with <a
href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?U target=blank>MPA, thanks Mads.
Opened on October 26, 2007.
Best Before August 7, 2011.
Batch #164.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Tasty stuff. Some nice spicey, almost cakey caramel flavours, mixed with some orangey, and quite floral hops, dark fruit in there aswell, perhaps the balance isn’t quite there, but theres so much good flavour in here, very nice.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
RBESG05: Dark amber with a tan head. lovely sweet caramel, long dry hoppy finish. Hoppy nose with dark fruits as well. Complex and tasty.
3.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAR 29, 2006 Bottled at RBESG. Copper colour. Rich grapefruit aroma. Dry with rounded mouthfeel. Feels strikingly salty. There’s an abundance of hops and also alcohol. Lingering bitter finish. Uncompromising, and not really striving for balance, but more importantly: tasty!
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Refreshing, pleasant to my nose aroma. Good malt with nice balancing touch of alcohol. Brown appearance of this ale, creamy head on top. Neat malt job add to this refreshing hop character. Well combined set of flavours. Rare thing now days. I like it.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. RBESG -05.
Dark brown-ish. Big and complex with notes of toast malt, flowers and licorice. Big big bitterness - wonderfully so. Chewy, lively mouthfeel.
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