Nøgne Ø Brown Ale

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Brown Ale
Grimstad, Norway

Serve in Dimpled mug

From 0.5l bottle, pours and dark brown colour with light brown, foamy head, volatile caramel/biscuit notes and medium sourness in taste. Lively on the tongue, with slightly smoky undertones in its abrupt finish. Had this with a steak meal and worked reasonably well, though not quite as refreshing as I hoped.

Bottle. Brown as you would expect with a big head, A combination of chocolate and coffee dominates. Far nicer than i anticipated.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with tan head. Nose/taste of toffee, chocolate, nuts, almonds and light caramel notes. Medium body.

Dark ruby-brown with toffee and higher alcohols aroma on the nose. Mildly bitter, faintly fruity yeast, far too carbonated. Very disappointing.

caramel, many hops, color brown white head,cloudy. Taste is medium, medium bitter. palate medium. Not my favorite beer

4 finger dark beige head that sinks to 5 mm, red-brown body. Nose: Nuts, lemon, dishwasher-cloth, raspberies hard-candy. Taste: Toffee, nuts, licorice and milk-chocolate. Some bitterness in the ending, the hops are presence. Quite good fresh, but might be better with aging as the hops are somehow (too) aggressive.

50 cl bottle. Batch 404 Brygget 080109 BB 080111 - enjoyed 091211. Color is dark brown, head (foam comes out of the bottle, not really gushing but still) is beige, creamy, firm, sticky (good lace). Aroma’s: Heavy roast, ash, dark coffee, malty sweet, a bit red fruit/berries. Flavor is roasted-bitterish, like coffee. Light body. Finishes dry, with roast and rather bitter. Excellent still after three years.

50 cl bottle @ home. #576: bottled 11.01.2011, BBE 11.01.2013
Rather malty aroma has nuts, toffee, dark chocolate. Flavour is also malty with chocolate, nuts, some coffee and semi-dark chocolate. Surprisingly thick and creamy palate for a 4,5% ABV beer. Feels like light doppelbock without the sweetness of malt which is balanced with the hops here. Adding the yeast sediment is not recommended, it makes this more bitter.