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Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon First Edition

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Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon First Edition - Imperial Stout

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Formerly brewed at Nøgne Ø
Style: Imperial Stout

Grimstad, Norway

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4084.22/5.04.2/5.0Special16%97.9Snifter
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This is our first edition of Dark Horizon. It is the first, for us anyway. There will be more to follow, and even though they will be other editions, they will still be firsts. “Let’s go crazy!” said Tore. The last time he said that, we created #100, which proved to be a success. How could I not agree to his suggestion? “How crazy can we be?” I responded. “Go all the way!” he answered. So we started off with a beefed up Imperial Stout, extra dark and extra bitter, not much to it really, but maybe a bit over the top. When this brew had fermented, we gathered again on a sunny Saturday morning, ready for next move. Half a ton of demerara sugars and our homemade extract of coffee were waiting for us. Standing there with sticky sugars all over the brewery and us, I just couldn’t resist asking Tore: “Don’t you have better things to do during week ends?” To this point he still hasn’t answered me. After adding a hefty volume of wine yeast, we left this brew to itself for month. A good month, that was.

This is ale; it is also a wine, and a coffee drink. We’ve been playful and brewed a hybrid. Do yourself and your friends a favour and share this bottle with those you deem worthy. Dark Horizon is indeed a global brew. Inspiration from the US Midwest, malt from England, bottles from Germany, name from Japan, sugars from Mauritius, hops from the Pacific rim, Yeast from Canada, coffee from Colombia, brewed in Grimstad, Norway.

All bottles of Dark Horizon are numbered with its unique number, and all together we launched 6000 of this brew.

37 P, 75 IBU, 16% ABV.
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 puzzl (2579), New York, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/512/20
Feb 24, 2008  
Rating #1350. Holy balls, Batman, serious booze warning. Flavor is an absolute kick to the face of mega-malt syrup. Am I drinking wort here? A totally monster. Kind of gross... not too crazy about this.

What is interesting is that, towards the end of the bottle, when no one wanted to drink it any more, I decided to do a little blending. Mike had brought out a 4 year old Lindemans Cassis, which was overwhelmingly fruity, I thought the two might go well together. I started with 1 to 1, but it still tasted like pure Lindemans. Now 2:1, 3:1 Dark Horizon to Lindemans and there was still no stout. It ended up some 5 or 6:1 before they became at all balanced. This monster 16% stout was dominated by the paltry syrup brew. Ah well.


 ScoWRee (275), Phila, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/513/20
Feb 24, 2008  
Pours almost black with a thin tan head that quickly is gone. Aroma of coffee. A roasty touch. Taste has a hint dark fruit, coffee,a little alcoholy......the flavor lingers on the palate for a while. The alcohol is a little much and not well hid. Bottle #02863


 bikesandbeers (468), Los Angeles, California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 23, 2008  
sampled at the San Diego Strong Ale Festival Nov 2008, an event shared with what seemed liked hundreds of ratebeerians and enjoyed mostly through a straw, since my face was a bloody mess of scabs and stitches. this came from the RB table full of bottles. Super dark without much head on my small pour. great coffee, dark fruit and alchol aroma. The flavor was slightly sweet with great chocolate and coffee notes, but just a little bit to much alcohol in my opinion. A strange complaint for being at a strong ale fest I know. but if they could get the same complexity and take it back down to 10% i think this beer would be a 4.6.


 theisti (1638), Leawood, Kansas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 21, 2008  
500 ml. bottle shared by and with Gregis. Bottle #01714. Pour is all black with a 1/2 inch deep tan head that fades almost immediately. Aroma begins faint, though as it warmed revealed some red wine, roasting coffee, and cooking/roasting meat. Also some alcohol heat present in the nose. Taste is very winey (Merlot / Cabernet), also a bunch of raisin fruity-malt. Big heat in the finish. Palate is medium, very flat and slick. Big wine flavors are present throughout. Very interesting effort, truly nothing like anything I have had before. Thanks for sharing this one Greg!


 awaisanen (1279), Irvine, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Feb 19, 2008  
From a 500mL Bottle. Dark black, opaque, oily pour with a syrupy texture and a thin ring of wispy tan head. Intoxicating aroma of prunes, figs, espresso, and chocolate liquor creating a dripping alcoholic nose. Notes of molasses, smoke, and rummy raisins. Thick, rich, and heavy bouquet with a gently alcohol warming the nostrils. Full bodied, lightly carbonated mouthfeel with a moderately syrupy texture. Lots of sweet dark chocolate syrup up front on the palate with edges of charred brown sugar. A rich tobacco-like, toasted biscuit, smokey malt flavor develops mid-palate, along with more raisin and plum. Develops a bourbony-caramel hotness toward the finish as the alcohols warm; I’m finding them to be a bit hot for my liking. Definitely a solid "high gravity" imperial stout, but the drinkability and overall enjoyment of the beer still suffers from the over-indulgence and booziness, even when treated as a slow-sipping treat.


 leaparsons (4659), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 19, 2008  
Bottle. Very dark brown with a small beige head. Aromas are caramel and earthy coffee malts. Some burnt notes with green pine. Some whisky malt character. Flavours are caramel and spices with smoky notes and rich coffee. Lots of warming alcohol. Smooth on the palate. Powerful without being overpowering.


 RichardGretton (3128), Leicestershire, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Feb 17, 2008  
Bottle. Black beer with a malty aroma and a malty and rich flavour. Overall a very nice beer.


 ChainGangGuy (2522), Kennesaw, Georgia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/105/515/20
Feb 13, 2008    Updated: Jun 15, 2008
Bottle #02099. Appearance: Pours an opaque black body. As for the head, no dice! Smell: Fragrant aroma of heavily roasted malts, coffee liqueur, acrid smoke, molasses, blackberry preserves, along with some sweetish wafts of alcohol. Taste: Dark, roasty malts with a sharp hit of coffee and a bit of molasses. Smokey tobacco hints. A touch of vinous blackberry based fruitiness. As it warms, you gain a dash of low-sodium soy sauce. Earthy, roasty bitterness on the finish. Distinct alcohol presence on that finish too, btw. Mouthfeel: Medium-full body. Mild carbonation. As warming as you’d imagine. Drinkability: Pretty decent for a high-octane stout, but it’s still pretty green and could only benefit from some age.



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