Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon First Edition

Poured black with a light brown colored head. The aroma was up front coffee with some caramel and whiskey. The taste was sweet honey with coffee. There was also some fruit and spice balance of apples and cinnamon. This had a very thick and rich body. A little too alcoholic in the finish.

Bottle (500ml) shared with HogTownHarry & tupalev -- courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours black with an average size diminishing frothy light-brown head. Aroma: Wowza, that’s smells great! Roasted malt, bitter chocolate, dark fruit, vanilla and hops. Flavour’s just as good if not better with roasted malt, vanilla, nuts, coffee, chocolate and dark fruit -- so much going on here. Medium to full bodied, syrupy mouthfeel. Can’t taste the 16% at all which is scary. Holy cow, this is simply amazing, thanks for sharing Harry!

As dark and rich as it gets, just short of DL. Rich, sweet, toasty and chocolate. Still has a big alcohol bite to it though. Once this mellows, this will be a perfect Impy.

Massive, maassiiivve beer. Intense, thick dark colossus of a beer. A swirling mass of coffee, choc, and malt. Very long very. Shared with Dad.

Bottle: Pours a thick looking dark black with a thin lasting tan head, amazingly strong coffee and dark chocolate aroma, taste is coffee, malt, dark chocoalte, the bitterness intensifies a bit in the aftertaste and there is a nice warming feeling in the throat, very smooth mouthfeel, this beer is clearly worth the hype. It cost me $20 to get one of these. I wish I could afford to buy this with regularity - might be worth getting one more to age however.

Bottle from Jeff which I split with Garrett last night since he brought me a bunch of beer from Lost Abbey, thanks a ton both of you. Pours out a color that isnt even near brown, its just solid black. Thick tan head on it that sticks to the glass. Smells like sweet sugars, coffee, and a touch of alcohol. Tastes really good, smooth, thick, not really noticeable 16% alcohol either. Reminds me of WWS in the sweetness factor. Nice roasted coffee flavor too. Good stuff, not as good as Black Hole, but still, good stuff. Makes me want to move to Norway..

Shared this one with Ross, thanks a bunch for sharing this rare beer!!!!! Pours out a deep black with a modest dark brown head. Smell is chocolate and coffee with a touch of sweetness. The taste was pleasing with a woody flavor to it mixed with nuts, coffee, more dark chocolate and a prevailing sweetness throughout. Then enter after a sweet kick the roasted flavors and a light bitterness from the hops. A very smooth impy stout as the carbonation is minimal and this beer leaves you with a smooth sweetness and a small roasted kick in the end. The sweetness in balance with the roasted flavors reminded me of DFH’s World Wide Stout and I wonder if the men at Nogne used that as inspiration for this beer. Regardless, very nice and a job well done.

Bottle (500ml). Shared with blankboy and tupalev, my bottle. Thick, opaque black pour, average dark brown head - lovely (4-). Deep roast aroma, nutty, oily, thick coffee, chocolate malt, molasses, alcohol - excellent. Taste - oh. my. god. Nutty, syrupy, restrained alcohol, solid background dry hops - light cherry - a massive malty overroast imperial and wowowow. Thick, syrupy, alcoholic, lightly astringent, smooth and balanced. I think I’m drunk on 1/3 of a bottle. Woooo!