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Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon First Edition

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Formerly brewed at Nøgne Ø
Style: Imperial Stout

Grimstad, Norway

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4104.22/5.04.2/5.0Special16%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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 SuperDave70 (1157), Beautiful Sunny Mesa, Arizona, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Jun 1, 2009  
Bottle shared by rustychiles at hellbilly’s holiday tasting. Thick black pour with a nice creamy tan head that lasts throughout. Big roasted malt and coffee in the aroma, along with dark fruit, yeast, chocolate and caramel. Flavor follows the same lines. There is a lot going on in there. A bit of alcohol on the finish. Overall a great brew. Thanks Rusty!


 Oakes (8080), gone rambling, Vietnam
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
May 25, 2009  
Near black. I have a cosmos for a head. Big nose with rich dark malts and abundant singed fruitiness. Ultra strong, ultra intense. Jaw-clenching malts are intense. There’s some light alcohol dryness but less than I would have expected. It doesn’t have the silky beauty of some superheavyweights, but it’s still pretty pleasant stuff.


 rustychiles (1023), Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
May 25, 2009  
Pours a thick viscous deep black with a small brown head. Aroma is chocolate, caramel, roasted barley, and hops. Flavor is roast, chocolate, malt, cocoa, coffee, hops, roasted barley. Has a creamy thick mouthfeel and a bit of alcohol burn in the finish, which is expected considering the alcohol content. Really nice for how strong it is.


 Beershine (2686), Hue, Vietnam
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
May 25, 2009  
Bottle shared by Daknole. Tar black with brown head. Thick inky aromas. Really dense, heavy, intense, hot but not harsh, tar aromas. Aromas signal intensity. Smooth, hot, good. Not a coffee overload at all. Just a really intense rich brew with lots of tar/asphalt deliciousness for sipping. Well-made and yummy.


 daknole (2891), Plantation, Florida, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/517/20
May 23, 2009  
Bottle. Forgot the number..dammit. Black pour. Tan head. Aroma is big...molasses, roast, chocolate, toffee, dark fruit, red wine, yeast and some booze. Flavor had some alcohol, but it was hidden well enough. Tons of roast, tartness, yeats, raisins, molasses, and oh yes...chocolate. Very nice. Now I have to sit on edition 2.


 Tweety (343), Vancouver, Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/516/20
May 22, 2009  
Dark as hell is this one. With such a high gravity, it’s gonna be really hard to get things to balance out right, but I think they came pretty close here. There was too much booze up front and too much sweetness on the finish. Honestly a lot less roasty deliciousness than I was hoping for. I’m glad I got to try this once, but probably won’t go out of my way to do so again.


 Hansen (2266), Randers, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/516/20
May 21, 2009  
CHF2009. Black coloured and clear. Lots of aroma in the flavor, port, caramel, roasted, vine, plum. Flavor is heavy sweet. Syrup texture. Soft carbonation.


 blipp (1641), Newark, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 20, 2009  
Bottle. Pours near black with a quickly diminishing brown head. Sweet malty aroma, with molasses, roast, licorice, and dark fruits. The flavor is also dominated by sweeter notes of licorice and molasses, with dark fruits, and a hint of booze. Roasted malts and coffee take a secondary role. Moderate amount of bitterness. Certainly a sipper, but a good one.



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