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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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 jcr (1149), Jasper, Indiana, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 26, 2008  
500 ml. Opaque black body with a short, fizzy, tan head. Delicious aroma of coffee, roasted malts, chocolate milk, sugar, caramel and vanilla. Hint of alcohol. The flavor is heavily sweet, lightly bitter and lightly acidic. The finish is moderately to heavily sweet and moderately bitter with lingering alcohol warmth. Lots of chocolate taste in the finish, especially tootsie roll. Medium body, watery texture, soft carbonation. The heavy sweetness of this beer is almost overpowering, but there is just enough bitterness and alcohol pepperiness to counteract. Very good.


 douglas88 (1579), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/518/20
Dec 24, 2008  
500 ml Bottle shared by footbalm a his awesome Festivus party. Pours a pure black color with no head at all really. The aroma is boozy, some dark fruit and burnt chocolates also. A light bitter roasted flavor, some rich roasted malts and chocolates, a noticeable hop presence, lots of fruity flavors also, figs and prunes. A very noticeable alcohol presence. Quite deadly really. Very nice. One hell of a stout. A slick oily mouthfeel.


 Wasatch (270), Layton, Utah, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/519/20
Dec 24, 2008  
Pours a very nice dark brown/black color, nice carbonation, nice little creamy tannish head, with some nice sticky lacing left behind. The nose is malty, with some nice vanilla notes. Nice chocolate/toffe notes. The taste is slightly sweet, malty, with some chocolate/toffee/vanilla notes. Medium body. Very drinkable, this is an awesome brew.


 brentfeesh (1037), Gadsden, Alabama, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 21, 2008  
Bottle #1 - #02133. Very, very dark brown to black pour with a minimal head. Coffee with caramel/malt in the aroma with a bit of sweetness and touch of molasses. The sweetness of this stout is prominent with caramel, marshmallow, vanilla creamer, and touches of milk chocolate. There is a hint of oxidization but it is not distracting. Coffee is definitely there and the whole thing is a bit boozy. Bit of roasted malt as well. Creamy carbonated full bodied.


 alobar (1015), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/517/20
Dec 19, 2008  
Thick black color with reddish hues. Tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, licorice and alcohol. Well-balanced taste with roasted malts, coffee, chocolate and alcohol. Very impressive!


splat (4), , Pennsylvania, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon First Edition does not count
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/517/20
Dec 4, 2008  
Had read a lot about this brew beforehand and it lived up to the hype. Deep black pour, a little sweeter than I expected and surprising note of pepper there. Hard to find for me but will definitely pursue it.


 tomthompson89 (1473), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Dec 3, 2008  
dark black with nice choc brown foam, nose is sweet choc, coffee, alcohol amd Pepper. flavor is very sweet, choc, and a little coffee with good alcohol on the finish, interesting, not expecting this to be so sweet but a nice drinkable high octane imperial stout


 nbutler11 (741), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/519/20
Dec 3, 2008    Updated: Apr 18, 2009
Rating #300. Thanks to Shyam for sharing this gem. Pours a luxurious black from the bottle with a reddish brown head. Brimming with the aroma and flavor of dark fruits, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, mild yeast, and faint hops. An incredible beer. If I had this along with a helping of bread pudding, my head would explode.



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