Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon Third Edition

Formerly brewed at Nøgne Ø
Style: Imperial Stout
Grimstad, Norway

Serve in Snifter

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Totally amazing, really "extreme" beer. I think maturization has made this even better.

THOUGHTS: Wow. Really nice. Much smoother than I was expecting. The coffee kind of hid until the finish. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark brown that was nearly opaque black with only reddish amber highlights around the edges. Nice legs. It had virtually no head, but what little that was there was tan to light brown and mostly diminished, but somehow managed to leave good lacing. The aroma had heavy caramel and chocolate syrup; less coffee; dark fruit; raisin; plum; prune; other dried fruit; black cherry; vanilla; alcohol; and something that seemed like bourbon. The initial flavor was heavily sweet and slightly bitter; while the finish was heavy to nearly harshly sweet and lightly bitter. There was chocolate syrup, some dark chocolate, dark fruits like plum prune raisin, black cherry, coffee a little vanilla, alcohol, caramel, something like bourbon, molasses, brown sugar, toffee and fruity yeast and something maybe like sake. The medium to full body was very oily with soft, nearly flat, carbonation and a light to moderately alcoholic finish.

Ufattelig søt, men humlet godt opp så det balanserer fint. Deilige smaker av kaffe og ristet malt. Mye alkoholpreg som blender litt smak, men er deilig! Lang deilig ettersmak - anbefales for de som får tak i den.

Amazing beverage, but it’s best shared with a friend and paired with desert, like a chocolate chip muffin, chocolate cake or even Oreo cookies. Doing so really brings out the best of this stout: think Nøgne Ø’s regular imperial stout, but one on steroids. Pours with a thick, pitch-black color culminating in a very small, but resilient tan head that clings to the side of the glass. The aroma includes a complex mixture of massive burnt coffee, roast malts and dark chocolate. Given the 15% abv, it should not be surprising to find such a focused alcohol scent The creamy mouthfeel is accompanied by a tremendously complex flavor structure, although perhaps somewhat less complex when compared to the Sweet Horizons. Think coffee, hops, and a weak reference to the alcohol, finally finishing off with a slightly sweet malty taste and references to chocolate and caramel. Paring this with a chocolate desert really accentuates the stout’s sweetness and completely masks the alcohol taste.

Thx. to Belgbeergeek // 25 cl. bottle sampled @ RBBSG 2012 // bottle inside a nice metallic can // appearance is full on black, head is only some dark mocha bubbles // smells is very sweet, molasses, espresso, heartily coffee, malt heavy, thick roast but still lovely balanced, damn impressive // taste is sweet thick chocolate with a touch of bitter chocolate, chocolate truffles, thick malt, molasses, lots of lovely dark brown sugar, light bitterness close to finish followed by pure dark sugar aftertaste, rock candy, plenty of liquorish, amazingly enough no alcohol taste at all, outstanding // body is full, substantial but not overly heavy like you might expect, impressive

Bottle from Vinmonopolet. Tasted it first in the Nøgne Ø brewery. And the taste is magical every time!

UPDATED: DEC 2, 2010 Bottle. Pours black with no head. Aroma ans taste is sweet and has notes of brown sugar, caramel, chocolate and coffee. The best beer I have tasted.

(bottled@pikkulintu) lots of coffee on nose and some licorice and alcohol. tastes very sweet with coffee. best dark horizon so far!

Bottle. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is roasted coffee, licorice, malt, alcohol, hop, chocolate. Flavour is sweet, licorice, alcohol, candis sugar, hop, cocoa, chocolate. Full body. Pleasent and harmonic world class beer.

UPDATED: AUG 9, 2011 bottle at home tasting ... black ... smokey but not fishy or ashtray smokey roast chocolate malt ...sweet chocolate roast ... coffee front .. but very sweet ... very chocolate ... rich smooth silky ... quite sugery coffee .... i really like this ... its probabluy best split 4 wyas but i love it.