Nøgne Ø God Jul

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: American Strong Ale
Grimstad, Norway

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

Caramel and dark candied fruit aromas. Pours black with a white head. Caramel, dark fruit, and chocolate. Overall a fantastic beer.

Wow. This is one of those beers that makes you realize beer is an art. Good heavens, I haven’t had a beer this well crafted in a very long time. I lack the chops to put this taste into words. When I poured it, I thought that the marvelous head could be eaten with a spoon. So I ate a mouthful. The flavor I got was moderate hop bitterness, that’s all. But when I drank that thick, black, viscous stuff, I got something so smooth, with something almost fruity in there. How in the world did fruit manage to come to the front like that? Somewhere in here too is the taste of ash or char. That’s the bitterness - it doesn’t taste like a hop bitterness. That shouldn’t be good in my book, but taken along with the rest, it’s just really good. The aroma is something like leather - reminiscent of Ardmore scotch in that way. That’s not something I expected or wanted, but it makes for an additional interesting facet. It really shouldn’t taste this good but it does. So rich and thick and smooth and complex and balanced. Aftertaste on the exhale is ash with a hint of dark chocolate. The burp is mild hops. It’s gone now and I’m sad. But what a great experience. These Nogne O people know what they’re doing. Everything of theirs I’ve tried so far has been excellent. Top grade. Norway, what other treasures are you hiding?

Bottle.Pours dark brown with an off white head.Aroma of chocolate,roasted malt, coffee, caramel and burnt notes. Flavor is sweet and malted with some chocolate, roasted and burnt malt.Medium body, average carbonation.

Very nice looking dark brown with a tan head. The aroma has a lot of caramel sweetness and a bit of smoke. The flavor is similar with a nice smokiness to it. Creamy mouth feel and a lingering after taste.

Dark brown with a coffee colored head. Aroma with roasted malt, alcohol, chocolate, coffee, dried fruit and some smoke. But there’s also a strange undefined spicy aroma that is not all pleasant. Round sweet taste with quite a lot of alcohol. Also roasted malt, spices, orange, caramel and a mix of spices that sits far better in the mouth than in the nose, still, the spices are very difficult to nail down. Creamy mouthfeel and the ending is not that bitter.

Taste is blend of sweet and bitter, where the hops enter towards the finish. Aroma is some hops, malts and chocolate. Body is medium to full and texture is slightly creamy. Dark brown colour, off-white head. (Bottle)

Bottled. Pours dark brown, serious head. Smoky and a bit of caramel, dark fruits etc. Very good.

Pours foggy brown to black with high thick head Aromas of oranges, cloves and some ginger Full bodied start but rather lame finish. Great aroma but taste could be better