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

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RATINGS: 741   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.82   SEASONAL: Winter   IBU: 19   EST. CALORIES: 255   ABV: 8.5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
In the US this is called "Winter Ale".

A dark ale brewed specially for the Christmas season, with a rich, complex taste of caramel. This is a strong, dark and rather sweet Christmas Beer – just the way we think a Christmas beer should be.

Recommended serving temperature 12°C/53°F. Great with cheese or nuts. Ingredients: Lager, Munich, caramel, black, and chocolate malt; Chinook, Columbus, and Centennial hops; English ale yeast, and our local Grimstad water.

19°P, 30 IBU, 8.5 % ABV.



3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Benzai (2298) - Oirschot, NETHERLANDS - AUG 26, 2011
Bottle @ home shared with DutchDrebus. Very dark brown, almost black color. Smell caramel, malts and some spices. Nice taste of roasted malts, fruits. Nice carbonation and full body.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
POLK (1288) - Hørning, DENMARK - AUG 8, 2011
Deep black color with fine head. Good roasted aroma. Flavor is complex, roasted with chocolate notes.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Psytron (503) - Turku, FINLAND - AUG 1, 2011
Basically a good beer.. but completely unsurprising. Sure, it’s heavy. Sure, it’s good. But for example #100 and Julesnadder are better in all ways.

4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
MPA (710) - Amager (form. Nørrebro&Aalborg), DENMARK - JUL 30, 2011
Bottle (dmg notes). Nice dark almost black colour. Licorice aroma along with roasted malts. Flavour is sweet with licorice and a lot of burnt/roasted notes. All that was readable on the note...

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
laiti (1003) - Tampere, FINLAND - JUL 15, 2011
50 cl bottle, #385: BBE 06.10.13, brygget 06.10.08.
Aroma has roasted malt, sweetish coffee, liquorice and hints of ash. Palate is rather thick. Sweetish (but not too sweet) flavour has lots of roasted malt with coffee. Nøgne Ø house flavour can be observed here. A lovely IS-APA hybrid, especially in the age of three years.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
Mortlach (342) - Rome, ITALY - JUL 7, 2011
UPDATED: JAN 5, 2012 Brasserie 4:20 (tap). Bruna scura, intensa, con riflessi color miele di castagno e rubino, lieve schiuma morbida bianco sporca, non molto persistente. Aroma di malti caramellati, con note tostate, erbacee e luppolate. In bocca è dolciastra, con note amarognole date dal luppolo e punte sgradevoli di medicinale. Corpo medio, carbonazione corretta. Una buona birra, ma deludente rispetto alle attese. Stucchevole, probabilmente non in perfetta forma.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Barrios (1243) - Nashville, Tennessee, USA - JUN 30, 2011
Pours a fluffy, tan head that laces with a dark brown body. Aromas of roasted malt, molasses, herbal, hint of smoke. Flavors of roasted malt, molasses, mint, sage, slightly spicy, some smokiness. Finish is dry, lasting dark flavors.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
DutchDrebus (1112) - Oirschot, NETHERLANDS - JUN 21, 2011
Pretty dark beer, hard to look through. Bit sweet, caramel in the smell and taste. Pretty hoppy also. Good winterbeer.


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