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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.



3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
IrishBoy (3265) - Bakersfield, California, USA - MAY 21, 2007
Shared by my good buddy Odeed! Labeled Winter Ale! Nose of smokiness, caramel and citrus hops that I picked up from far away from the bottle; very dark brown with a small beige head; flavor of hop bitterness, caramel, and some smokiness (again)!

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
drewbeerme (3262) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - FEB 1, 2007
500ml, pours dark brown with tannish white head. nose is smokey, bakers chocolate, and stale malt. taste has a healthy amount of dry bakers chocolate, oak, vanilla, dark berries, and licorice. palate is smooth and creamy but a tad watery with no alcohol. a solid beer that’s tasty and easy to drink. i vote for this to be a sweet stout.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
swoopjones (3258) - Buffalo, New York, USA - DEC 15, 2010
draft at Blue Monk in Buffalo NY. dark dark pour with deeper darker tan head. smoke, peat, leather, chocolate, hint of anise, juniper?. fuller mouthfeel. Smoke is almost warming as it was 10 degrees in buffalo yesterday. Balanced as all flavors seem to meld together quite nicely. A great winter sipper

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
sfhodense (3254) - Odense NØ, DENMARK - DEC 7, 2010
Pours dark brown with a beige head. Aroma is caramel, perfume, flower, grapefruit and light spice. Flavour roasted malt, flower, perfume, grapefruit and cardemom. Not my kind of beer.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 14/20
unclemattie (3243) - Georgia, USA - DEC 10, 2007
"Winter Ale", 19 ºP, 30 IBU, 8%ABV. 22oz bottle. Pours opaque dark brown. Aroma of dark malts, chocolate. Nice chocolate flavors. Flavor is rich malt backbone. Very Balanced.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
nickd717 (3242) - San Francisco, California, USA - JAN 9, 2009
Excellent, complex winter ale. Pours dark brown, almost black, with a medium tan head. Aroma is porter-like roastiness plus some hops. Flavor is really complex: molasses, roasted malts, coffee, licorice, spices, floral hops, and some alcohol. The only flaw in my opinion was that it seemed a little boozy at times. Smooth palate. One of the best examples of its style that I’ve had this year.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Bullit (3198) - Burgos, SPAIN - JUN 6, 2011
Bottle from Brewdog beershop. Dark brown, almost black colour, tan head. Nose is caramel malts, molasses, spices, roasted malts, bit of cinnamon and nutmeg. Flavour is roasted malts, fruits, candy sugar, little chocolate and spices. Ok stuff.

2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
KAggie97 (3170) - Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA - NOV 23, 2009
Bottle. Pours a rich, deep black. Aroma is plastic coffee and chocolate dust. Flavor is a seemingly oxidized mess of bitter chocolate malt and stale floral hops. Weak on the tongue. Avoid.


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