4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: DEC 13, 2009
Batch 366
Pours clear dark red brown with a large creamy brown head. Aroma is dark syrup, brown sugar and vanilla. Well balanced flavor. Sweet, bitter and acidic. Light sweet and alcoholic finish. Full bodied. soft carbonation. Joy to the world!
(Bottle, courtesy of tarjei 12.12.2009)
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Batch 303.
Aroma 3, Appearance 4, Taste 3, Palate 2. Total score 1,6
Pours dark. Some red transparency on the edges. Aroma is over ripe wine, earth, alcohol. Taste. Sour sweet alcoholic. Liqorice aftertaste. Full bodied, syrupy and flat.
Surprisingly unpleasant. I’m usually more than happy with the Nøgne Ø products. Obviously this bottle was off (although it still has more than two years to go acc to Best before date).
It even made me lose appetite for more beer tasting - this evening at least. Left my glass nearly full!
(Bottle@Cardinal 2.12.2009)
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: NOV 24, 2010 0.5l bottle @ Henriks Bergen. Pours dark black body with a thick beige head. Medium carbonation. Nose is chocolate, coffee, caramel and lots of malt. Tastes lots of sweet malt, spices and some acidity. Ends in a fruity and liquorish-xmas aftertaste. A nice God Jul :-)
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a dark brown color with a light tan head. Roasted malt aroma with some light spice and some caramel. I gotta say. I love Nogne beers. Very complex taste with some roasted malt, chocolate, and a light chocolate presence. Very good beer for the holidays. Bought for the holiday party I went too!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
dark brown with tan head. nose of medium crystal malt with herbal hops. firm bitterness before medium crystal with touches of chocolate before herbal with some citrus hops with a lingering smokiness and some esters from the english yeast. some residual sweetness prior. overall an excellent winter ale with wonderful lingering flavors
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
500ml bottle from Brewdog bar, Aberdeen. It pours darkest brown with a thin lace of tan head. The nose is banana, wood, honey, vanilla, milk chocolate and some orange blossom. The taste is sweet to start; marshmallow, caramel, dark and milk chocolate, which leads to a more savoury finish of liquorice, aniseed, roasted coffee, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mighty tasty stuff!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
16.9oz bottle about 1 yr old. Served in a Bells Snifter. Nose is roast, caramel, molasses and herbal and fruity hops. Thick mouthfeel. Smooth taste of milk chocolate, mocha, nice fruitiness, and piney hops. Something gives this beer quite a rush in the end, I thought it was the hop bitterness initially, but it could be the roasted malt and high alcohol combo. 7/4/7/4/15 god jul
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: NOV 29, 2008 Bottle. Dark brown/black color with a creamy beige head. Aroma: Roasted malt, christmas spices, toffee, caramel, vanila and bitter hops. Flavor: Roasted malt, christmas spices, alcohol, coffee, toffee, nuts, chocolate, coca cola?, and bitter hops. Creamy, but also dry mouthfeel. High quality christmas beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle thanks to the Perfect 10 trade. Pours dark chestnut color with a light hazy head. Heavy aroma with minerals, maple and molasses. The flavor is immediately bitter with caramel and hints of unsweet chocolate. Notes of dark fruit are there but take a while to be noticed. Some semi-sweet notes an the finish. Dry finish with a full body. Good, but lacking the power and depth of my favorite American strong’s.
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