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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.



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   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 13/20
TommyTilt (59) - Maryland, USA - MAR 24, 2010
1PT 9oz bottle. Poured a very deep brown with a frothy khaki colored head. Caramel, dark malts and coffee aroma. Warm Christmas style beer. Big chocolate nose with a hint of raisin. toasted malt, toffee finish. Great winter ale. Bitter chocolate long lasting taste.

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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
jtclockwork (3434) - , New Jersey, USA - APR 7, 2011
Winter Ale bottle. Pours purplish brown. Tan head. Nose and taste of dry chocolate malt, caramel, fig, spices and toffee. Dry chocolate finish with lingering figs and dates. Very nice.

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   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
RasmusOtt (706) - Aalborg, DENMARK - DEC 9, 2010
Pours a dark brown with a creamy beige head. Smell is prunes, dates, raisins and roasted malts and some herbs. Some dryness to it in the taste followed by the christmas spices. Very nice brew once again from Nøgne Ø

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   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
QuezXLV (268) - New Jersey, USA - FEB 21, 2011
I have the "Winter Ale" version of this beer. Long lasting tan foamy head with great lacing. The aroma is outstanding, and reminds me of a Belgian beer. I hope to try many more from this brewer.

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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
ibeerlove (113) - Colorado, USA - MAY 23, 2011
sharp grapefruity, citrusy diacetyl smell, smells awesome taste is roast malt with a slight hop bite and some diacetyl in there as well definately a unique brew appearance is dark brown, mouthfeel is creamy

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   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 17/20
jikvig (267) - NORWAY - NOV 12, 2010
Black colour with a tan, white head Aroma; In the start it´s very shy, but opening up after a few minutes in the glass. Coffee, caramell, spices, malt. Really needs time to open up! Flavour; A silkysmooth carbonation, with caramell, a nice dry finish. Also getting some hopbitternes in the end that is really yummy Summary; Meditationbeer for the cold season!

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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
avantdagare (36) - Malmö, Sweden, SWEDEN - DEC 12, 2011
2007 Vintage, batch 301,500 ml bottle. 2 finger beige head thant sinks to 0,5 mm, black body. Nose: chocolate, cloves, pommerans, licorice. Taste: Licorice, ammonia, cloves,pommerans, chocolate, and coffee. Silky mouthfeel and a very long aftertaste. Masterfull

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   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
maneliquor (1008) - Perth, AUSTRALIA - NOV 30, 2011
UPDATED: JAN 7, 2012 Bottle from Mane Liquor. Dark chestnut brown pour with a large, off white head. Lots of roasted malts, caramel and burnt notes on the nose with a nice touch of wood. Quite earthy and almost reminiscent of a peated whisky. There is clearly peat evident in the taste in this one. Loads of charred and earthy malts mix with burnt caramel. Peat is quite prominent but is rather sweet.. Fairly easy drinking compared to most beers with smokey tones throughout. Nicely done


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