Nøgne Ø Imperial Stout Cognac Barrel

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Imperial Stout
Grimstad, Norway

Serve in Snifter

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25 cL bottle. Pours black with a small chocolate brown head. Aroma is smooth cognac fruity and dark roasted malty and chocolate. Dark malty, chocolate and light tarish. Smooth fruity. warming alcohol, cognac. Smooth dark roasted malty finish.

Bottle, Stirchley Wines, Birmingham. Deep dark brown pour with a small tan rim perched on the summit. Nose of malts, roast, choc, barrel and oak. Full bodied and sweet flavour with similar qualities to the aroma and a gently warming booze hit. Robust and pricey but worth lingering over. A winner.

25cl bottle from Hopduvel, BB 17/07/2017. Brune foncée, col moyen sur un profond moka disparaissant vite. Arôme est malté avec une pointe de vaille, caramel/toffee et ce profile boisé tourbe en retrait, le Cognac reste discret. Palais est malté caramel, grillé pointe de tourbe, boisé avec un léger profile épicé. Reste sucrée collant aux lèvres avec qcq bulles qui viennent titiller le palais. Fini reste boisé avec ce côté cendre/tourbe-peat de Cognac.

Bottle @ home...It pours pitch dark black with a quick disappearing tan head.... The aroma is licorice, roasted malt, coffee, cognac and oak...... The flavor is roasted malt, licorice, oak, coffee and chocolate.... with warming alcohol.... full body.....

Bottle from Deeside Drinks Emporium. It pours very dark brown, with a quickly dissipating tan head. The nose is liquorice, roasted malt, treacle, coffee liqueur, meatiness and oak. The taste is roasted malt, treacle, liquorice, wood, oak, coffee grinds, dark chocolate, umami notes, marshamallow, cognac and alcohol warmth, with a dry, bitter finish. Full body, moderate carbonation and slightly sticky mouth-feel. Complex, well balanced and flavoursome. A tasty warming tipple.

Bottle, 25cl shared. A cognac barrelled edition of one of norways top imperial stouts, nice! Thick black oily body, just a tiny tanned head. Aroma is roasty, with mocca, wood and cognac. Taste is dominated by roasted malt and licorice, earthly hops, chocolate and a slight cognac touch. Warm coffebitter finish. A great beer.

Bottled@SBWF2012. Pitch black colour, no head. Aroma is liquorice, wood, burning alcohol and some mild syrup. Flavour is much the same, though the alcohol is not that burning. Quite balanced and nice imperial stout.

Bottle 250ml. @ home.

Clear dark dark black colour with a small to average, creamy to frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light brown to beige head. Aroma is light heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, wood, oak, vanilla, alcohol. Flavour is heavy sweet and bitter with a long long duration, malt bitter, chocolate, dark chocolate malt, dark chocolate. Body is medium to full, texture is creamy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20120825]

Bottle at Bishops rms Gustav. Pitch black coloured with a small fast disappearing beige head. Roasted aroma of dark chocolate, soy sauce and licorice with notes of oak. Roasted flavour of dark chocolate, oak, licorice and soy sauce with notes of dried fruits. Roasted finish.

Bottle from Grünerløkka Brygghus, Oslo. It pours a medium beige head which goes away in a rather quick fashion and leaves a few small ponds of foam on the surface. The beer looks like oil, and you sense the thickness when you ponce and swirl the beer around a little. The presence of the cognac barrel is well felt in the aroma along with some oak, roasted malts, coffee, hints of chocolate and liquorice. The beer has a low level of carbonation, but it’s definitely not flat and dull, and has a thick oily body, it’s well balanced between sweet and and roasted. You pick up the cognac and the barrel in the taste, brown sugar, chocolate, roasted malts. I disagree with the previous raters who think the alcohol level is too high and off balance, for me it was perfectly blended into the aroma and taste. The finish is well balanced and pleasant and stays with you. This is definitely a very well aged beer I could drink until I throw up from the richness.Great experience.