Nøgne Ø Imperial Stout

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Imperial Stout
Grimstad, Norway

Serve in Snifter

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Very lucky to have got this on tap! A sensational beer! Nogne Imperial Stout 9%, has that classic chocolate and coffee aroma, such a dark colour which is complimented by a thick and full body! Tastes of a burnt chocolate with a bitter aftertone... A cracking Imperial Stout!

Black colour with a beige head. Aroma of cohcolate, coffe and vanilla. Flavour are about the same. And the alchohol does not come shining through that good on this one. A real winter varmer.
[Bottle from Vinmonopolet in Halden, Norway]

Bottled sample. Black in colour with medium carbonation. Aromas are of dark roast coffee, milk chocolate, and ash. Acidic coffee is the dominant flavour, along with chocolate milk powder, coal, and a bit of green hop on the finsih. Light bodied for the style, but quite drinkable. A solid imperial stout overall.

Tan coloured head. dark jet black colour. Aroma is weird, has a sort of brine or salty note that I can’t place. it also has a big roasted aroma, coffee bean, dark chocolate but again leather or funk. i get more of that saltyness in the flavour, some hoppy notes, roast, and has a surprising amount of acidity. it is an interesting brew, tasty, and different in a way that i can’t place.

very dark, pitch black. smells of ethanol and resin. it doesn’t taste that special or exotic, but very good imperial stout!

2010 Bottle, 50cl. Pitch black. Lovely brown head, little boozy aroma with prominent coffee. Taste is well balanced coffee and chocolate, but nothing out of the ordinary. The taste is a little intese for the lack of thickness. Great beer at a low price.

500ml bottle. Peach black body with a huge mocha head, excellent retention and layered lacing. Aroma of dark chocolate, coffee, vanilla, bread, prunes, brown sugar, caramel, some hops freshness. Taste is super astringent, tons of bitterness, with a hint of sweetness finish. After the first sip the rebel taste settles down and becomes a more quiet imperial stout. Unusual. Respectful 75 IBU.

Bottle: decants a black-brown clouded unfiltered ale with a frothy mocha colored meringue-like cap. Lace sticks to the glass, light fine carbonation – the result of bottle conditioning. Aroma is a complex affair that has tones of roast coffee, cocoa, dark dried fruits, wet hay, cereals, light fusel alcohol note. Rich full bodied silken thick mouth feel - body bulked up with oats which fell out to lees in my sample. Flavor not as complex as the aroma but is a rich pleasing amalgam of roasty tones, dried fruit and off-setting hop bittering. Long decadent finish where roast astringence compliment hop bittering to a final metallic after taste. Hides its alcohol well until the warming effect comes on. A very decent IRS with a rich roasty character, possibly over rated but very good none the less

500ml bottle. Pours black with a dark tan head. Brine and sea salt on the nose with heavily roasted coffee and a charcoal note. Very different. Salty on the palate with a big roasted seaweed feel.