Nøgne Ø Porter

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Porter
Grimstad, Norway

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

50cl bottle. Pours opaque black with a hint of a plummy colour somewhere around the bottom of the glass. There’s a niced beige head which hangs around for a little while. The nose has milk chocolate and dried fruits, maybe plump raisins. The taste has more of the chocolate but this time it’s dark chocolate and there is a dry amokwy creaminess through to the finish. The palate is big in structure with a nice creamy texture and the finish falls away reasonably well in a fairly elegant style. Overall, an interesting beer, I think it’s got the usual Porter characteristics on the nose but the taste is somewhere between that and a dry stout style. Good beer.

Pura goduria. Una porter con i controcazzi, che ti accarezza il palato ma con tanta sostanza dentro. I nordeuropei sono i migliori.

Bottle. Midnight black with an initially nice tan head, but it settles quite quickly. The aroma is of exceptionally bitter cocoa. The bitter drinks with a chalky impression, but I believe it a mind trick as a product of the dry bitterness of pure dark chocolate. Fairly light body. (#4239, 9/8/2011)

Lovely black beer with a thin cream head. Aroma of liquorice and malts, almost like a whisky. Flavour is malts,liquorice and coffee.

Drought @ Mikkeller bar. Black pour, thin light brown head. Aroma is spicy roasted malts, licorice, some leather and coffee. Flavor is slightly bitter, roasted, some sweet licorice. Nicely balanced, subtle porter. Good beer.

Tap @ Håndverkerstuene, Oslo. Pours pitch black with a small brown head leaving lace. Aroma is roasted malty, dry, coffee, licorice and hoppy. Flavor is lean and balanced malty, roasted, coffee, licorice, bitter, slightly fruity and a bit sweet. Finishes with a good bitter tart aftertaste. Very drinkable, not too heavy.

On keg at Bacchus, Newcastle. A black beer with a thick, light tan head. Aroma primarily of chocolate with dark malts and coffee. Coffee flavour with roasted barley, burnt toast and caramel. Medium carbonation with a light CO2 prickle and a foamy mouth-feel. A nice long bitter, roasty burnt toast finish.

Bottle. Very dark brown, reddish highlights. Good creamy beige head fades to a thin film. Coffee, dark chocolate, some dark fruit on the nose. Palate is roasty and woody, with a beautiful chocolatey note and a dark cocoa finish. Beautiful balanced porter.