3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JAN 31, 2009 500 ml. Opaque brown-black, with a medium head. Chocolate coffee aroma. Flavor is cocoa, earthy wood, coffee and slight smoke. Medium body is roasty-dry and sometimes a bit too frothy.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
500mL Bottle, purchased at Wakefield Liquors - Wakefield, RI. There’s something about Nogne that always comes across as Boreal, coniferous, and juniper-like to me. The aroma and flavor profiles all seem to have a similar piney-edge that I really enjoy. This example is no different. With a crisp, clean cool ocean scent of salicornium, agarwood, and earth. A dense brown-black pour with copious creamy tan head. Flavors are vibrant, prickly, and dense. Lots of robust roasted qualities and a flourishing hoppiness that mingles with an English yeast for a complex addition to the already deep maltiness. Clean, tight, concise and together. Nice work.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Toasted malt nose, dark brown color, sticky tan head. Chocolate tastes, smokey at times, woody in the middle. Charcoal end. Medium body. Rustic, but quite enjoyable.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown pour with nice lacing. Light coffee nose and a similarly light coffee taste and hints of chocolate.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
scura buona schiuma persitente ma grossolana note tostate torrefatte caffe cioccolato un po di luppolo fresco leggero dolciastro piuttosto morbida quoasi bilanciata ma con buon amaro persistente nel finale
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle via trade with pantanap - Thanks Kan! - Pours black with a nice creamy tan head that stays pretty well and laces some. Aromas of coffee, slight chocolate, caramel, and a good amount of roast. Flavor is roasty mostly with some good coffee and chocolate notes. A good amount of caramel there too and a touch of liccorice. Good smooth well carbonated creamy palate that I thought had a nice pleasant mouthfeel. Pretty nice porter overall and I do believe this is also my first Norwegian brew..
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thanks to Madsberg for this treat!
Dense dark color with a good tan head.
Roasted malt and caramel aromas easily rise to meet the nose from this one.
Well balanced flavor fades into a long roasty finish that lingers with the coating of flavors left on the tongue. Very enjoyable Porter!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from LS tasted on St Patty’s at Tom’s house. This, like the nogne impy, was a little bit different, bit a very refreshing change. roasted malts, chocolate, and generic fruits highlight the flavore with smooth bready notes and very mild hop flavor in the finish.
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