Nøgne Ø Porter

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Porter
Grimstad, Norway

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

Bottle: Dark brown pour with a medium sized tan head. Light lacing. Aroma is roasty and chocolates, also a light coffee presence. Flavor is more roasty and coffee oriented with chocolate complimenting in the background. Hints of bitters in the tail. Nice and creamy.

Black in colour, rich lingering tan coloured head, great lacing. The aroma is sweet and rich, dark chocolate, light liquorice, coffee and light alcohol. The flavour is of chocolate, quite sweet, lots of malt, roasty, nutty, some coffee. Sweet mouthfeel, medium body, medium/high carbonation. Finishes long, sweet with some alcohol heat. The sweetness starts to come through more than the roast as this start to warm up. Quite good and warming.

500ml bottle from the <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/new-york target=blank>Premier Gourmet in Buffalo, New York graciously picked up for me by <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?U target=blank>IPFreely, many thanks Tim.
Opened on June 2, 2007.
No best before date.

Bottle split with Muenster. Pours black with some ruby tints. Head is a little small and tan. The aroma is hugely chewy and roasty. Lots of toasted notes up front, coffee, chocolate, toffee. Slightly ashy with a great earthiness in the flavor. Mouthfeel is right on. Actually, it dries out with a nutty finish. I like that. It’s a little grainy in the flavor, but still really good. The heavy roasted character and dark fruit sweetness pull everything together. I’m picking up some brown sugar, twigs, and a thin sourness. Very solid.

Bottle, thanks to shigadeyo. This was a huge gusher, but what was left pours opaque blackish brown with a tan head. Aroma of coffee, nuts, vanilla. Medium-light body and moderate carbonation. Tastes of dark chocolate, nuts, vanilla, molasses and coffee. Bittersweet espresso and tobacco finish. Seems more like a dry stout than a porter.

(500 ml bottle, batch #406 & brygget 210109 @ Olutravintola Pannuhuone. Rated @ 4.12.2009.)
Pours a pitch black colour with light brown head. The aroma is roasted malts, dark chocolate and hops. A bit sweet taste with a bitter finish includes also coffee, syrup and chocolate. Medium body and oily texture. No carbonation. Nøgne Ø quality.

Brown bottle, 0,5 l, batch 232, bottled on 100206, best before 100209, savoured on February 26 février 2007; eye: voluminous creamy coffee-color head that turns into a blanket covering the beer, black, opaque, some lacing; nose: nice roasted malt, high-cocoa content chocolate, vanilla; mouth: in that order, surpisingly smooth giving the impression that the beer will be thinner, but suddenly impressive arrival of the roasted malt, a little vanilla, dark chocolate, a bit of hops, finale all in roasted malt that becomes more and more acrid but in a pleasant way, lightly astringent, creamy texture, mildly bitter, lightly acrid, the alcohol is totally hidden, good carbonation, full body; overall: quite enjoyable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 0,5 l, batch 232, embouteillé le 100206, meilleure avant 100209, acheté le 5 février 2007, savourée le 27 février 2007; oeil : mousse crémeuse abondante couleur café, noire, opaque, un peu de dentelle; nez : beau malt torréfié, chocolat à haute teneur en cacao, vanille; bouche : curieusement « smooth », donne même l’impression qu’elle sera plus mince que prévu, puis tout à coup apparttion impressionnante du malt torréfié, petite touche de vanille, chocolat noir, un peu de houblon, finale toute en torréfaction qui devient de plus en plus amère, légère astringence agréable, texture crémeuse, moyennement amère, légèrement âcre, on ne perçoit aucunement l’alcool, bonne carbonatation, corsée; en résumé : bien aimée

Bottle - 500ml. Opaque black body topped with a lasting beige foamy/creamy head. Lovely malty aroma with roasty, coffeeish, and cocoa hints. Some subtle smokiness is also detectable. Taste is complex, robust, and very well balanced. It ends with a long and warming bitter/roasty finish. Excellent Porter.

Bottle from Papsoe: Black with a light tan head. Aroma coffee and chocolate. Flavor, chocolate with a very nice roasty bitterness, nice and smooth. With some coffee in the flavor as well. Might have been a bit on the thin side but was quite enjoyable.