Nøgne Ø Porter

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Porter
Grimstad, Norway

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

Strong coffee, roasted malts, vanilla and raisin aroma. This is quite a delicious porter actually, with a good amount of bitterness to balance out the gentle lactose sweetness. I can easily say that this is one of my favorite porters - robust, dry, bitter and otherwise just tasty.

1pt 9oz bottle. Pours a very dark brown color with a rich dense light brown head. The smell is roasted coffee beans with hints of chocolate and caramel. Flavors of roasted coffee, bittersweet chocolate, dried flowers, earthy hops, bready malt, and dark fruit. A well balanced beer where the alcohol is well hidden. Medium bodied and very smooth with a nice slightly dry finish.

Beer pours black with a nice, thick tan colored head that is retained. Aroma is roasted malts, with nuts Flavor has some coffee and lots of roasted nuts, some cream as well. A very simple and delicous beverage.

Fresh malty aroma. Completely black with tiny lingering brown head. Strong malty taste, long finish.

From a 500mL Bottle. Pours a mostly opaque, blackish brown color with some coppery highlights edging the glass. A thick head of well sustaining charred foam floats easily on top. Lots of soft, medium roasted coffee in the nose with a pleasant chocolate maltiness. A hint of prune skins and toasted cashews, drizzled with some raspberry sauce; mostly though, it’s just a great chocolatey mocha coffee nose. Not too bitter, roasty, or tannic. Light to medium bodied, creamy carbonated mouthfeel. Some nutty almond chocolate starts out the palate, meets some mild raisins halfway through, and finishes with a more bittersweet intensity highlighting coffee and dark chocolate liquore. A smidgen of ash is left in the final smack. Lots of good solid flavors without much residual sweetness, allowing the malt bill complexities to speak for themselves without any gimmicky coaxing. It gets a little bit warm on the backend, but doesn’t detract too much from the experience. This is really one that I would classify as a stout, but they can call it whatever they want - at the end of the day, it’s still a pretty damn good beer.

A good traditional Porter. Reminds me of meantime london porter (this is better) and tokyo black (nogne is probably not as good). Lots of chocolate and coffee notes, though slightly thin on the palate. Well made but not jaw dropping.

500 ml bottle in Duvel glass. Pours black with lasting light brown head. Strong chocolate and bread aroma. Excellent flavors of mild dark chocolate with a clean crisp finish. Excellent soft mouthfeel, medium body. Excellent.

Side by side with Dark Horizon just for some contrast. Opaque black with tan burnt head. Burnt toast aroma with chocolate, dough, and sweet malt. Chocolate flavor with coffee, roasted malt, med sweet. Medium to thin body with no carb. A little thin but very interesting flavor overall.