Nøgne Ø Porter

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Porter
Grimstad, Norway

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

Bottle @ Pannuhuone, Kuopio. Originally rated on 8.5.2010. Great and well balanced porter with notes of chocolate and roasted malts.

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.

Bottle from Pivoteka Zly casy, Prague. Almost black color with huge beige head. Aroma of coffee, dried plums, caramel, honey. Taste, strongly in coffee, dark chocolate, wood, bitter hops, hints of smoke. Dry finish. Nice.

(Today, for my one year anniversary on RB, a 500 ml Nogne O Porter from batch 502. Rating # 548) Almost black in color with a large solid head and some lacing. Nose is dark, nice chocolate and good coffee, small pieces of dates and caramel malts. Taste is on the spot, mainly sweet with a black malt character, molasses, coffee beans and some fantomatic fruitiness. Mouthfeel is medium to full body with decent carbonation and a smooth texture. Nice sweet finish with a bitter roasty side. Delicious.

UPDATED: NOV 1, 2010 Pours black with a tiny head. The dominants in the aroma is fruit, liquorice and chocolate. Taste is chocolate, dark fruits (A bit of grapes maybe) english liquorice along with a bitter end.

pours coal black, huge light brown fluffy head. great retention. on the nose, milk thistle, sweet fruity esters, smoked malts, roasted coffee beans, chocolate. once on the palate, cola, coffee bitterness, pepper, vanilla, hazelnut. lots of carbonation and lighter bodied. smooth and developed as it warmed. Quite good.

0.5l bottle. Finally it’s time to rate this "one of my many favorite beers" from Nøgne Ø. It pours a dark dark brown body with a big creamy and lasting mild khaki head. It’s aroma has lots of beautiful grassy hops, rich dark burned malts, dark licorice, nice sweet chocolate, some strong dark caramel and hints of dark fruits. Really nice aroma indeed. It has a nice oily to chewy mouthfeeling, average to soft carbonation and it’s somewhat full-bodied. Tastes quite hopy for a dark porter. Light sweet with good chocolate flavors combined with dark roasted malts and licorice. The finish is fantastic warming and tingling. Ends in a lasting chocolate and licorice aftertaste. A really nice beer, and absolutely one of my favorite porters!

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.