Nøgne Ø Python Pilsner

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Grimstad, Norway

Serve in Dimpled mug, Footed Pilsner, Lager glass, Stein

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My Bottom Line:
This Heller Bock’s doughy yeast and sugary cereals lazily greet herbal hops and their bitterness.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A sheet of foam covers the hazy golden. There is lots of yeast in the bottle; pouring carefully is important, otherwise the pils malt flavors get smothered.
-The soft carbonation feels natural.
-Alcohol warmth isn’t necessary.
-Overall, I feel like this is not compelling enough to be drunk as a sipper, and it’s far from refreshing too.
-Flavor definition is not optimal; I wonder if the longevity of this beer, as indicated on the bottle, is exaggerated.
-I guess ’Imperial Pilsner’ sells better than ’Heller Bock’ outside Germany?

Bottle.

bottle at chris0 ... hazy golden yellow ... thin whte head ... soft grasst lime nose ... soft zezty lime fruits ... light banana ... sherbet ... but not me.

From a 500ml bottle (batch number 834, BB 6/7/14). Pours a slightly cloudy light golden with a medium head. Has a distinct aroma of tart apple with some honey in the mix as well. The flavour is primarily apple and sweet citrus fruit, with some bready malt and Belgian yeast, followed by a touch of warming alcohol and a medium lingering bitterness. Wasn’t expecting it to be so sweet based on the aroma, but this is heading into dessert beer territory. That said, it’s amazingly easy to down for a 9per center. The palate is slick and the carbonation medium. All up, a very enjoyable imperial pils.

Bottle from Mane Liquor. This beer is not my thing. Don’t know what it is but this was just boring, flavourless and too boozy. Not great stuff and thats rare for Nogne O

Appearance: Cloudy golden, or light hazy golden color if you do not pour all the bottom sediments into the glass. Small off white head that leaves some lacing.
Aroma: Yeast, fruity, wheat and light citric.
Palate: Medium pluss body. Slightly sweet, and a fine bitterness. Average carbonation.
Taste: Slightly sweet malty, fruity and wheat. Well hidden alcohol.
Overall impression: Feels like a german hefeweize. Just better. Nice well balanced powerbeer.
Personal stats: Bottle from Vinmonopolet Vika in Oslo, Norway.

Clearish medium-dark gold covered by a minimal white slice of foam. Grain-focused nose in which the strong alcohol is never too intrusive. Herbal, minimally spicy, gently green hops provide a fair counterpoint, but otherwise, its concentrated pils malts that thrive and as you would imagine, the bright and fresh typical pils malt pleasure gets partly lost when you cram so much of it per ounce. Somehow though, beyond the stronger alcohol (especially in mouth and post-taste), the sweetness is never exagerated and in fact remains well under control, the concentration focusing on cerealic, grainy, hay-like nuances, the texture certainly having a slight oily kick, but never feeling thick or fatiguing, the engaging carbonation doing a fair job at drying out the ensemble. Fair beer, certainly well brewed, in the lineage of a strong maibock, but neither refreshing nor complex nor particularly focused on great flavors and thus a bit purposeless in Nogne O’s great lineup.

50 cl bottle from Vinmonopolet CC Vest. Batch 834. 9.5% ABV. Pours extreme murky yellow, excatly like freshly mashed apple juice. Cool. Small off white head that leaves a good lacing. Aroma and taste of yeast, caramel, lime. Full bodied, slick texture, lively carbonation. Good one and 9.5% abv is very well hidden. Cool and stange one. Not sure if the style descritption is correct on this one. More like a belgian wit

Une bouteille de 50 cl. Batch 834. Meilleure avant le 06.07.14. Une robe dorée légèrement voilée. Une tête qui s’affaisse rapidement. Une dentelle éparpillée. Un nez de malts pils et de céréales de blé qui vont et qui viennent à travers de gras parfums d’herbes. Sur les papilles, des malts pâles qui ne sont jamais sucrés. Une réminiscence de quelques bières du catalogue de St-Sylvestre. Des houblons neutres. Un alcool passablement caché. Une bouche de moyenne densité. Des bulles au comportement modéré. Une texture huileuse. Une finale chaude sur des malts pils et sur un goût de levure surette. Une bière assez spéciale.

Bouteille de 0,5L brassée le 06.07.12 et meilleure avant le 06.07.2014. Bière blonde avec un filet de mousse blanche. Le nez est un mélange de grain et de houblon. La bouche est agréable mais simple avec du grain et de houblons nobles. Rien à dire de plus.

500ml bottle from Archive Beer Boutique. Now this is how a pilsener should be. Bright sunrise orange colour with a minimum of foam that stays close to the edge of the glass. Spritzy aroma with a great big full flavour that almost numbs the mouth.