Nørrebro North Bridge Extreme

Brewed by Nørrebro Bryghus
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
København, Denmark

Bottle thanks to jrob21. A nicely balanced IIPA. Slightly hazy amber pour, with sticky off-white head. Caramel malt, sweetness, floral hops, grapefruit, citrus, and some pine. Nicely done, and not over done.

Bottle shared by Dave and Lee at the Brick Store. Pours a very hazy golden orange with a small cream-colored head that dissipates pretty quickly and leaves little in the way of lacing. Wow, the sweetness of the aroma really surprised me. It’s got plenty of hops in the nose up front but there’s also tons of caramel malts and even some candi sugar sweetness in there as well. Quite a bit going on in the nose. There is a big slug of earthy hops up front with hints of both pine and grapefruit on top of that. The caramel malt backbone does more than just support the hops and leaves a definite sweetness that lingers through the finish along with the oily resinous hop bitterness. The mouthfeel is on the fuller side of medium with low soft carbonation and very, very sticky on the palate. This is interesting take on the DIPA with a ramped up malt backbone and tons of hops. Quite a big beer and one to be sipped.

bottle 550?ml
Appearance: Raspberry-ruby look, mid fizzed haze with large presentable head.
Nose: Bold, big soapy hop aroma, ripe fruity feel, vanilla top, candi sugar follow up.6+
Flavor/Palate : Full bodied brew. Slight sided warmth. Bitter hop feel wrapped aroma, citric fruity mid. Black tea with citric feel.

pours a semi-cloudy dark amber with a large tan head, and excellent foamy lacing. smell is of nuts, caramel, sweet, slight pine, and a touch of floral. taste is creamy, pine, caramel, hops, and some ceder, ends on the bitter side.

i liked this one a lot. pours a yellow/orange with off white head. aroma is floral and piney with a sweetness that cuts through the end. taste is gritty and resony from the hops. drinks with a bitter bite up front and comes through with some sweetness and citrus. finishes bitter sweet with lingering bitter after taste. great brew

Appearance: Pours a beautiful red/orange color with a creamy off-white head. In fact the color of this beer is one of its better traits. These are very traditional colors for a west coast Imperial IPA, and also very similar in color to the Mikkeller IPA (which is also from Denmark). It has a solid three fingers of head as well. Every time I pour more into the glass I get another two or three fingers of head. There’s also a really impressive amount of lacing. Very nice! Smell: Sweet caramel and pungent hops are at the forefront of the nose on this one. As much as I hate to say this, I also get a little bit of sauerkraut on the nose – and I say that feeling pretty comfortable that this beer has not soured or expired. It doesn’t smell as hoppy as some of the other heavy IPAs like Hopslam or Hercules. Taste: The flavor profile here is indicative of an IPA, but they aren’t as bright or aromatic as I would have hoped. It’s a bit heavier and sweeter with fruit components like golden raisins, dates, and dried apricot. There’s not a lot of citrus in this one like pineapple or grapefruit that one would typically expect from a DIPA. Working your way through the bottle you begin to notice that the flavors dissipate and you are left with some sweet bitterness. Palate: The sweetness coats the tongue in a pretty good way. The mid-palate is really flat for me here. It definitely needs more brightness to help liven up the flavors. Has a faint “skunkiness” aftertaste on the tongue – but not in a bad way. Overall: Not sure I’d call this a double IPA because it’s just not as potent as you’d hope it to be. It suffers in some of the same ways the Mikkeller IPA does. I won’t say this is a bad representative by any means, but I certainly wouldn’t go out of my way for another one if I had a choice of this or…say…a Great Divide Hercules Double IPA.

Rich malt aroma with heavy alcohol and dark fruity hops. Amber brown appearance - very cloudy. Taste is spicy and malty, strong chest warming alcohol. Hops are almost non-existent in this beer - not what I expected.

Bottle. Rust color with a frothy white head. Very piney in the nose, with well concealed alcohol. Bitterness is appetizing and well balanced with a caramelized sweet malty backbone. Where is the 10% alcohol.....ahh, there it is as I stand up.