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Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon First Edition

 (RETIRED)
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Formerly brewed at Nøgne Ø
Style: Imperial Stout

Grimstad, Norway

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4114.22/5.04.2/5.0Special16%97.8Snifter
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This is our first edition of Dark Horizon. It is the first, for us anyway. There will be more to follow, and even though they will be other editions, they will still be firsts. “Let’s go crazy!” said Tore. The last time he said that, we created #100, which proved to be a success. How could I not agree to his suggestion? “How crazy can we be?” I responded. “Go all the way!” he answered. So we started off with a beefed up Imperial Stout, extra dark and extra bitter, not much to it really, but maybe a bit over the top. When this brew had fermented, we gathered again on a sunny Saturday morning, ready for next move. Half a ton of demerara sugars and our homemade extract of coffee were waiting for us. Standing there with sticky sugars all over the brewery and us, I just couldn’t resist asking Tore: “Don’t you have better things to do during week ends?” To this point he still hasn’t answered me. After adding a hefty volume of wine yeast, we left this brew to itself for month. A good month, that was.

This is ale; it is also a wine, and a coffee drink. We’ve been playful and brewed a hybrid. Do yourself and your friends a favour and share this bottle with those you deem worthy. Dark Horizon is indeed a global brew. Inspiration from the US Midwest, malt from England, bottles from Germany, name from Japan, sugars from Mauritius, hops from the Pacific rim, Yeast from Canada, coffee from Colombia, brewed in Grimstad, Norway.

All bottles of Dark Horizon are numbered with its unique number, and all together we launched 6000 of this brew.

37 P, 75 IBU, 16% ABV.
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 MrManning (1652), London, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 1, 2009  
Bottle. Thanks to Hogtownharry for this gem! A deep opaque black with a frothy mocha cap that leaves nice lace. In the nose I get muted coffee, dark chocolate, anise, vanilla, alcohol, burnt sugars and roasty malts. Tastes quite sweet, but is balanced with loads of hops. Very roasty, sweet dark chocolate, boozey like dark rum, black coffee, minty hops. This has mellowed nicely and was quite drinkable for the weight. Very good. Thanks Harry!


 BrotherGrendel (588), San Diego, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/104/518/20
Nov 14, 2009  
Dark brown with ruby highlights, no head. Nose is big thick malts, dark fruits-plums and raisins, alcohol heat. Flavor is big dark fruits, thick malts, molasses and brown sugar, roastiness, complex and unending, finishes sweet and warming. Full body, low carbonation, thick chewy texture. A big, bold, complex and flavorful stout with sweet fruit and vinous traits, delicious on all levels!!


 markwise (1186), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/102/515/20
Nov 12, 2009  
Thanks zuluflyboy for the share. Pours imperial stout brown with a dark tan dissipating head. Nose is booze, dark fruit, slight roast, and slight coffee. Flavor is booze, chocolate, booze, dark fruit, booze, coffee, booze, and booze. Medium-bodied beer with a thick, almost chewy mouthfeel. Interesting beer, better than 2nd, but needs about 8-10 years to settle down, I think.


 JoeTheYounger (262), California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/510/104/519/20
Oct 13, 2009  
My #200 rating, and what a good beer to have. Bottle from mspindler. Poured a dark dark horizon brown color with no head. Aroma of Brandy, figs, dark roasted fruits, raisins, alcohol. Taste of sweet prunes, roasted coffee, toffee, very strong and well balanced. Low carbonation thats thick and coats the glass. Overall very very good. I think this one was a bit better than Dark Horizon 2nd edition.


 DuffManSW (293), Riverside, California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/105/519/20
Oct 11, 2009  
Bottle shared by mspindler...Pours black with no head.. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, roasted malts and booze... Flavor is dark chocolate, coffee, and toffee with a lot of alcohol left still... Thick with low carbonation.. Good stuff.


 BückDich (4848), McCall, Idaho, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/104/518/20
Oct 5, 2009  
Bottle: Pitch black, nice tan head, spotty lacing. Nose of dark earthy oak and bourbon, savory soy and molasses. "Someone tripped on the cellar steps to an all wood wine cellar with a bottle of bourbon in their hand." Vanilla and light alcohol, the flavor is pine, wood, resin, hops, alcohol, molasses, marinade, gin, muddled wood, coffee, grinder and bourbon. Awesome.


 polomagnifico (534), Saginaw, Michigan, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/105/519/20
Sep 21, 2009  
Bottle #01776 from ygtbsm94, thanks a million man. The last unique brew from my cellar and marking the end of my beer rating quest. Aroma has fruity notes of molasses, caramel, red wine, oak, coffee, dark chocolate, roasted malts. Pitch black hue with a small creamy tan head that lingered around the edges quite nicely and left little lace. Flavor is sweet with some licorice coming forward then transistions to a slight cloying bitterness. Palate is very full bodied and oily soft with a noticable alcohol burn. Overall a lovely work of art. Wonderfully complex nose with a classic Imp stout appearance. Flavor is very sweet and noticeably bitter but the alcohol is felt more than smell or tasted. The palate is extreme but still quite pleasent. The coffee aspect is not very apparent thank goodness. A truly lovely brew. A great brew to mark the end of this great hobby. I will miss these moments but this journey has come to an end. Bravo Nøgne Ø! Bravo!


 Geokkjer (256), Kristiansand, Norway
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/519/20
Sep 20, 2009  
Rating # 100.Shared by Yngwie, thanks a lot.What can one say about this beer that hasn’t already been said.It is the kind of beer that inspires poetry from ratebeerians all over the world.That being said ,it deserves it too.Black as the night with a beige/tan head.Wonderful aroma of roasted grains ,coffee ,licorice, molasses and silky alcohol.Smooth,as hell, and velvety on the tongue.Warm ,sweet roasted ,coffee ,dark chocolate ,nutty.And probably lots more .I am lost for words .Truly amazing



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