Beer Here Dark Hops

Beer Here
Brewed at Nøgne Ø
Style: American Strong Ale
Copenhagen, Denmark

My 1500th rating! Bottle. Pours a dark creamy shinny near black with a tall airy foamy lighter mocha colored frothy head, very similar two the Morke and also very Nogne. Aroma of bright sweet citrus and chocolate cookies, lots of juicy hoppy citrus, pineapples, sharp resinous pine, some plastic and alcohol. Woa, flavor is tar, lots of alcohol, plastic, dark chocolate cookies, some dark syrupy burnt molasses, the sweet citrus is actually pretty nice once you get used to the initial bitterness/charred flavor, finishing very ashy and quite quick. Medium bodied with a fuller mouth-feel, creamy, sharp fizzy larger spread-out carbonation, quite drinkable. Definitely has more flavor than the Morke, lots of similarities though in the overall feel.

Bottle. A crazy mix of really roasty coffee, citrusy/pineapple hops, and a little malt sweetness. Bitter hop, coffee flavor. Really weird, and the combination doesn’t work at all. Reminds me of Allagash’s Burnham Road as it exhibits a pairing of flavors that just shouldn’t be mixed at all -- in this case, coffee and citrus, in that case sweet smoke and Belgian yeast.

50cl bottle. Large brown head atop black body with brown edging. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit, roast, some coffee, ash, bittersweet chocolate. Taste is medium sweet, ash, roast, bittersweet chocolate, grapefruit. Watery medium body, very drinkable, alcohol near invisible.

Black. Large creamy brown head and excellent lacing. Cocoa, caramel, lemon and lime on the nose. Roasted coffe adds to the aroma once in the mouth. Heavily bitter, moderately sweet and lightly acidic. Long finish. Medium bodied, dry texture. Batch # 407. (Bottle, courtesy of tarjei 12.12.2009)

Date: November 13, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Hop City, Atlanta
Appearance: black, fine tan head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet citrus hop aroma, roasted and chocolate malt
Body: big sticky body
Flavor: big roasted malt flavor, sweet caramel brings out a chocolate character that leaves a bitter dark chocolate in its wake, lots of citrus and sweet resiny pine, light bitterness from the roast
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Black with a dense brown head. Roasted aroma with coffee, chocolate and citric hops. The flavour is initially sweet marked by the roasted malts, and then turns into a nice bitter, yest still roasted ending.

Poured very black, coffee, roasted malts, herbal hops, little dark chocolate.

22oz bottle @Pauls Gathering Thanks Victor/vferg-pours a light brown head and dark brown color. Aroma is sweet pine hops, some medium/dark malt. Taste is sweet pine/herbal hops, some medium/dark malt-peat.