Nøgne Ø # 100 (Batch 100)

22oz. bottle. Poured very dark, with a little brown showing through on the edges. Nice tan head. Dark fruity aroma, lots of malts. Very rich, slightly sweet with a nice hop bitterness in the finish. A very smooth beer, quite excellent.

Fruity fresh and hoppy aroma temptates to taste this dark and a little reddish beer. Flavor is heavenly complicated and still perfectly balanced. Warming alcohol doesn’t disturb the flavor. Aftertaste lasts long

Even though the barleywine label is just for the US, this has all the stlye characteristics of a barleywine. I have no idea how long this bottle had been sitting on the shelf, but this has very little carbonation left in it. An extremely well layered nose, sticky and viscous this just coats the glass, leaving a dark brown tannic coating over the edges. Thick on the palate, with lots of maltiness, liquid vitamin yeastiness, layers and layers of dark fruits, brown sugar and cinnamon, with that finish of dusty graham crackers. Different, and not a double IPA IMO.

Date: 08/02/08, 50 cl bottle courtesy of CelticBrew, and shared with him,Doboy, and Steve E.

Aroma - Roasted grain, molasses, , dark fruits, burnt sugar, pine

Appearance - Opaque brown/black with mahogany highlights, but almost no head or lace.

Flavor - Lots of malt flavors ranging from dark fruit sweetness to caramel type flavors, and balance coming from an increasing piney and citrusy hop bitterness.

Palate - Full body, light carbonation, mildly astringnet, dry

Overall - Well balanced, many layers of aroam and flavor. It seem that Nogne O almost never fails to please.

Bottle, batch 282, bought in Ebeltoft. I tasted this for the first time in Arendal 3 years ago, and have tried it again at several occations. It remains to be one of my favourites