Ninkasi Believer Double Red

Brewed by Ninkasi Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Eugene, Oregon USA

This smells absolutely incredible. Sweet molasses with fruit, similar to a barleywine. Dark red-brown color. Flavor starts out malty, a little sweet, but with a hop that continuously grows to the finish.

22oz bottle. Pours a deep dark mahogany. Aroma of sweet caramel. Some toastted malts. Hop grapefruit aromas. Flavor is a nutty malt. Flavors of caramel, toffee. Citrus hop flavor as well. Medium bodied, finishes bitter

Opaque brown,small tan head.Light citrus nose.Great full bodied malt start,nice Cascade hop finish.Tons of both hops and malt. Perfect balance

Oregon Brewers Festival 2007
Deep amber color with a very thin head. This was a great winter beer. The flavors where crisp and deep. There where a tons of different spices from clove, some orange peel and a tad of vanilla in the taste. Deep malty caramel flavors this was a great beer for an odd time to be served in the summer.

Bomber. Pours a deep, dark crimson, almost cherrywood color. A thick, frothy head of yellowish-tan foam leaves dense, sheety rings of lacing on the glass. The nose is well balanced, with sweet notes of darkly toasted caramel, burnt toffee, cherry, and goji berry being countered nicely by light pine resin and bittersweet orange peel. Flavors are similar, with caramelized dark fruits and brown sugar malts equalizing the biting bitterness of citrus rind, pine, and wildflowers. The twangy berry note is there again, along with fleshy blood orange. There’s a lightly pungent, leathery tobacco note in the background. Falling just on the heavy side of medium bodied, the palate sports a semi-dry, well carbonated consistency. Interesting brew. Reminds me a bit of Cigar City’s Emperor Shennong’s Wolfberry Ale, only not as lush and well pulled together. Tasty stuff.

Bomber. Pours cloudy (lots of chill haze) coppery amber with a lacy pale yellow head. Lots of sweet caramel aroma with a little citrus and grass. Medium body and moderate carbonation. More caramel, earth and citrus in the taste. Crisp finish.

It only takes one Floyd to make a superior beer in Oregon. Jamie’s hyper-honed taste buds combined the utmost spectacular blend of ingredients to give a hop head exactly the beer I need. Medium brown-amber hue, sinister lacing head, and ninja kickin’ bitter finish that must be tasted to be understood. Boo yah!

Bottle in trade from msubulldog25. Thanks! Smell was a bit dull and stale like, I thought, and it poured a reddish maroon color. Taste was dull, and odd, and not what I expected. Tasted like stale hops, and not very fresh malt, but not sure if it was really due to it not being fresh. Didn’t enjoy this one.