Nøgne Ø # 100 (Batch 100)

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Grimstad, Norway

Shared with the boys at Steves. Poured from bomber a dark ruby forming a decent foamy head. Aroma of hops, smokey fruits, perhaps some spice or herbs. Flavour was of a porter style beer, extremely smooth, yet somewhat bitter. As I was expecting an IIPA style beer, I was pleasantly surprised by my own interpretation. Overall good beer from our friends in Norway.

c.6 months aged bottle. Very dark ruby, fluffy beige head. Very piney nose, intense sweet, dark maltiness. Strong resiny, liquorice spicy and ashy flavor, herbal hoppy, extremely bitter finish. A bit syrupy, medium to full bodied, slick mouthfeel. Enjoyable, but a bit tangy DIPA, definitely on the darker side. Turns into a berry wine mess with age.

Bottle at Bishops Arms, Järntorget, Gothenburg. Brown color with a nice beige head. Aroma and taste of american hops, grapefruit, toasted sweet malt, nuts, chocolate, alcohol, wood and caramel. Both very sweet and very bitter. Full bodied. Half a bottle was almost too much.

It’s labeled as a barleywine, but it’s more reminiscent of a lighter baltic porter in my opinion. Pours a dark chocoalte colour, nice huge nutty head. aroma is soft of roasted malts and dark chocolate- however the mouthfeel is very full, lots of breadiness, dry and alcohol flavor. My first norwegian brew i believe- very impressive.

Biggest head ever ever in the category for barleywine ... i heard rose neihland had a hand in this ... leaves a nice sticky hoppy sweet-bitter smack ... no abv detected ... a great no holds bar barleywine (american or IIPA?) ... LS

Deep brown-amber pour with a foamy off-white head that lasts. Aroma of caramel malt, brown sugar, grapefruit peel and alcohol. Sweet malt and light fruit flavor. Sweeter than your average IIPA. Long, slightly bitter grapefruit hops finish. A solid brew, but not a great IIPA.

pours a darker brown color than the bottle with burgundy tints when held up to the light. it’s topped by a soft frothy head and some spotty lacing. aromas of chocolate malt/dark grains, fruit, grass, brown sugar, a touch of molasses, pine and alcohol when it warms. the palate is just moderately sweet... for a dipa or bw! the flavors are rather faint... maybe restrained?... grainy/chocolate malt, earth, spice, grassy/herbal/almost generic hops. it finishes nicely dry and bitter with the hops stinging a little in the aftertaste. medium body is rather light from the lack of sugars. soft slick mouth feel turns a bit parching. it’s not great... but very refined and mellow. good for sippin’ on.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown/amber colour with an off-white tan. Aroma is hops and malt, caramel. Flavor is exceptional, caramel, nuts, malt. It seems the beer itself is also confused on wther to be a Barley WIne or an Double IPA. It seems to be somewhere in the middle. Very good indeed.