Nøgne Ø # 100 (Batch 100)

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

<i>50 cl bottle @ Bishops Arms, Karlstad, shared with Bananamaniac.</i>
Aroma: Amazing, powerful, with plenty of hops in there. Sweet chocolatelike smell too... a bit nutty.
Flavour: Very complex with typical american hops, citrus, grapefruit. Extremely bitter, but in a well-balanced way... plenty of sweetness, roasted malt, nuts and chocolate.
Palate: Absolutely wonderful... smooth, though the bitterness, and very mellow.

<i>Second tasting. 50 cl bottle @ Bishops Arms, Karlstad, shared with Bananamaniac.</i> Pours a deep brown color with a nice white/beige foam. Quite a lot of yeast particles A wonderful aroma of citrus fruits, hops, notes of roasted malt and chocolate. Flavour is of aromatic citrus hops, grapefruit and elderflowers... some malty chocolate like taste shines through, and it’s very pleasant. Ends bitter, but not extremely bitter (maybe because it wasn’t that fresh this time). One of my favourite beers from Nögne Ö.

carmelly with some toasted nuts, chocolate, pine cones, grapefruit and blood orange, and some interesting yeasty flavor. gives it a fresh wet flavor. very tastey. i definitely have "more like a IIPA than a BW" written in my notes, but then I read the disclaimer on the commercial description and now it makes sense.

Bottle. Dark brown pour with some tan head. Aroma is citrus hops, caramel malt, lightly roasted chocolate, pine, and alcohol. Slightly soft palate. The flavor is a mixture of sweet and lightly roasted malt up front, with citrusy hops, and a resiny finish. Solid IIPA with good hopping and bitterness.

Color is dark, dirty brown. Head is light brown. Aromas are citrus fruits, mango?, yeast, sweety malts with lots of hops. Alcohol comes also through. Flavors are malt, spices, pine with lots of hops. Alcohol can’t be tasted at all but you can feel it. Beer is full-bodied, smooth and balanced.

Bottle. Brown beer with a tan head. Citrus, caramel, earthy, pine aroma. Rich malt flavor with lot of hops - malt, caramel, pine, citrus. Medium bodied. Lingering malt, pine. Balanced - nicely done. More of an ASA than a IIPA

Bottle. Pours a completely opaque very dark brown. Big creamy tan head with good lacing. Aroma is toasted malts and spicy bitterness. Taste is burnt malts, spices, dark fruits and a whole bung of hop. What brings this beer together is that it’s incredibly smooth and creamy.

3/15/08 - Split with Naka (his 200th). Pours black/brown with thick, foamy, beige head. Decent lacing. Nose is odd, a touch of fruit and slight caramel. Not much there. Taste is a well balanced caramel and biscuit, chocolate, and toffee malt character with a big bitter and some good resiny pine and citrus hop flavor. Mouthfeel is out of this world. Well balanced and very tasty. A touch of roast and sweet. Good stuff.

[bottle] Dark brown in color, with some really impressive head formation. Dense, creamy.. very fine bubbles. Aroma is piney and resinous, with some slight malt sweetness. Flavors are really quite malty at first, blending well with the powerful hop character throughout. Slightly alcoholic, warming finish.