Nøgne Ø # 100 (Batch 100)

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

Really a DIPA, it has more bw charecter than a DIPA. I’m reviewing this as a bw. Pours a dark brown with a deep malt presence that is mostly caramel and dark fruits. Flavor brings out the hops, there are some hops in the back that leaves a slight bitterness but definitly not of the american hop bomb caliber. Mouthfeel is thick with minimal carbonation. It’s really just a big beer, not quite a bw but not quite a DIPA, but enjoyable.

Very dark brown almost black with a nice big creamy head. Wow a powerful beer, amazing aromas; sweet sherbert, piney, a little coffee, perfume and single malt too. Smooth palate, flavours are roasted and hoppy. Only one beer a week at the moment so 500ml of this and i’ll be doing alright!

Another winner from Nøgne Ø and pleasure to consume. I think that it kinda blurs the lines between styles (much like Bigfoot does sometimes) but either way there are strong points either way. The beer pours a dark brown cola colored body with a light brown eruptive head. Dark fruit, molasses, pine needles, juniper and rose petals show up in the aroma. Chocolate malts, caramel, pine needles, raisin bread and alcohol all make them selves noticeable in the flavor . Very enjoyable and a nice beer for their 100th batch.

Bottle @ PIB... Poured black with a light brown head. Roasted malts on the nose. A little bit of hops up front with a zingy carbonation and a dark chocolate flavor. Coffee and smoked malts. Big alcohol flavor too. Imperial IPA? Either it’s a black IPA or the volunteer poured the wrong beer for me.

The look is a murky brown color with a decent off white head. The smell is alcohol, celery, hops, caramel, and malts. The taste is alcohol, pine, hops, caramel, some bitterness..

Another great Vegas trip find!
Poured out a freaking HUGE head - light brown and thick that leaves some messy lacing and still has surface coverage after 5 minutes. Really dark brown brew too. The smell is pretty nice but seems quite mellow for a BW. Molasses, caramel and a wack of malts including a mild chocolate, dark fruit, dark orange, sweet candy, nice thick citrus - very active nose. Great taste that does not have a painful amount of aggressive hops. Huge and heavy caramel and biscuit malts complimented with an early mouthfull of strong hops which bow out to the malts. Hops early - malt middle - hop finish. Pine, some grapefruit, lemon, licorice, more stuff. The taste is massive, just as you would expect. As this warms it becomes very intense with the hops steamrolling the malts lead by pine. Somehow I can detect a saltiness. A very smooth mouth feel with lots of long lingering bitterness. Leeaves a very nice coating in the mouth. Hey - there is the 10% - it was hiding in my bloodstream. Oh man, I think I need to eat at some point today as my motor skills have declined sharply. The Lagavulin 16yr Scotch and JW Lees Harvest I’m about to have won’t help out much! Booyah!

Delicious beer shared at Diego’s. Awesome. Pours a dark, dark amber color. Very sweet aroma up front with honey, caramel, brown sugar, raisins and then moves into floral hops tones. Flavor is really good. Bitter and sweet with a big malt backbone. Flavor is full of spices, caramel, apples, citrus and piney hops round it out nicely. Very good.

Pours a deep brown/red, and opaque; really, no light comes through. Small fluffy tan head reducing slowly. Aroma is of honey, spice, berry, flora. Flavor is of nice roasted malt, raisin, cherry liqueur, fruity hops in the middle and end. Booze in flavor and finish is neither hidden nor outspoken; about what you’d expect for a 10% ale. DIPA? Barleywine? I say somewhere in between, though really closer to a barleywine because of the subtlety of the hops and the sweet brandy and brown sugar flavors, despite what it says above. Mouthfeel is smooth, low carbonation, mediocre. Nothing really life-changing about this ale, but I could still drink it everyday and be very satisfied. It’s one of the better barleywines I’ve had, though not mind-blowing. Definitely worth a rate by barleywinos and non-barleywinos alike. Overall, very good.