Nøgne Ø Dark Horizon Second Edition

Formerly brewed at Nøgne Ø
Style: Imperial Stout
Grimstad, Norway

Bottle. Medium high brown fluffy head disappearing astonishingly quickly. Pitch black body. Powerful coffee aroma but unfortunatly also a heavy scent of alcohol. Apart from that vineous. The flavor though does not have the same alcohol dominance as it is very well disguised by the coffee choccolate liquorice notes. Also very vineous. Low carbonation and a long aftertaste.

Bottle. Pours a black body with a tan head, soy malty chocolate. Sweet chocolate and minerals, a light roasty coffee and i must say this is dam smooth at 17%. Licorice and liqueur, not cloying either.

Rich creamy coffee aromas, bitter chocolate, with hints of dark fruits, chocolate covered dreid dark cherries, figs. Pours black with a thin tan head, the lacing does stain the glass amber a little. Strong flavors, alcohol, coffee, dark chocolates, licorice, rich and dark, very decadent, reminds me of a chocolate or coffee liquor. It gives a very warming sensation. Despite the alcohol, it is enjoyable to drink. Excellent.

AlohaC’s gathering. WeeHeavy’s bottle. Seriously man... Dark dark dark. Stains the glass. Taste is sharp. Malt chocolate licorice toffee coffee everything. ++

Bottle from WeeHeavySD. Tried at alohaCs 2008 end of the year tasting. Thanks Jon! Black, thick, sweet. Low roastiness. Pretty good for an 18% beer. Lots of throat burn. I’m making a transition from loving high ABV sweet beers to 5% sours. If i had rated this one yeat ago, I would have probably given it a 4.4, but now only 3.9. Still very good.

Tasted 2008-12-28. Pours black with bronzy, pearly head. Quite a big head actually, but it fades completely away after a minute or so. The scent is a bit funny; It starts out as strong alcoholic, hoppy, coffe power-thingy, but very soon after, it mellows and becomes dominated by sweet liquorice, raisins and smoke. First sip: Big surprise - I do not get any alcoholic domination at all. Quite balanced actually. Second sip: OK now I do get the alcohol. But it is not at all as rough as I expected. 3rd sip: Now I begin to notice the roasted malts, the liquorice, the prunes, the hoppyness, the vanilla, the what-nots. This is a big beer, but not as all-over-the-place as one could easily fear. I like it, though I do not think there are more than a handfull of days each year, where a beer of this magnitude will suit me.

Bottle. Black. Thin head. Alcohol in the nose but nowhere else. Nutty dark chocolate coffee tar creamy flavour. Raisins and licorice in the finish.

500ml bottle. Very nice packaging. Poured a dark, dark black color with an averaged sized brown head. Aromas of coffee, roast, chocolate, vanilla, and nutty. Tastes of nuts, chocolate, roast, coffee, licorice, and a little smoke. Was their alcohol in the finish? Sure, but at 17+%, it was not bad or detracting. This one really wasnt that bad and I look forward to trying it again with some age on it.