Nøgne Ø Dugges Sahti

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Traditional Ale
Grimstad, Norway

Bottle from Knightly Spirits. This pours a murky, orange-gold color with a lot of white yeasty particles floating in the body. Coating lace. The aroma is effervescent of sweet honey, grapes, and other fruits. Flavors are sweet all around, almost cloyingly: more honey, bark, white grapes; herbal, yet fruity. Medium body and lively carbonation. Besides the almost overly-sweet body of this beer, it was an interesting and satisfying drink.

Pours hazy amber color with minimal off white head. Fruity aroma with a weird smell I can’t describe. Sweet flavor of fruits, wheat and honey with some alcohol coming through. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Not bad, but not really my thing.

A murky orange color beer with a creamy white head. An intriguing mild herbal aroma with a saline character. Perhaps the sea wormwood? I’m not familiar with that variety. Definite juniper in the body and i think main flavor on the finish is the heather. A wonderful beer.

Poured a medium and hazy amber color with a large sized off white head. Lots of small suspended particles. Aromas of yeast, cloves, and just overall herbalness. Tastes of the same herbalness, some berries, honey, and spices. Lighter alcohol in the finish, but overall well hidden.

500 ml bottle shared beastiefan2k. Pour is a hazed darker golden with a bunch of suspended proteins with a 1/2 inch white head. Aroma is clove, very herbal, sweet honey, and some general yeast spiciness round out the nose. Taste is the bright honey, some big clove, full on herbal - very big flavors, decent integration. Finish is straw and yeasty. Palate is medium to full, oily and mouth lining. Alcohol is present in the back. Interesting, with a bunch of big flavors competing for dominance, and perhaps a bit to heavy handed for my palate. Thanks for sharing this one Eugene.

Pours amber with white head. Aroma is a weird mixture of Belgian blond/wit and lambic. Berries, clove. Fresh, dry, sweet, honey in the mouth and definitely the juniper. Like it! Perhaps this could work with a creamy game casserole? (Sampled @ Nærbø Ølfestival 2009)

Pours a deep copper color, with a medium off white head. Really unique nose, lots going on. Earth, sweet malts, hops, and honey are all evident. The flavor was pretty cool on the taste buds as well. Got a lot of herbal and earthy notes as in most traditional ales, with some fruity sweetness and tart honey notes. Very interetsing and tasty ale, a little underrated I think.

Sampled on 11/6/09. This traditional ale pours a dark orange gold color from a 50cl bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is malt, juniper, honey, spicy and sweet. A medium bodied traditional ale. The malts are fruity and sweet, orange, orange peel, juniper and spruce. The hops are herbal. Lively carbonation with lots of little bubbles showing throughout the taste. An interesting blend of malt, hops and spices. Hides the 11% alcohol very well. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.