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Nøgne Ø God Jul

Nøgne Ø God Jul - American Strong Ale

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98
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Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: American Strong Ale

Grimstad, Norway

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5233.82/5.03.8/5.0Winter8.5%89.4Snifter, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
In the US this is called "Winter Ale".

A dark ale brewed specially for the Christmas season, with a rich, complex taste of caramel. This is a strong, dark and rather sweet Christmas Beer – just the way we think a Christmas beer should be.

Recommended serving temperature 12°C/53°F. Great with cheese or nuts. Ingredients: Lager, Munich, caramel, black, and chocolate malt; Chinook, Columbus, and Centennial hops; English ale yeast, and our local Grimstad water.

19°P, 30 IBU, 8.5 % ABV.

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 Fred82 (343), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/513/20
Aug 19, 2009  
500ml bottle from Cracked Kettle. Pours black with a big creamy moka head. Head retention is good. Some lacings on the glass. Head is very nice looking. Looks like an iced cappuccino. Nose is big chocolate and roasted malt at first. Then it gets more hoppy, piny and oily. Finish is big roasted malt at first then it gets more hoppy.Fnish is long. Carbonation is faint but palate is great; oily and creamy. Some alcohol, feeling is quite liquory and syrupy. Great beer !


 Ober (1158), Bommelerwaard, Netherlands
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Aug 13, 2009  
A dark brown, almost black colored beer. It has a thick foamy beige head. The aroma of dark malts, chocolate with coffee. There are dark fruits. The taste of smoked malt with chocolate, some coffee with fruits. It is nice bitter. Some spices with notes of alcohol. The aftertaste is dark bitter with hints of sweet.


 boFNjackson (1233), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/516/20
Jul 15, 2009  
Bottle... Poured deep ruby-ish brown with a thick khaki head that lasted throughout the whole brew. Dark fruits like plums, raisins and berries on the nose with a bitter barley character. Nicely spiced with continuous dark fruits in the flavors. A little bit of a metallic hop bitterness to counter the sweeter flavors and a chocolaty finish.


 LooseCannon (914), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Jul 14, 2009  
500ml bottle. Pours dark brown in color with full foamy brown head. Aroma roasted coffee, caramel and chocolate. Taste dark choclate, roasted coffee and hops with bitter finish.


 Borup (1345), Albertslund, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jun 22, 2009  
Bottle. Dark brown colour with a average brown head. Aroma and flavour of caramel, malt, chocolate, hops and yeast.


 raphael (410), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jun 21, 2009  
spices (cardamon, cloves, maybe), molasses, resin and alcohol. lasting lacy khaki head over so dark brown.. Tingle the down while laying down sticky, fragrant in the mouth. I taste roast malt, dark chocolate, brown sugar, not cloying. spices on the edge. sticky finish. bottle on 1/2 price closeout at belmont station.


 mirjukka (695), LOHJA, Finland
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/103/514/20
Jun 20, 2009  
bottle 500ml #310 EXP 130912 murky dark brown. Rich dark malts nutty kick of hops left, coffee chocolate chocolate. Tickling mouth feel presents in aftertaste with yeast. Hazy memories same year tap version over spiced one. This is all what you need on Christmas.


 Muggus69 (461), Sydney, Australia
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 7, 2009  
500ml bottle. Pours a sinfully dark black body with big, thick brown head that paints the glass with lace on the way down. Rich roasted malt aroma; plenty of coffee, dark chocolate, roasted nuts and toffee, supported by hop aromas of grapefruit, bitter orange and pine. Hints of dark fruits and raisin also in the mix. Big mouthfeel, hugely lengthy with an excellent balance of drying bitterness and rich sweet malt. Moderate carbonation works well. I’d best describe the flavour as somewhere between an Imperial Porter and American IPA. Lots of roasted malt, toffee is quite prominant, with meaty undertones malt and bitter chocolate, mixed in with bitter orange, grass, cedar hop flavours. Notes of dried fruit come forth with warmth as the beer finishes slightly bitter, quite warming, with a lingering note of strong coffee. Really nice beer. Wasn’t sure entirely what to expect, but I was very happy what with it. Not entirely sure what this "American strong ale" catagory entails, but i’m liking the beers i’ve tried thus far.



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