RateBeer
   Home Sign Up or Login Advanced Search
   People Ratings Events Places Forums Shop Magazine
      Top By Category  RateBeer Best  Latest Ratings  Top 50    

Nøgne Ø God Jul

Nøgne Ø God Jul - American Strong Ale

* picture credits
copyright may apply

 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: American Strong Ale

Grimstad, Norway

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
Find this beer

Add Distribution Data
send corrections | shelftag |

 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5233.82/5.03.8/5.0Winter8.5%89.4Snifter, Trappist glass
View Statistics  P 

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.

 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Jun 2, 2009  
Pour basically black with a tan head. Smell is rich, bittersweet malt, cocoa. Taste is similar and more like a thin bodied porter with an added very subtle, but well blended spice component. More chocolatey and dark with a faint spice perhaps. This is actually very enjoyable. Some definite sweetness, but it is a bit bitter and dry enough in the finish to make it easily drinkable. One of the better beers from them, actually and not a style I typically am crazy for.


 oteyj (716), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
May 29, 2009  
Extremely dark brown pour with modest beige head. Aroma is chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, citrus, and cream. Dark fruit slips in there with subtlety. Flavor is roasty and sweet. Coffee, chocolate, raisin, a slight alcohol presence, and a bit of roast. Palate is silk and velvet. Very roasty and dry finish. Very nice.


 craftycarl21 (513), South Hero, Vermont, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 29, 2009  
Pours almost black with a smallish, dissipating head. Aroma is atypical of an ASA, more like a porter; coffee, cream, chocolate, caramel- lots of malt, not much hop present. Tastes much like a porter, but slightly more fruitiness and alcohol, and not as overwhelming with the caramel aspect. Palate is very smooth ,very well done. Very good beer.


 CheersMate1 (770), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
May 24, 2009  
Picked this up at Five Points Bottle Shop in Athens, Georgia. I cannot remember how much I paid for it. VERY carbonated. I had to suck the foam from the bottle, booooooh! Nice head color; off-white in apperance. Actually has a nice black color with a nice tan head. This is a very good looking beer. Huge sweet barley wine-type style aroma. This beer is very sweet and very aromatic. I wish it had more hops, but just a very caramel sweet malt aroma. The beer is very pugent. Smooth palate. A very smooth beer. A huge sweet malt flavor. Slight buttery taste. This beer is pretty good, just expect a very sweet/malty taste.


dionysus (95), Arizona, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
May 14, 2009  
Bottle pours dark and opaque with dense, beige colored head. The aroma smells of dark chocolate, mixed nuts, cigar ash, and dark fruit. The chocolate is extremely present in the flavor, also showing notes of cola and cinnamon. The overall mouthfeel is slick and oily with a sweet approach and slightly bitter finish. Good beer, anytime of the year!


 hayduke (1620), Eureka, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
May 11, 2009  
From an $8.49 bottle this unfortunately was a gusher and about 3 ounces of the beer foamed out of the bottle onto the tabletop. Once I got it under control it poured black with a light tan head and really thick lacing The nose was of ripe fruit along with chocolate and nuts. Mouthfeel creamy and slick. Flavor runs to malts and light hops. A very nice drinking beer and just a little expensive when so much of it gets lost while opening the bottle.


 gam (1068), brisbane, Australia
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
May 10, 2009  
Light tan head good size very dark ale good carbonation aroma caramel malty chocolate nutty flavour caramel rich roasted tastes chocolate mellow bitter mix of dark fruit hoppyness finish mild bitter good malty taste okay ale smokey flavours


 beachbum25 (778), Powellville, Maryland, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 10, 2009  
16.9 oz bottle-Dark cola-like pour w/a slight off white head. Sweet, Belgian type aroma. Sweet flavor of candied sugar, caramel/toffee, some colander/spice. Solid winter type brew, pretty malty. I know I’m not drinking it @ the correct time of year to fully appreciate it but I still want to give this a fair rating. Long spiced finish; good brew.



CONSIDER FREE RATEBEER MEMBERSHIP



Join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings. Click here to create your account... and give your opinion!

SIGN UP NOW »

View Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53

What's Your Opinion?
Tell us what you think of this beer. Start your free RateBeer account now.
» Click here.

More American Strong Ale s

Port Brewing Older Viscosity (4.1)

AleSmith YuleSmith (Winter) Imperial Red Ale (4.07)

Double Bastard Ale (4.04)

Firestone Walker 12 (4.02)

Cigar City Campeador - Fergus Mor (4)

Cigar City Capricho Oscuro (Batch 2) (3.98)

The Bruery Melange #3 (3.96)

Port Brewing Old Viscosity (3.96)

Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Ale (3.96)

Stone Brandy Barrel Double Bastard (3.94)

Captain Lawrence Nor’ Easter Winter Warmer (3.93)

Arrogant Bastard Ale (3.92)

Hair of the Dog Jim II 2007 (3.9)

Dieu du Ciel Quintessence (3.9)

De Molen Cuvée (3.88)


About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Add A Brewer | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Log out | Feedback? | Copyright 2000-2009, RateBeer LLC