Nøgne Ø God Jul

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: American Strong Ale
Grimstad, Norway

Bottle via trade with The_Epeeist, thanks Chris! Pours a dark ruby/mahogony color eith a smallish tan colored head. Aroma is fruity, caramel, soem chocolate. Flavor is is dried fruit, sweet fruit, rasins, figs, caramel, toffee, coffee, chocolate. Palate is full bodied,, medium carbonation, finishes sweet and sticky. This is my first Nogne, and there will be many more for sure. This was a spectacular brew, with a rainbow of flavors, brilliant silky texture, and an punch of alcohol warmth. I drink it any day of the year.

Fresh and spicy aroma. Really dark appearance with a minimum head. You can find a lots of different flavors from this beer, but mostly coffee, chocolade, malt and spices. Balanced taste, where you cant taste alcohol even this has a considerable high abv. Highquality christmas beer. With this, you can have christmas 365 times a year!

Bottle. Thanks for sharing heemer. Poured and opaque black color. Head was tan. Smelled of chocolate, alcohol, and dried fruits. Slightly sweet on the tongue up front with roasty bitterness at the end. Chocolate and alcohol flavors, occasionally tasting like vodka.

Sampled May 2007
Pours with an ample, initially three-finger thick, creamy, lace inducing, brownish tan colored head that sits atop a deeply, blackened, amber colored brew that shows a brilliantly clear, rich, sparkling ruby color when held up to the light. The aroma is quite fruity, with notes of raisins and figs being quite noticeable. A hint of spicy alcohol is just perceptible in the finish. Touches of toasted malt, browned-rustic bread and a hint of coffee like roast aromatics round out some more of the malt notes.

The taste is somewhat sweet, but a spicy, roast grain bitterness dries things out in the finish. The sweetness brings out a certain fruitiness, though it is not as prominent as it was in the nose; I get flavors of sweet plums and raisin. The roast grain character is actually quite a bit more noticeable than it was in the aroma; a burnt bitterness as well as a certain roast-derived acidity are quite noticeable and it mixes with a blackened barley flavor. It is interesting how the roasted malt notes really dry out the finish. At times the body and palate do not seem to have enough heft to stand up to the harsh burnt notes & hints of hot alcohol, but at other times they are in balance.

This is a pretty tasty brew, at times it can seem a bit out of balance, but it is still an enjoyable tipple.

Dark brown medium almond head. Very nutty taste, lots of crystal malts, balanced with roasted and chocolate malts with grassy hops in the finish. Pretty weak beer actually not a lot going on, doesn’t taste bad just not awesome.

rich dark brown almost black pour. small but refined head. nutty aroma with some plum and cherry. smmoth almost creamy mouthfeel. alcohol is super well hidden. dark chocolate and hazelnut with a slight medicinal coating. finish smooth with a hint of bitterness. rather enjoyable.

Poured a brown color with small head and weak lacing. Aroma was chocolate and nutty. Flavor was was much the same, very nutty and chocolate.Some was a little off, some sort of bite there that is nasty.

Tried this again as Winter Ale, Gave it about the same rating. From a bottle recieved in a trade with oh6gdx. The body was very dark brown with a light tan head. The aroma was definite grapefruit with the twist and chocolate covered cherries. Interesting. The taste was cherries with some chocolate. This also had some woody notes and a little pine as I drank more. The body was surprisingly light for the abv. An interesting twist on the American Strong Ale category.