Nøgne Ø God Jul

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

Bottle. Very dark brown color with some red highlights when held to the light. Medium sized tan head. Chocolate malt aroma with some brown sugar and a light hop presense in the background. Lightly bitter roasted malt flavor with some dark chocolate and hazelnuts. Quite dry, with a fairly thin body. Tastes kind of like a dry stout, but not as much of a roasted malt character.

Bottle, 0.5L. A gift from my friend Joshua in Malmö, Sweden. Pours black brown, tan head. Aroma is chocolate, malt, hops bitterness. Flavor is port, copper, malt, chocolate, hops, caramel.

muddy dark brown, with a thin head . i got the chunks at the bottom of the bottle which were nice and flocculant fortunately and settled quickly. what a rich beer. like gouden carolus mixed with andechser doppelbock. sweet, round, filling chocolate and whisky and fruit and supersmooth malt luxuriousness. i’m sure this would make a lot of sense in the middle of a 22hour xmas night in Norway. a wallowable dessert beer.

ginger, sea salt, chocolate, carmel, and smoke in the aroma. love the smoke. flavor is smokey, carmelly, spicey like nutmeg and gingerbread. i love this beer, it’s perfect for wintery christmassy times when you’re not in the mood for eggnog. and did i mention i love the smokeyness? too little had for my appreciation of the appearance.

Wow. Very complex beer. It pours a dark brown color with a small amount of tan head. The aroma is of dark chocolate with notes of dark fruit and I swear there’s port in it. Kind of thick and creamy in the mouth it finishes with some hop bite and warms as it goes down. Good Christmas beer!

Bottle. Pours a dark reddish brown with a firm, dense light brown head. Quite nice. Slightly tart, roasted, malty aroma with pine hops mucking about. Nice, although I find it a tad cloying. Sweetish, tart flavour with roasted malts and liquorice hops. Finish is sweet with lingering roasted and apple notes. It’s like a mix of an imperial stout (or related styles) and a pale ale or ipa, although the ‘imperial stout-ness’ is dominant. Has a lot of nice individual notes when broken down but combined they seem to clash a bit; it’s not so well-balanced. Also I find it a bit cloying. All this makes for a fairly lower overall score compared to the individual scores. 21-01-09.

Roasted malt and some light hops in the aroma. Black body with a thick brown head. Medium palate. Lots of roasted malt up front in the flavor. Hints of vanilla are present, as well as a light hop finish.

Bottle. Dark brown colour with light brown head. Sweet christmasy aroma with coffee and smoke. Very smokey taste, prunes and apple and plum and... yummy.