Nøgne Ø God Jul

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

Dark black with almost no head formation. Aroma like raisins and caramel. Flavor is roasted with a chocolate sweetness and maybe some cola. This is incredibly smooth and stout-like. A real pleasure to drink.

Pours dark brown with a fine light brown head. Nose ofmlt and spices. Flavour of malt, raisins, coffee and juniper. Nice bitter finish. A well composed x-mas ale.

Pours a very dark brown with a massive, creamy, frothy, light tan head which is mostly lasting and leaves a small frothy layer and some sporatic lace. Nose is nice with rich caramel, milk chocolate, black currant, molasses, light toasted chestnuts, and hints of coffee. Flavor is awesome; coffee is most notable first with a moderate roast and minimal acidity, perfect. Other notes include dark chocolate, molasses, rustic and lightly resinous hop notes, light currant, nutty notes (chestnut, hazelnut), light mocha and lightly toasted bread crust. Palate is nice with a nearly full body, soft to lively carbonation, and a velvety, somewhat drying texture, round in character. Finishes long with some dryness from the bread crust notes, coffee, and nuts with a lingering molasses note. Completely unexpected from this great brewer. Imperial porter meets winter warmer. The black currant notes were tremendous, the coffee in the flavor was amazing and the beer somehow never became too dark or too sweet. The nutty notes and molasses create perfect undertones for the beer. One of a kind.

Bottle. Dark brown colour with a tan head. Complex aroma, dark fruits, nuts, chocolate & coffee. Big flavour, roasty with notes of orange peel & ginger.

500 ml. Opaque blackish-brown color, creamy tan head. Hoppy aroma. Fairly hoppy, bitter flavor with roasted malts and coffee. Full body, medium carbonation. Not bad.

black patent/ and or mollasses dominate the flavor profile. Astringent bitterness, and some weird flavors. Gushed out of the bottle, most likely due to over priming. Not a repurchase.

pours an opaque brown with a sudsy brown head that retains poorly. the aroma is dark berries married with chocolate and heavily roasted malts, reminding me of some robust porters I have encountered. The flavour was bittersweet roasted chocolate malt with nice bitter hops balancing out the flavour. Some dark pitted fruits are evident, too. There is also a fair amount of yeasty esters in the tatse. The finish is chocolate mostly. The palate is velvety smooth and long lasting. Very soft carbonation adds to the silky quality of the palate.

Bottled. Dark brown in colour, rich creamy brown head. The aroma is malty with cinnamon. The flavour is that of roasted malt. Some cinnamon. There is a dry aftertaste.