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Nøgne Ø God Jul 3.8 544

Nøgne Ø God Jul

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

Grimstad, Norway

bottled
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5443.81/5.03.8/5.0Winter8.5%89.8Snifter, Trappist glass
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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 Theis (3765), Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/103/515/20
Nov 12, 2006  
Bottle at Ølbaren. Black - offwhite head. Burned, roasted, light smoked, licorice, hoppy finish..... nice light finish.


 Dedollewaitor (3753), Odense, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 21, 2006  
Batch 260. Pours dark brown, nearly black with little creamy bubbly white/brown head. Aroma and taste of roasted malts - caramel, coffee, hops & bitter chocolate. Spices & easy smoke. Soft & filling texture. Great bitter lasting finish. Truly wonderfull.


 sayravai (3752), Helsinki, Finland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 1, 2006    Updated: Dec 4, 2007
(Bottled) Very dark brown color with a medium, foamy, beige head. Pretty aromatic-hoppy, grainy-malty, salty-licoricey aroma with a hint of alcohol. Roasted, sweetish-malty, pleasantly dry-hoppy, salty-licoricey flavor with dark chocolate and some fruitiness. Medium to full-bodied, smooth, but somewhat carbonated palate. Has both the dry hoppiness and licorice of the Imperial Stout, and some fruitiness of the IPA - but cant quite reach either of them overall. Anyway, a great beer to spend your Xmas with. Were soooo lucky to have 4 of the very best (if one doesnt count the #100) Nøgne Ø brews currently in the Alko shops here in Finland :). (Draught, brewed at Plevna, Tampere) Clear, dark red with a smallish, lacy and partly lasting, beige head. Served too cold to rate the aroma. The flavor feels more sharply hoppy and thinner than the bottled version (less yeast, I guess). Maybe the water is also harder than at Nogne. Medium-bodied, but a bit thin and quite carbonated palate. I would give this a score of about 3.7...


 Rciesla (3750), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Dec 29, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a dark brown body with a tan head. Dark fruits, caramel, spices, alcohol latent fruit. Vanilla and coffee to finish.


 egajdzis (3631), Spring Mount, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/517/20
Sep 3, 2007  
Poured a dark chestnut color with a medium sized tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of chocolate, caramel malts, nuts, and light citrus. Taste of more chocolate, roasted malts, nuts, caramel, and vanilla. Low bitterness, with low alcohol apparency. Very nice, I wish more brewers would make non-spiced winter ales!


 saxo (3617), Højbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/515/20
Jan 30, 2007  
Bottle. Nice big tan and creamy head with excellent duration. Color is dark ruby. Aroma is good with lots of roast malt. Taste is roast malt and spices. Nice and complex.


 badgerben (3605), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Mar 22, 2007  
Winter Ale. Dark brown, near black color with a very small head that quickly falls to a few bubbles. Strong malt aroma with ample amounts of coffee and bitter chocolate. Big, chocolatey flavor up front, but it faded rapidly into only malt. Not bitter, not sweet. A little spiciness, a hint of cloves and maybe cinnamon. Not what I expected at all and damn fine.


 gunnfryd (3601), Kristiansand, Norway
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/517/20
Apr 16, 2006  
Bottle. Red black colour with light brown head. Roasted coffee and chocolate in the aroma. Balanced roasted coffee and chocolate in the flavour. Pleasent finish.



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