Nøgne Ø India Pale Ale

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Grimstad, Norway

500 ml bottle. Pours a hazy deep gold with a large linen white head that lasted until the end and left dense layers of lace with each sip. Pleasant aroma of malt, pine resin, and just a bit of grapefruit. The flavor begins with some moderate malt followed by some equally moderate pine and citrus bitterness. The bitterness is not overdone and does not overpower and lingers briefly beyond the swallow. An enjoyable IPA.

Nice IPA and what I love is this maybe for the first time an european brewer is making an American version of a beer instead of the other way around, like MIkkeller. Heavy on the grapefruit and floral notes, almost overbearing when you get ot the end, but still very nice.

Pours off-amber gold with medium head. Cloudy. Nose has plenty of mixed citrus with pronounced grapefruit. Very thick mouthfeel compared to what I was expecting, tartness is prominent, and again the grapefruit dominated citrus comes through. Great ale but not necessarily for this imported price.

Bottle. Hazy orange with a firm off-white head. Aroma is citric, grapefruit, sweet caramel malt note. Sweet taste toward a strong hoppy bitterness.

Medium to light orange, a bit hazy, huge head. Aroma is citric, some hop bitterness, and a bit of caramel. Flavor is biscuity malt with bitter citrus hops, primarily grapefruit. Some pine as well. A bit of yeast note on the finish. Not bad, but not quite my favorite take on the style.

mmmmm a difficult one. Pours a lovely murky amber mandarin with thick foamy head. Nose id pure citrus. In the mouth it’s full bodied with lots of grapefruit rind. The malt body is quite in balance. It’s a little one dimensional though. Lots of bitterness, but no breadth in the hop profile beyond citric, high AA hops. Good to very good but not great.

(bottle - 500 ml) Hazy amber pour with a thick off-white head and very nice lacing. Aroma has a lot of juicy citrus hops and sweet malts. Light floral notes and a good sign of the impending bitterness. Surprisingly light hop taste at the front. More citrus and sweetness. Some flowery and peppery bitterness comes through near the middle with a lightly bitter and lingering aftertaste. Alcohol is well hidden.

Bottle - Plucked by my friend from the bargain bin of Steve’s Liquor, so might have been sitting around for awhile. Pours hazy, murky apple juice with a huge, creamy head--and FLOATIES! Smells big and malty, with a touch of piney hops, nutmeg, and honey. Not what I was expecting, but pleasant. Tastes sweet and malty, with some nice hops and spice on the finish--almost a little nutty. A little too carbonated, but overall a very nice beer. Would like to revisit this one fresh.