Bottle conditioned bottle from Capone’s. Deep blackish pour with 1-finger tan head. The aroma is rich roasty dark malt, chocoff, molasses. Tastes roasty, with rich chocolate malt, dark chocolate notes, and some mild finishing hops. Medium palate, that got a tad watery at the end.

50cl bottle from Centra. The bottle had no batch, best before or brew-date. It poured a black colour with medium carbonation and a light-brown head that settles down fast in the glass. It has a spicy aroma that also smells heavily of coffee and dark caramel. The flavour is slighlt bitter and tastes of coffee, roasted malt, dark chocolate. It has a lingering aftertaste.

clear, almost black with red. damn it is good. dry bitter hops. Lots of spices. Delicious!

Bottle: Dark amber Colour, with a creamy white foam. Aroma of cofee, and dark chocolate, nice bitter finish. Reminds me, more of a bitter stout, than a Chrimas beer. I like it!

Original rating Christmas 2003: (500 ml bottle). The Nøgne Ø micro brewery is in a class of its own (at least by Norwegian standards), so this beer is by far the best Norwegian "klasse D" (= grocery store market) Christmas/Yule beer you can get (all others are Vienna lagers). Deep copper colour, moderate head. Malty, oaky and toffee aroma with hints of spices. Malty flavour balanced by a decent bitterness. Rerate Christmas 2004: Colour seems even darker this year, plenty of yeast floaties. Flavour is maybe a tad spicier, well balanced hops. Impressively tasty for a Yule beer with a meagre ABV of 4.5%. Rerate 2005: Very dark colour this year, deep reddish brown, hazy, nearly black. Lovely roasty aroma with notes of coffee, oak and caramel. Distinctly roasty flavour with notes of coffee, burnt toast and English liquorice. Brewed with Chinook, Cascade and Columbus hops, 25 IBU, 11 degr. Plato.