Nøgne Ø Porter

pours jet black with a pretty tan head- looks like an impy. Aroma is very roasty and smoky, but lots of dark fruit, caramel, and a bit of chocolate and coffee. Flavor is huuuge with coffee and chocolate, and a beautiful silky smoothness that i love and that you can’t quite find in most stouts. Palate is luscious- damn good porter.

My first Nøgne, my first Norwegian (besides the last time I got some Aass, LOL!) - very refined and on the light side with a nice bit of sour yeastiness and smoky malt, and the expected coffee and mild chocolate. Pours very dark with an effusive but light wheat-like tan head. I am getting raisin and fig type fruits, and a nice after-feel that is very pleasing, of hops and roast. Aroma is somewhat like flavor and a bit ’wild’ with some sour grains and barnyard. Would like some more rich toffee and chocolate in the middle to give it some legs. Almost lemony rather than sweet, The brew needs to find an anchoring point, but is a respectable Porter that might be good to session.

500ml bottle. Batch 396 Bottled 24.11.08 BB 24.11.13 Served with only a slight chill. Pours a dense, medium-sized, tan head atop a near-opaque black body. Big rich, bold malt aroma. Dark chocolate, strong milky coffee, toffee, dark and dried fruits, liquorice, rum. Hint of spice and herbaceous hop. Body is beautifully creamy, almost velvet-like, moderate carbonation with a lengthy oily consistency. Astringencies are well rounded. Plenty more dark chocolate and coffee on the body. Notes of date, nuts, sultana, and toffee. Finishes with a slight spice (possibly alcohol?), some bread and grain dryness, and a lingering bitter note. Very nice porter indeed. Smooth, rich, satisfying, hard to fault.

Nice milk chocolate head with good strong carbonation aroma roasted chocolate coffee mild caramel very smooth flavour full roasted tastes chocolate coffee flavours are mellow with a vanilla and creamy note mixing with the malts hints of caramel body is good finish bitter creaminess

Bottle courtesy Yngwie.Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Dark amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. SLightly roasted and burnt. Moderate bitter flavor. Roasted notes. Average moderate bitter finisg. Oily palate.

bottle, dark brown color with good lasting tan foam, aroma of chocolate, nutty, light vanilla, flavor is medium chocolate, soy, missed the fruit, finish is weak for the style

Black colour with a medium light brown head. Aroma and taste of roasted malts, chocolate and coffee. Nice palate.

The aging suprised me with this beer, the mouthfeel improved, the body seemed fuller and the taste had changed to mint chocolate like wonderful bew. I didn’t care much for this before but I have to say now that this is pretty pretty good.