Nøgne Ø Porter

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Porter
Grimstad, Norway

Sample courtesy of piscator- very rich pouring brew. Nose- lots of roast and dark chocolate. Taste- dry, little smoky, good roast and medium bodied. Carbonation is on low side which improves drinkability.

Bottle. Moderate malt aromas of dark bread and light coffee, light hops note of herbs, moderate yeast of earth and smoke, wood and dates in the background. Head is huge, tan and rocky with fair lacing and is mostly lasting. Color is solid black. Flavor is lightly sweet and acidic to start and lightly acidic, bitter and a little sour in the long finish. Palate is medium to full, creamy, with a lively carbonation and finishes moderately dry. A very good smokey porter.

500 ml bottle. Pours dark brown/black with a medium sized diminishing tan head. The aroma is a little subdued but includes roasted malt and semi sweet chocolate. The flavor leans heavily to the roasted malt side, but also includes semi sweet chocolate, a touch of dark fruits, and a hint of licorice and vanilla. Maybe a touch thin, but very good otherwise. Could serve as a solid warmer weather dark beer.

Bottle. Pours with a black body and a tan head. Aroma of roast, leather and chocolate. Taste is leather, metal, chocolate and roast. Medium mouthfeel, light bubbles.

(bottle) Pours dark with a tan head. The aroma has a lot of burnt malt, some coffee and roasted barley. The flavor is somewhat dry with dark chocolate and cocoa, with a lingering roasted finish. My only knock on this beer is that it is kinda thin.

Opaque black with a generous tan head. A strong aroma of coffee, roasted malt and chocolate. Medium bodied, slightly oil-like feel - and look, hehe - to it. Roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee and liquorice appear in the taste. A pleasant porter - tried it with cheese as they advised, s’good!

bottle. pours a jet black, with a thick, incredibly dense, tan head with great retention and nice sheets of lacing. smells of bittersweet cocoa, coffee, burnt wood, as well as some raisins and berries. bitter semi-sweetened dark chocolate taste with more roasty coffee notes backing it up, in addition to more grapey and raisiny notes, as well as a light floral hop character. slow, lingering, pleasant bitter finish, leaving a sort of grapey wood aftertaste, with a very light sweetness for balancing; quite dry. medium bodied and lots of creamy carbonation, for a very silky mouthfeel. i always want porters to be thicker, so that they can be stouts, but this is an exceptional example of the style, and i very much enjoyed it.

From bottle : Pours a black as night color with a half finger of light brown head, that dies down to a ring after a couple minutes. A very roasted malt and chocolate nose of this one, very stong, with some hints of alcohol. Pretty thick bodied beer, but it is very light going down, kinda weird. Flavor is tons of roasted malt again, with some chocolate. Finishes with some alcohol, and has a chocolate aftertaste. Pretty nice porter.