Nøgne Ø Tyttebær

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Sour Ale
Grimstad, Norway

(Bottle at Pikkulintu) Poured red and hazy with medium sized and white head. Aroma contained berries and was quite crisp. Medium bodied and very dry palate with medium carbonation. Flavours were berries, lingonberry, sourness, fruitiness and light bitterness. Aftertaste contained sourness and berries. I was expecting this one to be even more sour but still a pleasant beer.

Bottled (Pikkulintu, batch #337, brewed 300108)
Deep ruby color, small but steady pinky head. Sour fruity aroma of lingonberry. Sourness is more like in this berry, not from bretta. Tart flavor. Lingonberry, some other fruity notes too. This tastes like lingonberry juice. A bit thin mouthfeel. This is that lingonberry lambic which went bad? :)

Pours cludy golden with a frothy white head. Aroma of raspberries, lingonberries and gooseberries. Nice fresh drink. Recommended! (Sampled @ Nærbø Ølfestival 2009)

Bottle shared with Angeloregon... Poured reddish/amber with an off-white head. Medicinal aroma of almost, earthy cheese, lactic and even ben-gay. Fruity beer. Dry palate. Honey sweetness, and a berry-like finish.

Bottle. Slightly red brown unclear body. Huge head at first, but much smaller after a while. Light aroma, some fruits and sweet berries. Quite sourish flavour with hints of sweet berries. Sour finish which left a bad sensation in my mouth. (At home 23.11.09)

Unclear yellow brown body, not very tempting.... but a quite nice creamy head! The aroma doesn’t really remind me of lingonberries, more of blueberry and gooseberry. As many other beers made of berries, it is quite sweet in taste, but not as sourish as lambic (Thank good). When the beer is getting more roomtempered, hints of licorice or anise. Well I wasn’t very optimistic so this was actualy a nice surprise :) (Bottle, Tromso, 231109)

Bottle. Pours a hazy orange brown with a very thick white head. Aroma of apple, fig, cinnamon, pie crust. Smells like a slice of apple pie! Flavor of sweet fruits initially (some cherry, some apple), anise, licorice, and mint. Not really sour to me -- more fruity. Very drinkable and enjoyable. 8/4/7/4/15 [3.8/5]

Bottle. Aroma of diaper, some sort of berry (like a cross between a raspberry and a banana for me), herbs, light sap, leaves. Flavor earthy, woodsy, leavesy, and surprisingly caramelly considering the funky nose. Tart though not very acidic, fairly malty though not sweet. Would like to see more of the fruit come through if they’re going to bother tossing it in there, but still pretty tasty.