Nøgne Ø Sunturnbrew

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Smoked
Grimstad, Norway

Bottle shared with thelizard @ the Beer Engine. Poured into tulip black with small tan head. Dark fruits and vanilla on the nose and flavor. I’m wondering if the guy on the front is Simo Hayha which would be sweet even though he’s Finnish and not Norwegian.

Courtesy of Blazer06. Pours clear amber with thin off white head. The aroma has sweet malts, caramel chewiness, a bit of cherry and then moving toward smoke and a bit of band-aid. The taste begins with chewy thick sweet malts, smokiness and peat all coming together with semi smooth harmony. By midway the mild smokiness backs off to little more than a memory leaving tasty thick maltiness and a hint of dark fruit. Very cool interpretation of the style.

Pours black with a 2 inch off-white creamy head. Aroma of roasted malt some weak licorice, taste is initially sweet red ripe fruits, midway it turns darker, more bitter chocolate,espresso before it ends in a lingering bitter licorice taste, lovely

50cl bottle. Minimal off-white head atop clear red-dark brown body. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, some smoked malt, chocolate, raisin. Taste is sweet, plum/raisin, molasses, caramel, some alcohol, light chocolate, faint smoke. Sticky full body, low carbonation.

POurs dark brown. Nose is cocoa, molasses, roasted malt. Flavor is sweet roasted malts, spices, fig, raisin. Not much smoke.

Bottle courtesy of blazer06. Pours a dark cola brown with thin tan head. Aroma is sweet and smoky with notes of caramel, honey, malt, chocolate, light spice and toffee notes. Flavor is sweet and malty with notes of honey, caramel, brown sugar, smoke, candy sugar, light spice and toffee notes. Medium body with a pleasing malty finish.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with an average, frothy off-white head, somewhat lasting with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, caramel, toffee, nutty), light hop (herbs), average yeast (leather, broth) with notes of plum, prune, date, port, charcoal, and licorice. Full bodied, alcoholic texture, average carbonation, and a bitter finish. Long duration, moderate sweetness, heavy acidity and bitterness.

Bottle. Interesting concept. Poured a dark reddish brown with a creamy tan head. Aroma of smoke malt, caramel, cocoa, fruit, roasted malt and alcohol. Flavor was solid and surprisingly mellow, in spite of the abv and style. Quite easy to drink. A slight sweetness at the front gives way to roasted malt, rye and smoky malt. Some fruitiness towards the end with some earthy hops in the finish. Overall it was a quality beer.