A celebration of Nøgne Ø achieving batch #100. We do this by brewing a particularly uncompromising double IPA. With Columbus hops and 80 IBU we can guarantee that this is a beer for connoisseurs!
Beer Ratings and Reviews:
[1] Review by RJA from Palm Springs, FL, USA who has tried this beer once. (12/26/2009 6:09:28 PM)
"This Nogne O pours a deep brown with reddish tints. A big creamy off white head rises above and stays around for a decent amount of time. Settling eventually into a nice cap above the body. A lot of fruit in the aroma. Sweet, tart hints of dark fruits with subtle coffee in a caramel bath. Very thick and creamy. Balanced carbontion is present.
Complex ale with sweet caramel, bitter coffee tart fruits and pine hops. Another home run from Nogne.
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Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
10/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
8/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.2)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 500ml @ $7.99 Unit Cost: $7.56 per Pint
[2] Review by changeup45 from Orlando, Florida, USA who has tried this beer once. (8/23/2009 11:48:55 AM)
"So this is brewed to be an Imperial IPA but inaccurately labeled a barleywine? One one hand it tastes like a mix of the two and on the other hand it tastes like neither. Pours a deep amber-brown color with a real thick long-lasting tan head. Some nice lacing left on the glass. Spices jump out in the aroma, interesting, with wet leaves, toffee and pine. There’s definitely a strong hop profile here, it’s interesting though, I guess I’ll call it resiny and piney with just a little bitterness to compliment the malt, until the finish where there’s a sharp bite. Sweet caramel and toffee balance the hops nicely. I also keep picking up an assortment of spices in the flavor, juniper, ginger, perhaps even cinnamon. There’s a note or two of chocolate but it stays in the background. A very interesting beer and one that I enjoyed a lot. Complex, different but very good, and really rather easy drinking for 10%."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
9/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
9/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.2)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 750ml @ $0 Unit Cost: $0 per Pint
[3] Review by Stoutlover72 from Northern, California, USA who has tried this beer once. (8/3/2009 2:24:46 AM)
"Another winner from Nøgne Ø and pleasure to consume. I think that it kinda blurs the lines between styles (much like Bigfoot does sometimes) but either way there are strong points either way. The beer pours a dark brown cola colored body with a light brown eruptive head. Dark fruit, molasses, pine needles, juniper and rose petals show up in the aroma. Chocolate malts, caramel, pine needles, raisin bread and alcohol all make them selves noticeable in the flavor . Very enjoyable and a nice beer for their 100th batch."
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.6)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 500ml @ $0 Unit Cost: $0 per Pint
[4] Review by slowrunner77 from Reno, NV, USA who has tried this beer once. (5/15/2009 1:07:29 AM)
"the pic is right, but this is a hoppy barleywine-not a 2ipa! 80 ibu and 10% also correct. aroma is hop forward...similar hop profile to Alaskan, but hoppier. aroma is more hops than malt, but well balanced. pours dark and a little murky. flavor is still hop forward, but a good amount of chocolate malt makes for a tasty treat. a touch thin, but very smooth, with a lingering dry bitter finish."
Aroma:
9/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
9/10
Overall:
9/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.3)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 16.9oz @ $9.99 Unit Cost: $9.46 per Pint
[5] Review by Chef Chad from Grand Junction, CO, USA who has tried this beer once. (4/4/2009 9:21:53 PM)
"Simply put this was nothing short than amazing.... This had one of the biggest and most pleasing noses on any beer I have ever had.. Huge pine and Citrus floral that actually filled the room when it was poured into my glass.. Orange brown with a very nice thick off white head that lasted . Ample carbonation that helped the drinkability out being that this is a very hoppy beer. Fantastic balanced hoppy goodness going on here.. Lots of pine and grapefruit noted, but it was also malty and sweet. I found myself comparing it to 90min. The depth of the beer makes me think that it is neither a IIPA or a Barleywine...
music = "Naveed" by Our Lady Peace"
Aroma:
10/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
8/10
Flavor:
10/10
Overall:
9/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4.5)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 500ml @ $10.99 Unit Cost: $10.4 per Pint
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(4.2)
