Bottle. Amber colour with an off- white head . Cascade hoppy aroma. Fruity hoppy and some hints of orange. Bitter finish.

Bottle. Amber colour with a small white head. Hoppy floral aroma. Malty flavor with some fruitiness and some bitterness. Dry malty bitter aftertaste.

Celebrating the coming of the Easter holidays with two 500ml bottles, same beer, but different batches; No.128 (from Nov.04) and No. 230 (from Feb.06). The latest gives an oily impression both in aroma and flavour. It’s prematured and unsettled. The oldest, however, is much better. Clear golden with a low lasting head. Fresh fruity aroma. Rich roundness in flavour with mixture of fruits like pineapple, grapefruit and orange. Dry finish with some light yeasty undertones.

Bottled. (2005) In Norway there’s a strong tradition to go skiing in the mountains during winter-time, and in the Easter especially. I remembered from last Easter, when Nøgne Ø’s God Påske was launched, that it reminded me of the times I spent Easter In Hovden, at the top of beautiful Setesdal valley. The sun was shining from a cloudless blue sky, and I was sitting back in a sofa made of snow, facing the sun and just relaxing. Maybe a fire was on and we had sausages in it, always roasting them for too long or too short time. Oranges were peeled and eaten, hot chocolate were drunk, and life was good. Today was such a day here in Krisitansand, except that I didn’t have a fire in my garden, and I didn’t bother with the orange, but it was a good time for enjoying, and finally rating, my last God Påske. Had to share it with my girlfriend though, as she really likes this beer, but I can live with that. It has a orange-golden slightly hazy color, a lively carbonation and a small diminishing white head. A good deal of sediments had settled in the bottle, but did not come in to the glass unless shaken. Aroma is quite fruity, with citrus and pineapple, and some pines from the hops. Flavor has the same fruity, citrus flavor, with pronounced hops. Nice bitter finish, but maybe a little too watery mouthfeel. Refreshing beer that goes well in the summertime too. This is probably more a bitter with wheat in it, than a wheat-beer with a twist, but I really enjoy it, hoping that it will be brewed this year too. (060129)

Botte. Batch 128. Bright. Nice white head. Cloudy if you stir up the sediments. Dominated by citrus. Well balanced. Oily. No wheat beer feeling. Refreshing.

Bottled at RBESG. Cloudy orange. Rich grapefruity hop aroma. Medium sweet and medium bodied. Very aromatic and strikingly hoppy without being overly bitter.

(Bottle 50 cl) Hazy amber with some impurities. Almost no head. Indefinable caramel-like notes but not overwhelmingly aromatic. A wheat-beer - much to my surprise. 190305

An interesting beer. Fresh, slightly thin body with a hint of wheat malt character. Easy drinkable with some discreet hoppynes make this beer quite difference to the other, much more hoppy beers from Nøgne Ø. I was told that this is an experiment; it’s a hybrid between wheat beer and ale. Instead of normal wheat yeast, a typical English ale yeast is used. Easy to misunderstand (according to some of our Danish rater friends), but give us an interesting evidence of how important the yeast is. Not my favourite from NØ, but an interesting and pleasant beer for the season. Remember this is not made to be a wit, open your mind!

Rerate 13. April 2005: I deliberately avoided pouring the yeast in this time, beer is clear deep golden, like a bitter or an IPA. Flavour is more balanced, still a substantial bitterness but not unpleasant. Very little wheat character, in a blind test I’d say this was a decent IPA or possibly an ESB. Original rating: 500 ml, bottle conditioned. Batch #128. The brewers say this beer should be drunk on Easter Day and not during Lent. I’d better re-rate shortly after Easter - maybe they mean that the beer is too fresh now? Anyway, I HAD too try it now, once it was for sale - and our crazy Danish friends even beat me to it! The beer has a hazy golden, nearly orange colour. Initially large head, doesn’t last to the end. Lovely hoppy aroma with hints of citrus, honey and leather. Flavour is very bitter from start to finish (loads of hops and coriander, peppery mouthfeel) , while the beer otherwise is light bodied like a wheat beer should be. This means that the hops and spices are overdone here, and the subtleties of a wheat beer do not survive. Those who love American IPAs might like it, but to me this is my least favourite Nøgne Ø beer so far.

An unclear orange beer with a disappearing head. The aroma is lovely hoppy combined with notes of flowers. The flavor is sweet with notes of honey, hops, and spices - I can’t make out the most dominant spice, but coriander is in there somewhere. Not a very wheaty wheat beer.