Hr. Frederiksen (Niepoort Edition)
Amager Bryghus in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.38
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Aged for 12 months in barrels from the well-regarded port wine producer Niepoort, Hr. Frederiksen ended up as a dark brown rather than a black beer with a discreet but warm orange glow. The foam is soft and beige.
The port reveals itself in the aroma, so much so that for a split second you may be in doubt whether it is beer or port you are drinking. This Niepoort edition is so velvety and rounded, where the woody notes are clear but never dominant. Hr. Frederiksen's normal muscles of roasted malt and Centennial hops are still there, but they are softened and welcoming rather than high-strung.
And then the alcohol naturally warms up as always at the end - but again not "in your face" just so nice and inviting. In the Niepoort version, Hr. Frederiksen is not exactly a beer you just throw down your throat. It is a beer to be enjoyed in meditative moments in your specially decorated Chesterfield living room.
The port reveals itself in the aroma, so much so that for a split second you may be in doubt whether it is beer or port you are drinking. This Niepoort edition is so velvety and rounded, where the woody notes are clear but never dominant. Hr. Frederiksen's normal muscles of roasted malt and Centennial hops are still there, but they are softened and welcoming rather than high-strung.
And then the alcohol naturally warms up as always at the end - but again not "in your face" just so nice and inviting. In the Niepoort version, Hr. Frederiksen is not exactly a beer you just throw down your throat. It is a beer to be enjoyed in meditative moments in your specially decorated Chesterfield living room.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at BBF13. Pours near black with a beige head. Aroma is dominated by licorice, with port, dark fruits, dark chocolate and caramel. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter, again dominated by the licorice. Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation. Far too much licorice for my taste.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Sep 2013
at 03:38
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sampled @ Borefts 2013. Opaque pitch black color, small off - white to beige head. Smell and taste malts, wood, barrel aging, slightly a hint of fruityness somehow, light to moderately roasty. Medium body and carbonation. Nice one!
Tried
on 28 Sep 2013
at 05:33
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Yespr. Niepoort edition. Winy, woody nose, coffee, cocoa, some soay. Black with lace. Dry flavor os chocolate, coffee, dry sherry or port, berries, wood. Slightly astringent and a bit phenolic. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2013
at 01:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle at home. pitch dark, smooth large brown head. Strong aroma of roasted malts, also some almost phenolic alc. fumes in there, also booze, and the slightly vineous hint of niepoort. Flavor is really really good, smooth quite hoppy, lots of roasted malts, wood, faint port wine, faint glue. Tastes as if it might have had a little bit too long time on wood. very smooth though. I really , really wonder how this will age. If the phenolic note would die away, and it would mellow a bit, it would become very very good. Perhaps I’ll buy one more and see what happens.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2013
at 13:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
50 cL bottle. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty, smooth fruity. Thick malty, vanilla, smooth wineous overripe fruity. Acidic. Dark malty and hard roasted. Mild chemical thick malty finish. Acidic and sharp to acetone like into the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2013
at 13:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A black beer with a lazing light tan head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, dark chocolate, alcohol, leading to an acidic roasted finish. Hm hoped for more on a Niepoort barrel,
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2013
at 13:23