A Beacon In the Dark
Nøgne Ø in Grimstad, Agder, Norway 🇳🇴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.45
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We chose to call this a tropical stout because we have added tropical spices like vanilla beans and licorice. This beer has spent two years on Aquavit barrels from Agder Brenneri. The flavorful and aromatic sugars have also added further to the spicy and boozy feel of this stout. Aromas from aquavit, bourbon vanilla and licorice. Even at 12% ABV this spiced stout is easy drinkable.
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8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ Både &. Looks amazing, pitch black with a stable, big, creamy brown head. Strong aroma of dark roasted malt, hint of licorices, vanilla, some Bourbon, wood, cocoa and warming alcohol. Surprisingly enough it doesn't have any booze it the nose at all. The flavor is really sweet with smooth, roasted malt and reminds me a lot about Nødingen. I guess this might be a barrel aged version of Nødingen so I made some compartments with my notes and read that I found it very sweet, promising but a bit raw at the moment. That might match pretty well. It’s still a bit heavy on the sweet side, the vanilla is quite gentle and alcohol is surprisingly smooth. Full bodied, long lasting aftertaste with sweet malt and warming alcohol. Like a desert by itself without any pastry additions with the exception of modest vanilla. Nice sipper, but nothing I take a few glasses of in a row.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Mar 2025
at 05:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, molasses, brown sugar and alcohol and coffee. Taste is heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, sweet, brown sugar, chocolate and coffee finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat
Tried
on 19 Jul 2021
at 20:33
6/10
Tried
on 22 Jul 2020
at 14:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Svart med beige skum. lukter kaffe, vanilje og lakris. Fyldig. Noe mørke stenfrukter i smak sammen med vanilje og kaffe. Cafe Sara.
Tried
on 03 Jul 2020
at 13:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
29 November 2019. At Billie's Craft Beer Fest. Cheers to the lovely Anke, tderoeck, 77ships & Ghent beer crew! Hazy black, very thin, foamy, beige head. Aroma of green apple, chocolate, vanilla, raisin, fig, liquorice. Taste has sweet dates, fig, whiff of green apple, caramelly & chocolatey malt, bittersweet mocha & spicy liquorice. Herbal hoppy finish, bit woody, lingering vanilla & dark fruit & spicy aquavit. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Not the best combination to me.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2020
at 18:42
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
29/XI/19 - sample @ Billies Craft Beer Festival 2019, BB: n/a - (2019-1978) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!
Aroma: very alcoholic, phenolic, ripe melons, bit fruity, meh. MF: soft to no carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet, lots of caramel, sugary malts, very alcoholic, phenols, ripe melons. Aftertaste: sugary, soft roast, more phenolic, acetaldehyde.
Aroma: very alcoholic, phenolic, ripe melons, bit fruity, meh. MF: soft to no carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet, lots of caramel, sugary malts, very alcoholic, phenols, ripe melons. Aftertaste: sugary, soft roast, more phenolic, acetaldehyde.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Nov 2019
at 11:00
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Nøgne Ø A Beacon In The Dark Stout - Imperial 949419
Lukt: Kaffe, bek, røsta malt, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje. Utseende: Sort. Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum, heng. Smak: Kaffe, karamello, frukter, kirsebær, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje. Svak alco. Som fløyel i munnen. Hvor: Melkebaren, Sandnes. Medium: Tapp@100ml@Planke, ABV@12%, Når@23.05.2019.
Lukt: Kaffe, bek, røsta malt, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje. Utseende: Sort. Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum, heng. Smak: Kaffe, karamello, frukter, kirsebær, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje. Svak alco. Som fløyel i munnen. Hvor: Melkebaren, Sandnes. Medium: Tapp@100ml@Planke, ABV@12%, Når@23.05.2019.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 May 2019
at 18:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
-on tap taps. Very liquor, very cherry. Some vanilla, sweetish, flavored one but tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2019
at 21:09
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
13.04.2019, tap @ Pingvinen:
Nice light brown fizzy-creamy longlasting head, deep dark pour. Aroma is slightly sweet sour-ish boozy, unripe banana, oak, rhum, bark, dark malts, dark sugar, fruit stones, cinnamon, whiskey, cloves, spices, grass. Taste is sweet sour-ish spiced, sugar, cinnamon, bark, rhum, fruit stones, dark sugar, dark malts, raisins, soil, cloves, grass, old rope, dried dark fruits, vanilla. Medium bitterness, sweet sour-ish boozy mouthfeel. Fair enough, just way too sweet...
Nice light brown fizzy-creamy longlasting head, deep dark pour. Aroma is slightly sweet sour-ish boozy, unripe banana, oak, rhum, bark, dark malts, dark sugar, fruit stones, cinnamon, whiskey, cloves, spices, grass. Taste is sweet sour-ish spiced, sugar, cinnamon, bark, rhum, fruit stones, dark sugar, dark malts, raisins, soil, cloves, grass, old rope, dried dark fruits, vanilla. Medium bitterness, sweet sour-ish boozy mouthfeel. Fair enough, just way too sweet...
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2019
at 14:33
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
From tap at Cardinal with HDI 07.03.19. Ebony. Some brown head and lacing. Excellent aroma and tate of swee roasted malt, blueberries, sweet tropical fruits, coconut and chocolate. Solid bitterness. Very good!
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Mar 2019
at 23:35