Dragonwort Stout
Nøgne Ø in Grimstad, Agder, Norway 🇳🇴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.74
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"Can you fill these empty barrels with something fun?" That was the challenge Kjetil presented me with over a coffee a stormy Tuesday morning in October."How about something strong and dark?" I wondered. "25% dark malts, 30% rye, 28 degres Plato."That’ll never work." said Kjetil. 1 kilo malts/L, 48 hours of brewing and 2 years on old Armanac barrels later, I feel free to say: "Well, wouldn’t you know... it worked".
Edvard Hortemo, brewer
Edvard Hortemo, brewer
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled. Pretty much black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is toffee, some fruity tones with dried fruits, liquorice, alcohol, chocolate and some syrupy tones. Flavour is liquorice, some nutty elements with mild roast, toffee, chocolate, syrup, alcohol and some slight espresso coffee tones too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2023
at 15:21
7.8/10
Both batches side by side. For a decade old beer, this has held up well. Liquorice, spice, dry roast notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2022
at 21:00
8/10
Sample. VERY mature flavour profile. I like it! Definitely a sipper. Thank you Johan F.!
Tried
from Bottle
at
Haket
on 11 May 2021
at 21:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle. Jet black colour with late awakening, small, creamy, half-way lasting, moderately lacing, dark brown head. Sweet-ish, chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of caramel, Belgian chocolate, spicy hints of liquorice and marmite, a touch of aniseed. Taste is spicy, roasty dark malty, slightly chocolately, notes of aniseed, hints of tarragon, a touch of caraway, an initial chili-like peppery touch finds no confirmation but rather trails away than - what should be typical - accumulate intensity; oily to viscous texture, smooth and soft, minimally sticky palate, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2019
at 00:50
5/10
Tried
on 30 Jan 2019
at 11:42
8/10
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Tried
on 05 Nov 2017
at 13:48
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Thick and intense malty beginning. The used herbs are there, nice fitting into the picture of the dry intense roasted chocolaty malts. Long intense deep body, rich and creamy with thick deep rich chocolate and roasted dry caramel. Intense and deep, dense creamy and chocolaty with a dry body. Fantastic.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2017
at 15:10
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle at home, 6th October 17. Pours black as night. Aroma is liquorice, dark malts, liquor, strong. Taste is unusual, perhaps the Armanac dimension, liquorice, leather, coffee, rich, delicious muck.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2017
at 15:15
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
BOTTLE 33 CL shared. Inky black, small dark espresso head. Huge inky dark nose, rubber, spicy tobacco, leather. Surprisingly dry taste, soy sauce, rich tough never cloying, but neither has the rich impy character. Big, bad, but not really that fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2017
at 06:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
0.33 l bottle from ’Rudat’, brewed in November 2012, best before November 2027. Pitch black with a thin, slowly diminishing, dark brown layer. Sweetish-malty, moderately roasty and minimally boozy aroma of praline, vanilla, hazelnut, mocca and probably Armagnac. Sweet, malty, quite roasty and boozy taste of praline, mocca, cocoa, quite a bit of Armagnac and some hazelnut as well as vanilla and dark fruits, followed by a long, very boozy, rather roasty-bitter finish. Full body, creamy to oily mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Really tasty, moreish and saturating brew, quite intense, nice sipper for sure, just a bit out of balance with massive barrel notes. Definitely worth trying though!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2017
at 15:06