Dark Horizon 4th Edition
Nøgne Ø in Grimstad, Agder, Norway 🇳🇴
Stout - Imperial Regular Out of Production|
Score
8.01
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There is so much fun involved in creating Dark Horizon. Once it ferments, everyone in the brewery are very enthusiastic and pay close attention. Is the yeast still active? Is everything OK? How does the flavours evolve? Dark Horizon is normally dark and velvety. Muscovado sugars provides good fruity aromas. The coffee is a chapter on its own. The green beans will first be treated alfa amylase, an enzyme brewers enjoy working with. Then we mash the green beans before drying and roasting them. This gives it the unique flavor Dark Horizon deserves. Share Dark Horizon with someone you think deserves it.
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Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2022
at 21:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Continuing the recent Norwegian theme, this time presumably courtesy of the demise of Shelton Bros. I said in 2016 of the Red Wine Quad that it was going to be my last pre-takeover Nøgne , but apparently not. A few brown bubbles at the rim of a very black beer. Brooding aroma of roasted malt, stewed and singed fruit, licorice, coffee, dark sugars, some Vegemite. Not far off flat. Silky with surprising creaminess lightening the roasted, burnt and coffee flavours. Bitterness - there's still plenty - and spice helps lift things away too. No unintegrated alcohol but huge - very much iron fist a velvet glove stuff. Good.
Tried
on 30 Apr 2021
at 15:48
8/10
Fremdeles med god balanse. Mye sødme, men det fungerer bra. Men det er ikke noe wow-øl
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2020
at 20:07
8/10
Sort med brunt skum. Aroma røster malt sjokolade kaffe lakris. Smak røster maltkaffe alkohol mørke frukter krydder lakris. Fyldig og kraftig øl med god balansert smak. Smakt Juli 2014
Tried
on 11 Oct 2020
at 10:26
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sort med brunt skum. Aroma røster malt sjokolade kaffe lakris. Smak røster maltkaffe alkohol mørke frukter krydder lakris. Fyldig og kraftig øl med god balansert smak. Smakt Juli 2014
Tried
on 11 Oct 2020
at 08:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Martin. Pours pitch black with a small brown head. Aroma is roasty, savory, dark fruits, burned wood, sugar, olives, light smoke. Taste is sweet dark fruity, roasty, lots of chocolate, brown sugar, tobacco, green coffee, cakey, olives, boozy. So much going on but don’t really know if it’s my style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Has a dark brown to black colour with a small beige head. Aroma of dark chocolate and brownies, port, metal, rubber, nougat, oak, liquor, licorice and leather. Hint of smoke. Something umami that reminds me of sushi. Complex flavour of dark chocolate, ash, liquor, coffee, caramel and licorice. Warming alcohol in the end. Has a silky and liquor mouth feel, full-bodied and a medium bitterness. Rich and heavy with a great balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2019
at 19:12
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Flaska från SB från 2012. Kolsvart med liten, försvinnande brunbeige krona. Fyllig, söt och lite fruktig i doften med toner av svarta vinbär, viol, krämig lakritsfudge, saltlakrits, kola. Stor kropp. Viss värme av alkoholen, men 16% märks knappast av. Stor i smaken med snygg mix av mörka bär, russin, kola, mörk choklad, mocca, viol, likörpralin, körsbärslikör, punchpralin, gojibär med lite mer läder och skogiga toner i avslutningen. Åldrats väl och mycket gott!
Tried
on 26 Oct 2018
at 18:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Flaska från 2012. Tack Lilja, Vignale och Samuel214. Kolsvart med liten, försvinnande brunbeige krona. Fyllig, söt och lite fruktig i doften med toner av svarta vinbär, viol, krämig lakritsfudge, saltlakrits, kola. Stor kropp. Viss värme av alkoholen, men 16% märks knappast av. Stor i smaken med snygg mix av mörka bär, russin, kola, mörk choklad, mocca, viol, likörpralin, körsbärslikör, punchpralin, gojibär med lite mer läder och skogiga toner i avslutningen. Åldrats väl och mycket gott!
Tried
on 24 Oct 2018
at 20:49
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Flaska från SB(?), från 2012. Kolsvart med liten, försvinnande brunbeige krona. Fyllig, söt och lite fruktig i doften med toner av svarta vinbär, viol, krämig lakritsfudge, saltlakrits, kola. Stor kropp. Viss värme av alkoholen, men 16% märks knappast av. Stor i smaken med snygg mix av mörka bär, russin, kola, mörk choklad, mocca, viol, likörpralin, körsbärslikör, punchpralin, gojibär med lite mer läder och skogiga toner i avslutningen. Åldrats väl och mycket gott!
Tried
on 21 Oct 2018
at 17:09