Andhrímnir Barley Wine
Nøgne Ø in Grimstad, Agder, Norway 🇳🇴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
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7.32
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Andhrimnir is the chef of the Æsir and Einherjat in Norse Mythology. Every day in Valhalla, he slaughters the beast Sæhrímnir and cooks it in Eldhrimnir, his cauldron. It is also the winner of Norwegian national championship for home brewers. We at Nøgne Ø want to make this great barley wine available commercially, so beer drinkers will have an opportunity to experience the best Norwegian homebrew. Though made in Nøgne Ø brewery, this beer was brewed by its creator, Gahr Smith-Gahrsen.
Ingredients: Grimstad water, malted barley, hops, yeast. 65 IBU.
Ingredients: Grimstad water, malted barley, hops, yeast. 65 IBU.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Murky brown with a thin off-white head. Malt aroma. Sweet with a bit of bitterness in the finish. So-so.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2011
at 09:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle from Brewdog Bar in Aberdeen. Pours a hazy deep brown with a thin tan head. Nose; brown sugar, fig, dates, cherry, rasin. Taste; syrupy, lots of dark fruits, brown sugar, wood, varnish, resin, earthy. For a barley wine it was suprsingly drinkable. Good effort!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2010
at 06:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500cl bouteille, batch# 435, brassée 18/06/2009 Couleur brumeuse cuivre, mousse blanc/jaunâtre Arôme, malt, nez bien sucré, caramel, levure, note de purée de fruits noirs. Goût, wow, on ressent la levure avec pas mal d’épices et de grains, le tout est suivit par le palais qui se couvre de malt et caramel et autres sucres caramélisés. L’alcool est réchauffant sans être trop, reste épais avec pas mal de saveurs.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2010
at 11:47
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
500 ml bottle at Churchkey, shared with neighbors. Amber color, edge head. Aroma of raisins, caramel, light spice. Flavor is highly complex for a barleywine, lots of spice and caramel A winner.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2010
at 16:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle. Slightly hazy, dark reddish amber with a thin tan head. Styrong aroma of malt, caramel, dry fruit and Madeira. Flavor is sweet malt, balanced bitter, fruity, hint of roasted caramel with a smooth and warming alcoholic finish. The finish is really long and after a while the bitterness is more obvious. I tasted this one a year ago when fresh and the aging has done it good, a touch of oxidation has also started, and in this case it’s a good thing so far. A very pleasant beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2010
at 12:12
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Head reduced to off-white rim over hazy deep-dark, redbrown beer. Extremely alcoholic, premium spirit nose with jumble of fruity esters; vanilla, rum, rumcakes with raisins... Alcoholaromas are a bit fleeting, however. Sweet, with a fine bitterish finish. But that’s a mundane description: the "sweet" is really liqueurish fruit on vanilla-soaked brandy casks. The "bitterish" is like the aroma of Irish moss, duckweed, or other mushy, fresh aromatic waterplants. There’s a smokiness as from cigar coverleaf. Well-bodied, but at the same time surprisingly drinkable, not syrupy, but dense.Warming finish, and sweet wood (NOT: liquorice) in the aftertaste. Superb Barley Wine. Deserves a to be named a classic.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2010
at 12:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Dark amber with a small head. Aroma of malt, alcohol, dried fruits and some licorice. Similar things in the taste. I thought the beer was a bit rough, sticky and heavy mouth feel. Not a bad beer but maybe a couple of years of storage does wonders?
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2010
at 13:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours dark copper color with frothy cream colored head. Aroma of darkfruits, caramel and candy sugar. Lots of caramel and toffee flavor with a good amount of candy sugar sweetness. Some fig and raisin flavors also. Somewhat boozy and slightly medicinal. Medium to full body with mild carbonation. It gets a little better as it warms.
Tried
from Can
on 27 May 2010
at 18:18
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 500ml. @ home.Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, beige head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, dried fruity - berry, weak aroma. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, dried fruit - berries. Body is medium, texture is oily to sticky, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20100526]
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2010
at 14:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with minimal head over and amber body. Aroma is brown sugar, alcohol, and dark fruits. Taste is bitter, alcohol and flan. Medium to light carbonation and big bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2010
at 08:26