Old Salt Tavern
Nøgne Ø in Grimstad, Agder, Norway 🇳🇴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.91
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Wine Reserve, Cobham. My aunt in Estonia used to piss off her kids by calling biscuits 'bisquits' so I presume the use of bisquits on the bottle is a joke. Aroma is fruity with sour berries and biscuit dough. There also a smoke in there. Opaque amber. Microbubbled foamy white head. Flavour is actually quite boozy and resinous. On the lower level there jammy fruit. On the top floor smokey grains. There's spiced sweetness, bitterness and, latterly, a malty finish. Medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. I like this... kinda heading towards Strong Ale territory.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2022
at 20:32
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
On tap at Royal Gastropub, Oslo. Has a hazy bronze colour with an off-white head. Aroma of apricots, bread, grains and potatoes. Flavour of leather, bread and grains. Has a slick mouthfeel, medium body and a light to medium bitterness. A little strange and grainy. It can't be meant to be like this.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 May 2022
at 15:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy light amber with off white head - Hop aroma - Malt body with some gentle hop flavour and nice bitterness - Malt and some hop bitterness in the finish - This was nice
Tried
on 29 Mar 2022
at 15:56
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled 500ml (Vinmonopolet Kirkenes, Vasa Sessions)
Golden colour, small white head. Citrus, grass in the nose. Light-bodied. Grass, citrus, pale malts in the flavour. Not so much ESB!
Golden colour, small white head. Citrus, grass in the nose. Light-bodied. Grass, citrus, pale malts in the flavour. Not so much ESB!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2022
at 17:43
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
50cl bottle. Vasa sessions. Poured golden in color with a steady white head. Biscuity malty, some citrusy notes. Nicely bodied brew. Clean.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2022
at 17:33
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
500ml bottle at Eric the Red in Moscow. A year has passed since the bottling date. Pours foggy amber with a tall off-white head. Aroma is wet grass, stale malt, caramel. Taste is slightly sour, grass, hay, medium bitter finish. One to re-try.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2022
at 18:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 5
Appearance: cloudy amber with a tall off-white head of perfect retention. Aroma: oxidtzed malt, hay, grass. Taste: medium dry, old malts, hay, grass, floral notes. Light to medium bitterness. Mouth feel: medium body, appropriate carbonation. Overall: pity for its old.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2022
at 18:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle 500ml @ home
Pours hazy deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, floral, grass and herbal. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium bitter with a long grassy and herbal bitter finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft to fizzy
Pours hazy deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, floral, grass and herbal. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium bitter with a long grassy and herbal bitter finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft to fizzy
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2021
at 19:15
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazed deep golden in the glass with a fine off white head Looks fine and inviting Good intensity in the aroma Very fine balanced sweetness and bitterness Good duration and a semi dry ending Herbal, earthy and some toasted malt in the flavor [Bottle from Vinmonopolet in Halden, Norway]
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2021
at 13:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gyllenbrun farge mwd hvitt skum. Noe uklar. Karamell, malt og krydder. Bitter i munnfølelse. Litt tørr og oljete avslutning
Tried
on 10 Apr 2021
at 20:24