Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Very dark brown colored, almost opague. Salty licorice aroma with barley syrup. Sweet, somewhat salty flavor with licorice and prunes. Full bodied, thick mouthfeel. Well balanced.

Brygget høst 2005, så over best-før. God, med unntak av at vaniljen har blitt litt underlig prangende og ikke helt fersk. Men øldelen er god

backlog --- Beer aliased from original tick of Klin Kokos on 05 Nov 2017 at 13:57 - Score: 9. Original review text: backlog

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Thank you Meilby for sharing the bottle - Black with a brown head - Malt aroma with some woody notes - Malt body with hints of roasted malt and some woody notes as well - The malt goes into the finish - This was nice

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Old rating rerated 01.12.2015, (last) 0,5l bottle (vintage 2006, batch #256 bbd. 02.09.2009) shared with friends @ home:
Nice light brown creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is mild and slightly dry roasted, dark malts, chocolate, caramel, toasted coconut, mild whisky, grass, minerals, oak, hints of unripe banana and licorice. Taste is slightly dry watery, weeds, dark malts, minerals, grass, ashes, burnt caramel, chocolate, paper, sour-ish burnt coffee. Medium bitterness, watery and mineraly mouthfeel. Probably way over the top by now, as the taste and mouthfeel is watery. But it’s still very nice, and I really whish they’ll start making this one again, as it was always my favorite Christmas beer from Nøgne...

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Near black with a small off-white head. Aroma of dark chocolate, licorice, cocoa and dried fruit. Roasted flavour with chocolate and a strong ashy note. Dry and somewhat thin

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Årgång 2005. Väldigt gott, lagom bittert, choklad smak (likt chochlate stout) men inte lika krämig eller mastig. Väldigt gott. Glöm ej att det är ofiltrerat det finns en bottensats.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Black colour with a beige head that leaves a fine lacing. Roasted malt and chocolate aroma. Full body with fine mild sweetness and some bitterness. Nice complexity in the flavour. Coffee, roasted malt, vanilla and a light fruitiness.
[Bottle from a trade with Yngwie]

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Vintage 2004 courtesy of Yngvar. Black with a lasting light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, liquorice and chocolate. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and roasted moderate bitter finish. Soft and smooth. 241112

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

500mL bottle, pours a dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma smells infected or just plain expired, with sour medicinal notes, sour berries, and cough syrup. Flavour of cough syrup, sour berries, medicinal notes, and mulled wine. Definitely either past its prime or infected (probably the former). I can see what it would've or should've been, but this is quite offensive.