#500 - Smoke & Shadows
Hogna Brygg in Kotsøy, Trøndelag, Norway 🇳🇴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.20
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For the 500th batch of beer brewed at Hogna we reserved a blend of bourbon and Laphroig whisky casks to age imperial stout for over a year. Blended in house with an emphasis on big stout flavors we to provide the taste buds with a vast complexity of dark flavors ranging from roasted coffee, smoky oak, caramel, chocolate cake and back to a malty finish topped with whisky.
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7/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sort med beige skum som forsvinner fort. Aroma røsted malt sjokolade vanilje. Smak røsted malt vanilje sjokolade lakris mildt fatpreg. Fyldig, saftig og smaksrik. Boks delt med Rune og Finn
Tried
from Can
from
Vinmonopolet Trondheim, Trondheim Torg
on 04 Dec 2025
at 18:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 7
440ml can, bought at Vinmonopolet Trondhjem Torg. Shared at a rating session with Lunde and Finn. Patchy off-white head slowly fading over a near-black body, dotted spots on the glass. Attractive aromas of well smoked malts with a herbal vibe. Powerful taste profile of smoked dark malts added by chocolate and liquorice. Lingering smoked malty finish with warmth from the alcohol. Good drinking. (Tromsø, 04.12.2025).
Tried
from Can
from
Vinmonopolet Trondheim, Trondheim Torg
on 04 Dec 2025
at 18:05
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Spandert av Rune. Delt med ham og Lunde i Dr. Lies gt.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Dec 2025
at 18:04
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Can at hopyard. Pours black, nose is chocolate, peat, smoked meat, toffee, vanilla, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, vanilla, loads of peat from the barrel. Delicious. 8/9/9/9/8.5 --- Beer merged from original tick of Smoke & Shadows on 10 May 2025 at 16:02 - Score: 9. Original review text: Can at hopyard. Pours black, nose is chocolate, peat, smoked meat, toffee, vanilla, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, vanilla, loads of peat from the barrel. Delicious. 8/9/9/9/8.5
Tried
on 14 May 2025
at 13:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Can. Dark brown, quite clear, small beige head. Lightly smoked aroma, booze, wood, roasted malts and some dark chocolate. Full body, warming, sweet, quite bitter. Smoked, boozy flavor with dark chocolate, roasted malts, a chemical touch and wood. Some bonfire. Lasting finish. A bit messy and not particularly interesting. 250328
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2025
at 19:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
YG. Dark brown color with a beige head. Aroma and flavor is alcohol, roasted malt, bourbon, vanilla, smoked, booze, chocolate , wood.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2025
at 07:10
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black with a small brown head - Smoked malt aroma - Malt body with smoked flavours and some bitterness - Smoked malt flavours goes into the finish - This was nice
Tried
on 06 Jan 2025
at 20:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Svart med beige skum. Lukter røkt, svisker og kaffe. Smaker røk, kaffe, lakris, salt og vått skinn. Smaker godt med en sjokolade til. Balansert.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2024
at 20:33
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Mørk brum med lys brunt sku. Lukter pumpernikkel, bål, svisker, noe kaffe og brownies. Fyldig. Smaker salt lakris, lær, kaffe, mørk sjokolade og bål. Middels lang.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2024
at 20:29
7/10
0,44 litre Can, from Vinmonopolet Lillehammer, at home. Black with little head. Roasted Malts, coffee, Chocolate, smoke, oak, whisky, Caramel.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jun 2024
at 17:12