Imperial Polaris
Ringnes AS in Nittedal, Akershus, Norway 🇳🇴
Collab with: Brooklyn BreweryBock - Doppelbock Special Out of Production
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Score
6.61
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Ringnes Imperial Polaris has a beautiful, dark colour with a ruby red hue. The aroma is complex with notes of caramel, chocolate, honey, dried fruit and port wine. The taste is full and complex with a rich maltiness and a smooth bitterness.
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Lmojoh (4073) reviewed Imperial Polaris from Ringnes AS 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Aroma røsted malt tørket frukt karamell krydder. Utseende mørk brun med beige skum. Smak røsted malt søt malt, karamell, sjokolade, krydder. God sødme, moderat bitter. Flaske 33cl 10% Smakt april 2013
Holmen2 (8836) reviewed Imperial Polaris from Ringnes AS 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Shared bottle of 2012 vintage at DSJT at Cardinal 13.11.16. Pale clear copper. Off-white head. Aroma of red berries and sweet malt. Similar taste, with alcohol and old plum jam.
Beer5000 (11295) reviewed Imperial Polaris from Ringnes AS 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
330 ml bottle. Sampled spring 2016. Clear, dark amber body with a small tan head. Strong aroma of dark, light roasted malt, dry fruit. It actually “smells” sweet. Flavor is sweet malt, lots of dry fruit, medium bitterness, faint honey and warming alcohol. There are also hint of oxidation, but in a very nice way. It’s seems like three to four year with good cellar condition storage has threated this beer fine. This one has more depth and flavors than the original Julebokk, and I have to give it higher score, but as an overall experience I might still prefer the original. Nice experiment anyway, it’s positive to see a big brewery like Ringnes play around with one of their best beer.
tandembrewer (2982) reviewed Imperial Polaris from Ringnes AS 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
At Cardinal Den Store Juleøl Testen 2014. Pours clear dark amber. Aroma of raisins and fruit. Taste sweet and slightly sour, plums. Some bitter aftertaste.
Cunningham (15598) reviewed Imperial Polaris from Ringnes AS 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Appearance: Clear nutty brownish color with a off white head. Ok lacing.
Aroma: Balanced fruity and nutty.
Palate: Medium to full body. A bit sweet and a mild bitterness. Average to soft carbonation. Oily texture.
Taste: Balanced fruity, malty, toffee and some spicy notes. Not to much alcohol in the flavor.
Overall impression: Decent, powerful and tasty beer.
Personal stats: Bottle from Vinmonopolet Vika in Oslo, Norway.
Inbreak (10170) reviewed Imperial Polaris from Ringnes AS 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
19.12.2013, 0,33l bottle (2012) @ home:
Small creamy shortlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet fruity, caramel malts, grass, coffee, citrus peel, burnt caramel, spices, butterscotch, alcohol, honey, chocolate. Taste is kind of harsh and a little metallic, caramel malts, grass, butterscotch, citrus peel, spices, alcohol, cocoa, honey, coffee. Medium to longlastig bitterness, thin body. Disappointing!
Saintmatty (11304) reviewed Imperial Polaris from Ringnes AS 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
330ml Bottle (Thanks Cunningham) - Copper with a small head and a slight haze. Dried fruit, marzipan, spicy malt and a hint of leather in the aroma. Fruity, malty, warming and rich taste with fruitcake, leather, blackcurrant, marzipan and a long fruity and slightly sweet finish.
yngwie (24278) reviewed Imperial Polaris from Ringnes AS 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle, 2012 vintage. It pours a clear, deep copper colored body and a dense, finger-thick off-white head. Lacings occur. The aroma is rich, but not as dark as the Julebokk its recipe is based upon. It’s more on the dried fruits side than the roasted, burnt caramel side. Also, there’s quite a lot of heather honey going on, and a touch of alcohol. Not much alcohol actually, considering it weighs in at 10% ABV, but it’s more evident in the flavor, especially in the end. In the far back there’s some citrusy hints, but I’d expect more aroma and flavor from the coffee added. Strangely enough the Julebokk, brewed without coffee, tastes more of it than this beer. It’s quite sweet and warming on the palate, full-bodied and quite pleasantly carbonated, and finally in the finish I find something I don’t like, a metallic touch. The flavor doesn’t have as much heather as the aroma, but there’s sure honey going on. It’s quite bitter too, the hops play their part well even though the amount of bittering hops used doesn’t seem to be very high. Toffee and prunes too. Towards the very end it sort of dries up, feeling less sweetish than the Julebokk, the amount of bittering hops used probably plays a significant part it seems. Well, overall this is most definitely a tasteful and pleasant beer, pity it seems to be a one-off, but we can certainly hope for more experiments from this Carlsberg subsidiary. By the way, the 4.0 score I give is with some doubt. In my opinion this beer isn’t as good as Julebokk, but it’s pretty close. 131031
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NilsAS (11500) reviewed Imperial Polaris from Ringnes AS 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
God duft av appelsin og karamell. Lite skum. God fyldig karamell og appelsin smak. Desert øl.