Red Horizon
Nøgne Ø in Grimstad, Agder, Norway 🇳🇴
Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.96
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mrbunn (3068) reviewed Red Horizon from Nøgne Ø 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours a light and hazy orange with aromas that are apple and pear heavy at first, before giving way to a more malty caramel smell that dominates after a minute or so of airing. Flavor is very sweet and sugary. Almost a cloying mess, but the fruit keeps it interesting and the ABV kick in the finish is truly impressive. Pfrow!!!
laiti (11645) reviewed Red Horizon from Nøgne Ø 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
25 cl bottle. Batch #430, brewed 08.06.2009, BBE 08.06.2014
Aroma is weird and stale with some fruity american hops, some alcohol and Nøgne house flavour. Flavour is sugary sweet with some stinging alcohol and fruity american hops. Alcohol gets stronger towards the finish. I liked this more when there was more hops balancing the sweetness.
superspak (10160) reviewed Red Horizon from Nøgne Ø 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
8.5 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating anywhere. Pours very hazy reddish orange color with a small off white head that recedes almost instantly as expected. No lacing on the glass; with some carbonation streaming up from the bottom. Aromas of big raisin, prune, fig, caramel, molasses, bread, tobacco, oak, toasted malt, and other light fruitiness. Nice and well balanced aromas; and not boozy at all like I was expecting. Taste of big caramel, toffee, molasses, raisin, apricot, prune, biscuit, herbal spiciness, tobacco, earthiness, and light fruitiness. No bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark fruit, caramel, and light spices on the finish for a while. Very malty flavor profile, but is not cloying at all. Light-medium carbonation and very full bodied; with a very creamy, slick, and thick mouthfeel. This is definitely a sipper, but it goes down quite smooth for the ABV. Alcohol is insanely well hidden with only a warming after the finish. Overall this is a highly excellent beer brewed with sake yeast. Tons of well balanced flavor and complexity; with nice smoothness for the level of alcohol.
Oakes (33770) reviewed Red Horizon from Nøgne Ø 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Reddish and murky. Aggressive alcohols early in the aroma but they blow off. Then the nose is malt-oriented with sake, toasty, alcoholic notes and rich caramel. A heavy beer, cut by alcoholic dryness and hop bitterness. The sake yeast lends light spicy, fruity notes. Kind of woody, probably an alcohol thing, fairly smooth for a superheavyweight nonetheless. But not all that distinctive, just lots of heavy malts.
Scopey (25220) reviewed Red Horizon from Nøgne Ø 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at the 2nd East Croydon Beer Tasting, from Brewdog bar Aberdeen. It pours deep amber, with a thin off-white lace. The nose is cherry, toasted rice, tart strawberry, raisin, umeboshi plum, rose and alcohol. The taste is boozy, rice, cherry, sake, umeboshi plum, dark fruit and sweet caramel. Full body, fine carbonation and nice balance. An interesting brew indeed!
Benzai (24654) reviewed Red Horizon from Nøgne Ø 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled from bottle at Scopeys 2nd East Croydon Beer tasting, thanks to Paul. Light red / dar korange color, no head. Smell sweet and alcohol. Taste sweet, lots of alcohol, warming almost burning alcohol. Warm, burning aftertaste.
Leighton (35102) reviewed Red Horizon from Nøgne Ø 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle at the East Croydon Beer Tasting, October 2011, thanks to Paul. Pours a lightly hazy, shiny red-gold with a white head. Some caramel, booze, light fruits in the aroma. Very sweet flavor, lots of ripe fruits, cake, big fig, raisins, dates, mild licorice, brown sugar, and surprisingly little booze. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Warm finish, fairly sticky, toasty sugars, caramel and toffee, baked beans, more figs. Really nice beer. Would never guess ABV is 17%. Awesome.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Red Horizon from Nøgne Ø 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
250mL bottle, pours a mostly clear faded red with absolutely no head, just a tiny hint of carbonation. Aroma is similar to a sake, with boozy candied fruits, bubblegum and licorice, hinting at a sweet flavour. Flavour is sure a wallop - resembles more of a sweet sake or rice wine than a beer - boozy candied fruits, booze, sweetness, more booziness, more sweetness, etc. Not sure this works so well, despite the fun experiment. Palate is light-to-medium bodied, with an intense sweet and boozy finish. Interesting, but not my thing.
GRM (7527) reviewed Red Horizon from Nøgne Ø 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Brown bottle in a metallic case, 0,25 l, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured on July 28 2011; eye: caramel with an orangey hue, clear, no head, no lacing; nose: caramel, malt, slight sake, light maple syrup, slight fruity, pepper, molasses; mouth: caramel, malt, alcohol, acridness, alcohol warmth, slight fruity, pepper, molasses, finale in alcohol with presence of malt and caramel, full body, not much carbonation, rather sweet, alcoholic texture; overall: special FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune dans un contenant métallique, 0,25 l, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 28 juillet 2011; œil : caramel avec une teinte orangée, limpide, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : caramel, malt, alcool, très léger saké, léger sirop d’érable, très léger fruité, poivre, mélasse; bouche : caramel, malt, alcool, âcreté, chaleur d’alcool, très léger fruité, poivre, mélasse, finale en alcool avec présence de malt et caramel, corsée, très peu carbonatée, plutôt sucrée, texture alcoolique; en résumé : spécial