Juleøl Sterk
Ringnes AS in Nittedal, Akershus, Norway 🇳🇴
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Ever since the Viking era, the Christmas beer tradition has been strong in Norway. As stated in the 'Gulatingsloven' (a regional law text valid until 1274), every farmer was bound by the law to brew beer for Christmas and christen it according to the new faith, otherwise running the risk of losing his assets to the king and bishop. The Christmas beer was normally brewed from the best grain of the season and would be strong with a rich malt flavour. Ringnes Juleøl Sterk (Christmas Strong Beer) is a modern version of the traditional Norwegian Christmas beer of higher alcohol content.
With a deep mahogany colour, Ringnes Juleøl Sterk has a rich malty aroma marked by dry caramel, toffee, chocolate, dried dark berries and nuts. The taste is rich with and full-bodied with a low, but smooth bitterness.
With a deep mahogany colour, Ringnes Juleøl Sterk has a rich malty aroma marked by dry caramel, toffee, chocolate, dried dark berries and nuts. The taste is rich with and full-bodied with a low, but smooth bitterness.
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5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can @ home. [ Courtesy chris_o ].Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, dark bread, brown sugar. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (130508)
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jul 2008
at 02:25
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
2006 edition:[br]Appearance: Dark brown, quite red. Very little head. Aroma: Dark fruit, prunes. Some malt. Bit of honey. Taste: Malt and fruit, some hops. Nice, full aftertaste. Info: 330ml bottle, 28/12-2006 [br][br] 2007 edition:[br] Appearance: Dark redish brown. Nice amount of head. Aroma: Caramel, malt. Dark fruit. Taste: Malt and dark fruit. Slight bitterness. Info: 330ml bottle, 25/12-2007
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jun 2008
at 11:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled(330ml). -Pours a dark amber colour with medium to big beige head and spicy fruity nose. Sweet malty and slight alcoholic with notes of chocolate and dark fruits. Nice bitterness in the finish. The best Norwegian Jule I’ve tried (so far).
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2008
at 04:22
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
33cl can from KnutAlbert, thanks very much Knut. Reddy orange colour with pink head. Some mid red berry fruit on aroma. Hey, it’s not bad. A kind of fruity strong lager beer. Neat. Just a little bit of puke in the aroma, but fine and drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2007
at 04:40
5.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
First ratingInitial Rating Date: 12/8/2007(33 cl can, thanks rickgordon!)Clear dark red color, tan head. Fresh fruity apple scent. Malty, grainy and a bit chocolate taste. Spritzy mouthfeel. Low bitterness. Sweet aftertaste. Another one I found way better than expected, nice surprise.6/4/6/3/12=3.1Rerate33 cl bottle thanks to Nisse666! Sampled on February 6, 2013.BB 26 SEP 13.MArked 6.3% ABV.Clear reddish brown color, tan head. Sweet, fudge, alcohol, hints of smoke scent. Sweet, alcohol taste, some fudge and spices. Medium to medium low mouthfeel. Harsh bitterness.6/4/4/2/8=2.5
Tried
from Can
on 08 Dec 2007
at 07:20
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
330ml bottle. Nice amber body with a rather small beige head. Aroma is sweet malt, caramel with traces of dry fruit and hops. Flavor is in accordance with aroma, dominated by slightly roasted caramel malt and hints of dry fruit and hops. Quite OK actually but not very exiting. Sampled every year between 1994 and 2006, I have a feeling this vintage (2006) is not the best.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2007
at 10:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Red brown body with brilliant clarity and a brownish foam. Dark fruity aroma. Dark plummy flavour with roastiness. Full bodied and traditional xmas feeling. Perhaps best enjoyed alone and not with food (Sampled at a Juløl testing party in Tromsø, 08.12.2006).
Tried
on 10 Dec 2006
at 08:26
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Big light brown shiny head over dark red body. Faint, bready, buttery aroma. Sweet roasty caramel taste with alcoholic, buttery notes. Somewhat watery. Bitter aftertaste. Not easy to say why, but I didn’t enjoy this too much. It has a bit of taste, but it’s somewhat unbalanced, and a bit too bitter. Could also do without the butter. (0.33l bottle.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2006
at 14:40