Notch 8
Salikatt Bryggeri in Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway 🇳🇴
Collab with: Westum HjemmebryggeriBarley Wine - Barley Special
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Score
8.20
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Notch 8 was brewed together with our friend, and skilled home brewer, Espen Westum in 2022, destined for a long rest in bourbon barrels. After three years, we decided to “double‑oak” it, transferring the beer into a new set of freshly emptied bourbon barrels to deepen its complexity. The result is a rich barleywine, layered with vanilla and oak from nearly 40 months in wood and intertwined with caramel and dried‑fruit notes developed through slow oxidation, all finished with a luscious mouthfeel. For the best experience, serve at 12–14°C.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Excellence in a bottle.
Follow the producer is a good advice. Salikatt know how to do this
Unbelievable balanced at this alcohol level
Thick oil engine and a balanced sweetness.
Caramel, fruity, dark sugar, oak and vanilla
[Bottle from Vinmonopolet Langnes in Tromsø, Norway]
First rating 2026
Follow the producer is a good advice. Salikatt know how to do this
Unbelievable balanced at this alcohol level
Thick oil engine and a balanced sweetness.
Caramel, fruity, dark sugar, oak and vanilla
[Bottle from Vinmonopolet Langnes in Tromsø, Norway]
First rating 2026
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2026
at 11:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Spandert av Rune. Delt i WCveien.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Vinmonopolet Tromsø, Langnes
on 27 Oct 2025
at 14:41
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
375ml bottle bought at Vinmonopolet Langnes. Shared at a session with Finn. A deep black body, shiny naked surface, no lacing. Attractive aromas of mid-dry choco-caramel malt, gently roasted. Excellent stuff with a well blended flavour character of caramel and chocolate added by dried fruits, oaky. Solid finish, long-lived, smoothly roasted with integrated warming alcohol. Full bodied. Maybe a tad too sweet in the long run. Good drinking, indeed. (Tromsø, 27.10.2025).
Tried
from Bottle
from
Vinmonopolet Tromsø, Langnes
on 27 Oct 2025
at 14:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
quite mild aroma, but really delicious with a fairly dominating barley malty nutty note, attenuated by oak and every so slightly sweet fruity oxidated notes. In a way it has an aroma not dissimilar to a really really really good trappist quad. just more straight and balanced.
flavor is barley wine, slightly sweet caramelly, and some wood and quite a solid dose of bourbon. a sweet brew, but the sweetness works okay as it is after all a barley wine. almost as sweet as a mead.
flavor is barley wine, slightly sweet caramelly, and some wood and quite a solid dose of bourbon. a sweet brew, but the sweetness works okay as it is after all a barley wine. almost as sweet as a mead.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Kihoskh
on 17 Oct 2025
at 13:41
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
På bästa craftbeerölbaren i köplahamn ni vet . Jag gick hit enbart för jag såg de hade en öl på fat som fått galet höga betyg på nätet . Jo nu testar jag den?? Ja ja lugn här kommer omdömet . Jag tar glaset mot näsan och ? Doftar sååååå got av madeira , bourbon , plommon och jordgubbe 🍓. Klunkar och HÄRREJÄVLAR VAD GOD !!!! Här har vi madeira och bourbon samt lite jordgubbe . Galet välbalanserad . Den slog ut the bruery innan med en divisions skillnad otroligt .
Tried
on 18 Jul 2025
at 12:15
8.5/10
Bottle. Intense, warming, flavorful. Dark chocolate, some prune, toffee, alcohol, raisin, coffee hints, gentle bitterness, tannins, oak. Delicious indeed. Looking forward to having it again. 848517
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2025
at 18:45
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
YG. Black color with no head. Aroma and flavor is alcohol, chocolate, toffee, raisin, coffee, licorice, roasted malt. Very nice and powerful beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2025
at 05:42
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at the Peders Salikatt event - Toasted and sweet malty with caramel and toffee like sticky sweetness, dark dried fruit shred, brown sugar, full bodied, lovely bourbon into the sweet malty lingering finish. Gorgeous.
Tried
at
Peders - Pisserendens ølkælder
on 11 Jul 2025
at 13:10
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Utseende: Sort.
Lukt: Kaffe, lakris.
Smak: Kaffe, lakris, karamell, sjokolade.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-9-9-9-9=8.9, Bottle@375ml, ABV@16.5%, Når@2025.06.21.
Hvor: Samling Bryne
Navn: Notch 8
Stil: BARLEY WINE
Bryggeri: Salikatt Bryggeri
Lukt: Kaffe, lakris.
Smak: Kaffe, lakris, karamell, sjokolade.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-9-9-9-9=8.9, Bottle@375ml, ABV@16.5%, Når@2025.06.21.
Hvor: Samling Bryne
Navn: Notch 8
Stil: BARLEY WINE
Bryggeri: Salikatt Bryggeri
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2025
at 19:15
9.5/10
From Backlog. 0,375 litre bottle, from Vinmonopolet Lillehammer, at a birthday party. Black with some brown head. Roasted malts, chocolate, bourbon, barrel, well balanced, hides the alcohol well. One of the best Norwegian beers I have tried.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2025
at 21:01