9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
[Bottle] Dark reddish brown with a large and thick head. Aroma is sweet with notes of malt, hops and liquorice. Rich and slightly oily mouth-feel. Flavour is sweet and loaded with hops and malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2006
at 13:23
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle. Dark brown body with a fine dense, long lasting head. The flavour comes quite up to the expectations you get from the aroma. Plenty of spices like cinnamon, clove, dried fruits and lots of ginger. It’s still a hoppy beer, but this is a bit suppressed behind all the other stuff. Long everlasting aftertaste with a hint of chocolate and a warming alcohol finish. I really believe this is a beer you either like or hate. I like it at some occasions, but not to often.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2006
at 13:51
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml bottle. Dark brown body with a light brown head. Nice roasted malt aroma. Sweet warming mouths feel with chocolate, coffe and some spices and bitterness. Long warming, roasted aftertaste. Yet another well-balanced masterpiece from Nøgne Ø. This is hopefully a new definition of what a Norwegian Christmas beer could be, honest I’m getting a bit tired of every brewery struggling to copy each other’s wimpy version of a dark Vienna.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2006
at 08:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml bottle. Dark amber body with creamy off-white head. Aroma of toasted malt grass and citrus. Fresh, fruity (apricot) and bitter taste. Well balanced, long aftertaste, hoppy with some lovely esters. Also a hint of smoke in the aftertaste. A very enjoyable and complex beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2006
at 09:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Black colour, very small brown head. Very roasted coffee aroma. Quite powerful roasted flavour, almost turning into a sour bitterness. But very successful. Hint of aroma hops. Good coffee aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2006
at 13:35
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Weak, roasted, dusty aroma. Clear dark brown colour. Very small light brown head. OK roasted flavour, a little pepper bite. Quite pleasant, but not as flavourful as expected. Well-balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jul 2006
at 11:28
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottled, Haket, Gothenburg, 6 July) Colour is dark brown, almost black. Nose is malty with a sweet and roasted character and notes of chocolate, some hints of coffee as well. Taste is roasted and malty with notes of chocolate and espresso. Smooth character of roasted oatmeal. Balanced sweetness. Smooth, nice and tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jul 2006
at 14:41
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Dark brown colour with a beige head. Aroma is fruity and hoppy. Flavour is rosted coffee and hop and malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2006
at 09:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Very dark reddish-brown. Aroma is chocolatey and rich with crystal malts and a woody, slightly fruity hop character. The flavour has an intense hop bitterness, lots of sticky dark crystal and also some chocolate malts. Chewy, bittersweet finish is dried out slightly by alcohol. Except for the strong chocolate character, this is pretty standard stuff for the style, and could do with some more dry-hopping.
Tried
on 10 Jul 2006
at 01:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle.Golden brown colour with a white head.Aroma is yeast, fruity appleand alcohol. Flavour is yeast, fruity apple , candi-sweetness and alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2006
at 03:59