7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Small white head, quickly shrinking to thin white ring. Light brown hazy body. Light, clean aroma of citrusy hops with sweet malty notes. Taste is bitter, sweetish malty with deep citrus/resin hop flavour. Aftertaste is bitter citrus. Bitterness lingers, with spicy notes. Oily mouthfeel. A very, very good IPA, and a quite heavy one, too. (Bottle, batch #207.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2006
at 10:34
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500 ml bottle, courtesy of "Venner av Nøgne Ø". Like all NØ beers bottle conditioned. This beer has just been released for sale in some pubs, will be for sale in Vinmonopolet stores in May. I might rerate in May, if there is any significant development of the flavour profile by then. Pours (or rather: gushes out of the bottle) with a large white head, beer is hazy pale golden. Very nice fruity (citrus, green apples) and yeasty aroma, hints of spices, oak, leather and barnyard. Flavour is moderately sweet with a distinct spiciness and decent hops. Shouldn’t a saison have slightly more acidity? After a light and refreshing start there is a solid wormwood-like bitterness in the finish, not unlike Saison Dupont.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2006
at 14:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Black color; creamy head. Quite ordinary Porter, with a light malt and hop aroma, and a medium malty taste. Quite long final.
Tried
on 08 Feb 2006
at 03:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Batch 153. Bottle from Vinmonopolet, Norway. Golden and hazy body. Grassy and fruity nose. Roundness and deph in flavour. Taste of fresh apples. Light malty and hoppy palate. Smooth and very easy too drink. Fruitiness along the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2006
at 01:53
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Ølbutikken in Tromsdalen. Very dark body. Characteristically outmeal with hints of dark chocolate and coffee. Fairly dry. The body has a creamy and silky smoothness with some roast flavours. A bit oily impression.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2006
at 01:44
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500 ml bottle, courtesy of "Venner av Nøgne Ø". Like all NØ beers bottle conditioned. Pitch black colour, impenetrable for light. Large and thick brown head. Lovely aroma with vinous qualities, also notes of Colombian coffee, liquorice, chocolate and dark dried fruits. Flavour is dominated by strong notes of bitter coffee, mixed with a substantial malty sweetness, hints of molasses. Also some acidic notes, I’m not sure if they are wanted or not. Strong "coffee" bitterness in the long aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2006
at 13:40
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottled. Beige head . black beer.a lot of tastes. NØ a message to you DON`T STOP MAKING THIS BEER. It`s christmas time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2006
at 12:41
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottled. light brown head. aroma roasted coffee. Flavour watery roasted but still a good beer. Weak pleasent roasted finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2006
at 12:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottled at uptown. white head. aroma is a hint of summer. sweet and fruity, but dry finish.I can drink a lot of this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2006
at 11:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled at Uptown. Hazy, orange beer with a lasting, dense, white head. The aroma is quite mild, with some fruityness, green apples-like, some spicyness and a hint of yeast. Flavor is belgo-fruity with a spicyness and some hints of pine. Light fizzy in the mouth. Long hop-bitter finish. The bottle has sediments, and the yeast gets more pronounced if you pour it in the beer. Rating: 6-4-7-4-15-3.7. (060103)[br][br]Bottle. Tried it one more time, this time at a higher temperature. Most of my rating stands, but raised aroma from 6 to 7. The aroma has more fruitiness, more medical bitterness and more hops when the temperature is raised from almost 0 degrees C. (060210)
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2006
at 04:23