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# 100
Nøgne Ø
- From:
- Nøgne Ø
- Norway
- Style:
- American Barleywine
Ranked #123 - ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #9,216 - Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 10.42%
- Reviews:
- 264
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 25, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 01, 2005
- Wants:
- 40
- Gots:
- 43
23,5° P, 80 IBU.
First brewed to celebrate the 100th batch.
Ingredients: Maris Otter, wheat, and chocolate malt; Columbus, Chinook, and Centennial hops; English ale yeast, and our local Grimstad water.
First brewed to celebrate the 100th batch.
Ingredients: Maris Otter, wheat, and chocolate malt; Columbus, Chinook, and Centennial hops; English ale yeast, and our local Grimstad water.
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Ratings by LilBeerDoctor:
Reviewed by LilBeerDoctor from New York
4.1/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
Reviewed on 10/9/08. Bottle. Pours black with a thick light tan head. Aroma of slight hops and lots of caramel malt and apple skins with a slight roastiness. Flavor of light roasted malt, light bitter chocolate, with a hoppy finish. Very ASA like or even stout/porter like with the roasted malt presence. Creamy, smooth mouthfeel. Nice beer!
8/4/8/5/15 (4.0/5)
Dec 28, 20088/4/8/5/15 (4.0/5)
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Eddieeight from Ohio
4/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Coming out of grimstad Norway. $6.99 for a little over a pint. Not a bad price really. Burnt Caramel colored pour with a half inch of creamy head that dissipates within a minute or so. Scents are of raisins and caramel and malt, extremely strong odor that almost made me sneeze. One of the strongest smelling beers I’ve had. The taste is pretty thirst quenching, almost like an iced tea. My first taste I didn’t like but the beer kind of grew on me and I began liking it more the more I sipped. Initially caramel and toffee, not really very fruity. Big maltiness. Molasses and maybe plum. There’s a strong alcoholic heat aftertaste. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with minimal carbonation. Overall a barley wine that grows on you, this might be an acquired taste. Not like other beers.
Nov 01, 2020Rated by sunsjammer from Arizona
4.38/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.38/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
16.9 oz bottle from Craft Beer Quik Stop. Unknown dating. Labled as Norwegian Ale.
Dec 22, 2018Reviewed by Greywulfken from New York
4.41/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Whoa! This is really nice! Features Maris Otter, wheat, and chocolate malts; Columbus, Chinook, and Centennial hops; English ale yeast, and their local Grimstad water... Malty and hoppy, the hops keeping the sweetness in check...
Dark brown body makes for an opaque drink, sparse bubbly tan head is really just a bunch of soapy-looking bubbles, and the back end of the bottle did cough up some chunky sediment I wasn't prepared for (oh, well - down the hatch!)...
Chewy malts, deep fruits, and earthy hops... Has a mineral quality and something almost savory, too... Hearty but not heavy, great feel and flavors... Suggestions of tobacco, toffee, and rich brown molasses bread... Super-impressed... The 2018 version I'm drinking has a slightly different label than pictured, and says, "Norwegian Ale" instead of "Barley Wine Style Ale"... Recommended...
Sep 25, 2018Dark brown body makes for an opaque drink, sparse bubbly tan head is really just a bunch of soapy-looking bubbles, and the back end of the bottle did cough up some chunky sediment I wasn't prepared for (oh, well - down the hatch!)...
Chewy malts, deep fruits, and earthy hops... Has a mineral quality and something almost savory, too... Hearty but not heavy, great feel and flavors... Suggestions of tobacco, toffee, and rich brown molasses bread... Super-impressed... The 2018 version I'm drinking has a slightly different label than pictured, and says, "Norwegian Ale" instead of "Barley Wine Style Ale"... Recommended...
Reviewed by Beersnake from California
4.06/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured at a bottle share. Pours dark brown. Nose is plum, smoke, caramel, and malts. Really nice and inviting. Taste is smoke, plum, raisin, tobacco, coffee grounds, and salt. Mouthfeel is medium and nice. Overall, a nice barleywine.
Jul 26, 2018Reviewed by Tone from Missouri
3.64/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev -9.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 3.5
Pours a dark brown color. 1/3 inch head of an off-white color. Great retention and great lacing. Smells of strong alcohol, strong sweet malt, yeast, slight roasted malt, and slight earthiness. Fits the style of an American Barleywine. Mouth feel is quite sharp and clean, with an average carbonation level. There is also a distinct dryness and bitterness. Tastes of strong alcohol, strong sweet malt, yeast, slight roasted malt, hint of smoke, wood, and slight earthiness. Overall, good appearance, complexity, and body, but lacking in blend and sharpness and bitterness are a detraction.
Nov 30, 2017Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina
3.77/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Look: It pours dark brown and has a light brown head. Head retention is low.
Smell: It has a high aroma of malt and chocolate. There are some moderate plum aromas It has a light earthy element and some wood. There are also a bit of molasses notes.
Taste: The are many rich malt flavors that include toffee, molasses, and bread. There are also some plum notes and chocolate with a bit of wood.
Feel: It has a full body that is not quite chewy, but is thick on the palate. The carbonation is low. There is a pleasant alcohol warming element as well.
Overall, there are a lot of malt flavors with some supporting elements in the background highlighted by chocolate, bread, toffee, and molasses with a strong plum character.
Oct 07, 2017Smell: It has a high aroma of malt and chocolate. There are some moderate plum aromas It has a light earthy element and some wood. There are also a bit of molasses notes.
Taste: The are many rich malt flavors that include toffee, molasses, and bread. There are also some plum notes and chocolate with a bit of wood.
Feel: It has a full body that is not quite chewy, but is thick on the palate. The carbonation is low. There is a pleasant alcohol warming element as well.
Overall, there are a lot of malt flavors with some supporting elements in the background highlighted by chocolate, bread, toffee, and molasses with a strong plum character.
# 100 from Nøgne Ø
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
481 ratings
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