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Dark Horizon 4th Edition
Nøgne Ø
- From:
- Nøgne Ø
- Norway
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 16%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.27 | pDev: 8.43%
- Reviews:
- 22
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 22, 2023
- Added:
- Aug 20, 2013
- Wants:
- 13
- Gots:
- 31
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
4.12/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.12/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
July 2015: Rerate, 250 ml bottle in triangular cardbox box and wrapped in red paper, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 16%, 100 IBU. Pitch black colour, moderate to low beige head. Strong roasty aroma, notes of coffee, molasses, liquorice, fusel and alcohol. Warming mouthfeel, as expected. Sweet and rich roasty flavour, notes of coffee, molasses, caramel, vanilla, liquorice, dark chocolate and bittering hops. Fairly impressive, but I am lowering the score a bit.
Original rating: Temporary rating, sample from 250 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Will re-rate as soon as I sample a whole bottle. Astonishingly smooth and pleasant flavour, very tasty, but not extreme.
May 22, 2023Original rating: Temporary rating, sample from 250 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Will re-rate as soon as I sample a whole bottle. Astonishingly smooth and pleasant flavour, very tasty, but not extreme.
Reviewed by jmasher85 from Maryland
3.99/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.99/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Nøgne Ø's Red Horizon is not one of my favorite beers, but it was certainly revelatory the first time I drank it. It inspired me to try the less unique-seeming Dark Horizon which, while quite good, didn't live up to the mind-f**k that was Red Horizon.
Pours a thick syrup that is almost black, but still just on this side of brown. Some head but not much, and it doesn't stick around for long, so take those nice, long sniffs early on. They will reveal the usual coffee, chocolate (not quite bitter enough to be cocoa), malted grains that are also a bit sweet and rich like brown sugar and molasses, and more than a hint of anise.
The taste brings out all these things and more. The coffee is a bit more pronounced, but still hardly bitter - I guess it's more like a mocha. Anise dies down a bit, but a slightly briney flavor comes to the fore, which I guess a lot of reviewers might describe as "soy sauce" in stouts, but to me it seems more like seawater salt than umami salt. The texture is pretty good - thick, little carb, bold malty finish that's a bit sweet and roasty, barely bitter, and just what you'd look for in an imperial stout. Crazily smooth for such a high ABV, but not sure if that's a plus or not; if I wanted something that tasted like 8%, I'd drink something that was.
Overall, it's a very good beer in it's style, but it's not much better than many other similar heavy stouts and porters I've had. I shouldn't be comparing it to a drastically different beer by the same brewery like Red Horizon, but considering it costs about as much - $20 for a pony bottle - I was hoping for a beer that altered my mind about beer the way Red did. Not the case. Buy any other great RIS for about 1/3 the cost.
Dec 28, 2015Pours a thick syrup that is almost black, but still just on this side of brown. Some head but not much, and it doesn't stick around for long, so take those nice, long sniffs early on. They will reveal the usual coffee, chocolate (not quite bitter enough to be cocoa), malted grains that are also a bit sweet and rich like brown sugar and molasses, and more than a hint of anise.
The taste brings out all these things and more. The coffee is a bit more pronounced, but still hardly bitter - I guess it's more like a mocha. Anise dies down a bit, but a slightly briney flavor comes to the fore, which I guess a lot of reviewers might describe as "soy sauce" in stouts, but to me it seems more like seawater salt than umami salt. The texture is pretty good - thick, little carb, bold malty finish that's a bit sweet and roasty, barely bitter, and just what you'd look for in an imperial stout. Crazily smooth for such a high ABV, but not sure if that's a plus or not; if I wanted something that tasted like 8%, I'd drink something that was.
Overall, it's a very good beer in it's style, but it's not much better than many other similar heavy stouts and porters I've had. I shouldn't be comparing it to a drastically different beer by the same brewery like Red Horizon, but considering it costs about as much - $20 for a pony bottle - I was hoping for a beer that altered my mind about beer the way Red did. Not the case. Buy any other great RIS for about 1/3 the cost.
Dark Horizon 4th Edition from Nøgne Ø
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
146 ratings
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