Dark Horizon 1st Edition
Nøgne Ø

Dark Horizon 1st EditionDark Horizon 1st Edition
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From:
Nøgne Ø
 
Norway
Style:
Russian Imperial Stout
ABV:
16%
Score:
95
Avg:
4.3 | pDev: 7.67%
Reviews:
112
Ratings:
144
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 17, 2024
Added:
Jun 17, 2007
Wants:
  120
Gots:
  19
37 P, 75 IBU.

Inspired by the USA, malt from England, bottle from Germany, the name is from Japan, sugars from Mauritius, hops from the Pacific Rim, yeast from Canada, coffee from Columbia, and brewing skills from Norway.

6.000 numbered bottles.
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Ratings by Goliath:
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Reviewed by Goliath from Illinois

4.59/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours black and opaque through it's center. Suprisingly, there are light brown edges on this beer. A quarter inch of brown head forms on top and lingers with nice retention. No real lacing to speak of.

The arom ais gorgeous. Some coffee notes, chocolate, vanilla, and as EmperorStan put it - Cookie Dough. Really just delicious!

The taste is awesome. Some coffe and chocolate for sure. But chocolate certainly takes the lead. Notes of vanilla are also present as well as an overaqll sweetness with a bit of roasted maltiness. Really tasty and balanced.

The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied and lightly carbonated.

The drinkability is high with awesome flavors, and undetected levels of alcohol. So smooth and easy drinking for a High abv beer. A true feat of beer brewing.
Oct 08, 2008
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.24 by nataku00 from California

Feb 17, 2024
 
Rated: 4.94 by Craftbeerfan666 from Norway

Feb 04, 2022
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

4.41/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Battle at share. Inky black pour with a thin, creamy beige head. Aging has done this beer wonders.Candy bar aromas of chocolate and almonds. Taste adds vanilla, molasses, deep roasty grains and anise. Sugary sweet and smooth.
Jul 31, 2021
 
Rated: 4.43 by cp45 from New Jersey

Aug 23, 2019
 
Rated: 4.82 by BeerAndBlood from Illinois

Aug 16, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by BMart from Pennsylvania

Mar 27, 2017
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Reviewed by sulldaddy from Connecticut

4.35/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Split a bottle with my brothers tonight as a way to celebrate a bit coming home to see family. Bottle # 04061.
This beer is at cellar temp and we are sampling from a series of stemless wine glasses.
The beer pours a pitch black color with a slightly frothy tan head that fades to a significant edge layer that remains for the entire sampling.
Aroma is dark chocolate and some rum soaked raisin hits. I also get a good whiff of booze and some other dark fruit, no hops to be found on the nose here.
First sip is a fairly thick body with spaced carbonation that provides a bit of a tickle as it rolls across my palate. Flavor is what I expected but there is no coffee presence anywhere to be found.
Big robust malt profile includes dark cocoa, raisins and plums, a little bit of rum notes and some red grape too. Some slight port wine or sherry quality to this aged brew. A little bit of harsh alcohol that warms on each swallow, the booze impact fades as consume my glass. No hops anywhere on this beer.
This is a big complex boozy beer that I am glad to have shared with my brothers tonight. Definitely a sipper and probably best to share with others. Worth every penny I paid many years ago.
Jul 08, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by olradetbalder from Sweden

Nov 24, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by spycow from Illinois

Oct 31, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by GRG1313 from California

Aug 18, 2014
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

4.19/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
crazy beer to get to drink, thanks to a new beer friend for busting this out of his cellar after all these years (six or seven!). actually has a little carbonation in the glass, some real struggling bubbles lurching through the gelatinous fluid to the surface, arriving tired and barely popping through into thin, coffee colored air pockets before bursting and leaving the beer looking dead still, in all of its obsidian luster. the aroma here throws me way way off, grape juice, koolaid or gatorade or something. i can see stone fruit and port wine if i try too, but artificial purple grape drink or candy is what comes to mind first. minimal bitterness from the roast, very low alcohol presence for its strength, and zero coffee at all, considering the label calls this a coffee stout, i assume its dropped out over time. the flavor starts with the grape thing, but it is indeed more port wine like in the flavor than the smell. dark cherry and figs give way to rich dark chocolate syrup, which is fully in line with the texture of this cellar masterpiece. i am amazed how mellow the alcohol is, and how smooth the overall beer is. the coffee is gone, but the character is still robust and dynamic, and may still hang on a few more years if unopened and stored correctly. very little carbonation on the palate, but its not dead flat either. going down way too easy, almost tastes distilled at times. this is proof that we dont need oak barrels to make beer suitable for extended aging in the bottle. a real treat, and i am honored to have tried this beer, maybe one of the oldest and hardest to acquire bottles ive had. first edition of stuff like this is always extremely fun, and i will remember this one for a long lone time.
Jul 29, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by JOrtt from North Carolina

Jul 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by zestar from California

Jul 19, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Gobzilla from California

May 06, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by Axnjxn from North Carolina

Apr 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4.75 by afsdan from Colorado

Mar 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by smutty33 from Connecticut

Nov 03, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by beernads from Florida

Sep 12, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by ScottP from New Hampshire

Jul 26, 2013
Dark Horizon 1st Edition from Nøgne Ø
Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 144 ratings