BA Nordic Noir
Nøgne Ø

330 ml bottle in metal cylinder, bottle #0729/3600, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 15.5%, 50 IBU. Black colour, small beige head. Intense aroma of oak, hints of roast malts and honey. Very sweet and very oaky (nearly oaked to death) flavour, notes of roast malts, honey, raisins, chocolate and old sherry, some hop bitterness in the finish. An extreme beer, but does not quite live up to the hype.

Bottle: Poured a dark murky brown color ale with a medium size dark brown foamy head with limited retention and some minimal lacing. Aroma of caramelized malt with some residual sugar notes with some juniper notes and some other spices also noticeable with some strong sherry notes rounding all the flavours. Taste is a complex mix of plums and other residual sugar notes with some juniper notes some chocolate malt and caramelized notes with some residual sugar notes with some very nice sherry notes. Body is full with good carbonation with some warming alcohol notes also discernible. Solid and complex beer with minimal reference point to compare to and sherry notes also brings an extra dimension to this beer.

sherry lends unique qualities to base beer and rights the ship.