As promised, here are a bunch of reviews of beers from Norwegian brewery, Nogne O. Of the five beers I tasted, I found that the three which were made in famous styles (DIPA, Porter and Tripel,) to be well made and very true to type. The remaining two beers were Nogne-designed styles and were very original and complex, great for people looking for something different.
The Two Captains DIPA was conceived by a Norwegian home brewing champ, and brewed by Nogne O, Underlig Jul (which translated to peculiar yule) is a Christmas-cross between a beer and a glogg (a traditional mulled wine), and the #100 is labelled as a barley wine in the USA, but a DIPA everywhere else, and makes an exceptional example no matter how you categorize it.
Tiger Tripel:
500 mL bottle. Pours a semi-transparent peach color, with a little haze and a thick white head. Yeast oriented aromas of bread, biscuit and hay are available, orange zest and coriander, a faint touch of char and graphite from the smoked malts. Fairly dry for the style, with good carbonation. Smooth on the palate with a sticky sour finish. Interesting.
Porter:
500 mL bottle. Pours opaque black with a thick brown head, lots of lacing to be had. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, chocolate, strong coffee and anise. A touch of sweet with a bit of a bitter hop finish. Super smooth and creamy, full on the palate. A textbook porter.
Two Captains Double IPA:
500 mL bottle. Pours a slightly hazy copper color, a nice loose white head. Nice American styled nose of hop, orange and pine. Sweet and sticky, medium carbonation and a heap of hops. A refreshing bitter bite. A nice rendition of a big dirty American IPA.
#100:
500 mL bottle. Pours a murky walnut color with a thin tan head. Toasted nuts, cocoa powder, orange, fruitcake and pine. Medium sweet with a big hoppy kick, a long bitter finish with plenty of layers and texture. Full mouthfeel. Lots of complexity here, despite the labelling mishap; it makes a great DIPA or barley wine.
Underlig Jul:
500 mL bottle. Pours almost black, with a fluffy brown head. Aroma holds layers of spices, black cake, clove, ginger, molasses and deeply roasted malt. Deeply spicy coffee flavour, roasted meat, gingerbread. Stout like dryness, with enough sugar to balance all those spices and a gentle hop finish. Medium in weight with medium carbonation. Tasty and different!
As I am off to Spain, a land where they consume far more wine than beer, this will probably be the last you will see of beer ratings for a while. Hope you have been enjoying. If you need more, you can find all my reviews here:
http://www.ratebeer.com/user/169526/ratings/
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