Porter - Nøgne Ø - Det Kompromissløse Bryggeri A/S

cooler4life

Quebec (Canada)

4.35/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A: Poured a jet black color with a one finger crème brulee colored head that settled pretty quickly. After swirling the beer around in the glass, lacing appears to be excellent. A great looking brew.

S: Sweet. Raisons, chocolate, coffee. A molasses type of chewiness massages my nostrils.

T: Black cherries, currants, dark chocolate, roasted malt. Only slight hop bite. Finishes with a chocolaty coffee tartness.

M: Carbonation is delicate, great residual flavor after each sip is gone.

O: I was blown away by the intricacies of the flavors in this porter. Underrated in my opinion, this Norwegian brew delivers.

Serving type: bottle

07-14-2012 22:24:08 | More by cooler4life

2bet

Norway

4.25/5  rDev +4.4%

05-10-2013 20:13:25 | More by 2bet

AugustusRex

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -14%

05-05-2013 19:14:34 | More by AugustusRex

polloenfuego

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev -7.9%

04-28-2013 00:13:41 | More by polloenfuego

biboergosum

Alberta (Canada)

3.93/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

500ml bottle. I just recently learned how to pronounce this brewery's name - dammit, I already forgot.

This beer pours a solid black, with very slight basal cola highlights, and three generous fingers of puffy, tightly foamy, and kind of creamy tan head, which leaves a few instances of sparse cloudlet lace around the glass as it lazily bleeds away.

It smells of bittersweet cafe au lait, medium dark chocolate, fairly acidic black fruit - prune and dried cherries, mostly - a hint of rye breadiness, and edgy herbal, musty hops. The taste is big, semi-sweet chocolate malt, with a decent dose of caramel and toffee, mild dry coffee, middling molasses and dried stone fruit, a hint of lactic acid, tremulous earthy hops, and a soft touch of warming alcohol.

The bubbles are a tad prickly, but not in any serious manner, the body a hefty medium weight, and mostly smooth, but for a swirling, late-arriving frothiness. It finishes on the sweet side, the chocolate malt, milk-bolstered coffee, and caramel malt overmatching anything the hops or booze can throw at it.

A pleasurable enough version of the style, amped up to near imperial ABV levels, but you'd hardly know otherwise. Tasty, chocolatey, subtly milky, and offset by a perky fruitiness. Old World meet newish-Old World interpretation. Cool, I suppose.

Serving type: bottle

04-25-2013 03:15:15 | More by biboergosum

Jason1337

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1.7%

04-24-2013 16:07:23 | More by Jason1337

Ciocanelu

Romania

4.5/5  rDev +10.6%

04-23-2013 07:42:27 | More by Ciocanelu

schnarr84

Alberta (Canada)

4/5  rDev -1.7%

04-20-2013 07:18:22 | More by schnarr84

wordemupg

Alberta (Canada)

3.69/5  rDev -9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

500ml bottle poured into tulip 11/4/13

A dark brown with enough clarity to see nearly half way across the glass under the bubbles, a loose two finger head hangs around for a couple sips but leaves no lace

S cold coffee and a slight nutty aspect, faint coco, milk chocolate, prune and plum with some earthy herbal hops and something I can't quite place, almost like a wild yeast but not funky or off just different, its just lacking a little intensity

T more cold coffee and a little hard toffee I didn't smell, still nutty with some more of that interesting yeast profile that I just can't place

M thin for the color but well carbonated, a little slick almost slimy after the fact but it doesn't hurt or help its cause, nutty coco on the finish

O decent beer but considering how much I've been loving this brewery its almost a miss with their standards, its just smells and tastes a little toned down for a 7% Porter I expect just a little more sass

I had very high expectations for this one after falling in love with some of these guys dark monsters, respectable beer but I doubt I'd buy another when it's beside their Imperial Stout on the shelf

Serving type: bottle

04-12-2013 07:15:57 | More by wordemupg

beerhunter13

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev -1.7%

04-10-2013 01:22:18 | More by beerhunter13

phirleh

Ontario (Canada)

4.5/5  rDev +10.6%

04-04-2013 13:04:58 | More by phirleh

timeo

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev -7.9%

03-28-2013 01:23:59 | More by timeo

fdig23

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +4.4%

03-26-2013 20:31:59 | More by fdig23

TheSevenDuffs

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -14%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Brew Date: 04.07.12
Best Before: 04.07.16
Batch #832

A - Poured dark brown and settled black with a massive amount of light brown head. Carbonation appears very high.

S - Huge bitter roast aroma with smoke and some sweet molasses.

T - Bitter roast with smoke, licorice and some sweet brown sugar.

M - Medium body with moderate to high carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

03-23-2013 02:29:12 | More by TheSevenDuffs

pants678

California

3.9/5  rDev -4.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.25

Doesn't pour black, it has red edges and a beige head.

Not much smell, little bit of the darker malts but not the alcohol.

Just the right hop presence that keeps this from being a stout or milkshake. Still not a hint of the alcohol but strong, potent malt body. There's some coffee notes and a little raisiny, surprisingly not much in the way of chocolate. More a beer than anything, not leaning on additives.

Thick but not stout thick. The hops give a crisp quality that gives it more of a porter feel.

Serving type: bottle

03-23-2013 02:26:58 | More by pants678

valianes

Ontario (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -14%

03-23-2013 00:23:09 | More by valianes

Kahlerbock

Kansas

3/5  rDev -26.3%

03-13-2013 01:57:23 | More by Kahlerbock

Eucrid

Ireland

4.75/5  rDev +16.7%

03-10-2013 20:09:11 | More by Eucrid

BGDrock

Ontario (Canada)

2.9/5  rDev -28.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3

Appearance: overflowing with froth, like a bubble bath, may be over-carbonated; dark, coffee brown; cappuccino head

Aroma: next to nothing - smells flat which is ironic; later, like water with a hint of coffee roast

Taste & Mouthfeel: over-carbonated, and this is adding a metallic, aluminium flavour that really overshadows everything; some hints of chocolate, but not a lot of complexity; once the head (finally) dies down, the roasted flavours are allowed to shine and the mouthfeel becomes smoother, but it's still no too exciting

Overall: feel like potential is there, and maybe something happened in transport to cause the negative attributes of the beer; it does get better in the end, but never great

Serving type: bottle

03-09-2013 02:49:53 | More by BGDrock

muskiesman

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +4.4%

03-02-2013 23:28:04 | More by muskiesman

crosenkrantz

Switzerland

2.75/5  rDev -32.4%

02-21-2013 20:49:07 | More by crosenkrantz

MoFro

Norway

3.75/5  rDev -7.9%

02-16-2013 13:51:25 | More by MoFro

beerdrifter

Germany

4.19/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Picked this up at my favorite beer store in Belgium, Dranken Geers. Very dark brown, almost black pour with a one and a half finger caramel colored head with decent retention and great lacing. Earthy roastiness in the nose with a subtle sweetness along with hints of dark chocolate, coffee, and a touch of vanilla. The taste follows suit with lots of sweet roasty malt and coffee/espresso up front, followed by hints of dark chocolate, toffee, vanilla, and just a touch of figs and licorice. The mouthfeel is creamy and smooth with very little carbonation and a real nice balance between the sweet malts and bitter hops. Overall this is a very rich and drinkable Porter. An excellent example of the style and yet another winner from Nøgne Ø.

Serving type: bottle

02-12-2013 17:35:03 | More by beerdrifter

M1A2

Ohio

4/5  rDev -1.7%

01-30-2013 19:55:23 | More by M1A2

DmanGTR

New York

4.25/5  rDev +4.4%

01-29-2013 18:33:45 | More by DmanGTR