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From:
Nøgne Ø
 
Norway
Style:
Herb and Spice Beer
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.88 | pDev: 12.63%
Reviews:
125
Ratings:
199
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 02, 2020
Added:
Nov 03, 2004
Wants:
  16
Gots:
  5
15°P, 30 IBU.

Also sold as "Peculiar Yule".

Ingredients: Maris Otter, Munich, caramel, and chocolate malt; Columbus and Cascade hops; 5 different spices, English ale yeast, and our local Grimstad water
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Reviewed by EMV from Pennsylvania

3.64/5  rDev -6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a tall bottle into a Dogfish Head tulip

L: Dark mahogany brown pour with 2 fingers of foamy white head. Nice lacing. Pretty good looking brew.

S: Malts and spice... caramel and Christmas.

T.F: Just plain odd. More toasted grains than malts... definitely lacking the expected sweetness.... a whisp of caramel, but not what I was expecting. That followed by strong spice... ginger, nutmeg, and clove. Some earthy hops/bitterness. Surprisingly light bodied. Again expected a bit more heft. Gentle carbonation.

O: Wasn't a huge fan. Interesting to try... but the flavors didn't work all that well together, and if you're going to go all-out on the spices like this it helps to have some caramel malts/sweetness for balance. Glad I got to try it... wouldn't pick it up again. "Peculiar" definitely fits.
Aug 02, 2020
 
Rated: 3.45 by al_al1357 from Canada (ON)

Jan 03, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

Dec 25, 2016
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Reviewed by Dentist666 from Russian Federation

4.27/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours opaque dark reddish brown beer with 2-finger beige head.
Smell - cola, chocolate, beverage "Baykal", pepper, herbs, ginger, juniper.
Taste follows the smell, cinnamon tones.
Light body, medium carbonation.
Really interesting and tasty.
Dec 05, 2016
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Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey

4.21/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
**
12/25/2013
AROMA: Raisin,chocolate, prune, nutmeg.
LOOK: Dark black color, medium white head.
Taste is raisin, coffee, tea, dark raspberry, cranberry. Pepper also. Very complex.
Really nice. Excellent Christmas brew.
**
Dec 04, 2016
 
Rated: 3.78 by ikidunot from Canada (ON)

Aug 23, 2016
 
Rated: 4.09 by WastingFreetime from Wisconsin

Apr 09, 2016
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Reviewed by BradC from Pennsylvania

3.79/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Very interesting brew. Gushed like crazy when opened. A little over carbonated, but that helps bring out the spices. Smells of cardamom and clove, flavor follows. Kind of cola like and gets better as it warms.
Dec 24, 2015
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Reviewed by papat444 from Canada (QC)

3.75/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottled 2014, best before 2017.

Interesting beer, much better at room temp. Getting leather, some juniper berries, a little ginger and mild smokiness.
Dec 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.87 by yancot from Canada (ON)

Nov 18, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by 4ster from Canada (ON)

Oct 08, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by AlexAfonin from Russian Federation

Aug 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3.71 by killcore from Russian Federation

Jul 20, 2015
 
Rated: 4.06 by irishkyle21 from Canada (ON)

Jun 12, 2015
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Rated by bylerteck from Canada (ON)

2.3/5  rDev -40.7%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.25
Way too much spice for me
Feb 05, 2015
 
Rated: 3.8 by WillAndSarah from Canada (ON)

Jan 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.34 by ygtbsm94 from Utah

Jan 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by hansavijaticar from Croatia (Hrvatska)

Jan 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.89 by poskok from Croatia (Hrvatska)

Jan 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.29 by bigox420 from Canada (ON)

Jan 08, 2015
Underlig Jul from Nøgne Ø
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 199 ratings