Two Captains - Nøgne Ø - Det Kompromissløse Bryggeri A/S

beerdrifter

Germany

3.93/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Picked this up at my favorite beer store in Belgium, Dranken Geers. Hazy amber-orange pour with a two finger off-white head with minimal retention and nice lacing. Big tropical, perfumy, nose with hints of mango and pineapple along with biscuits, caramel, and pine. The hops dominate the taste with lots of grapefruit and pine up front, with a solid bready, caramel malt base to balance it out. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation and just a touch oily with a tangy, bitter, dry finish. Overall a bold and flavorful Double IPA.

Serving type: bottle

08-25-2012 16:24:27 | More by beerdrifter

corysmith01

New York

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-19-2013 17:33:51 | More by corysmith01

babaracas

Florida

3.79/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Mostly clear amber with two fingers thick offwhite colored head, sticks around. Smell: orange, apricot, pine, mild earthiness, alcohol. Taste: pine, candied grapefruit peel, mild breadiness, alcohol hit. Medium-plus bodied, with a syrupy-cut-by-carbonation feel. Boozy for 8.5%, flavors muddied. It's okay, but not great.

Serving type: bottle

06-19-2013 04:22:31 | More by babaracas

Molson2000

Ontario (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

06-13-2013 01:13:15 | More by Molson2000

Toadhopper

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

06-12-2013 22:06:23 | More by Toadhopper

bigred89

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

06-09-2013 04:19:55 | More by bigred89

BKBassist

New York

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-07-2013 05:25:09 | More by BKBassist

BrySoChi

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

06-06-2013 03:16:31 | More by BrySoChi

mick303

Ontario (Canada)

4.34/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

500mL bottle. Poured a ruby chestnut brown colour with a solid cap of off-white head that leaves a great amount of sticky lacing and film.

Smell is intoxicatingly rich. Thick hop bitterness with earthy lychee nuts, pine needles, resin, dried apples. Some grapefruit and blood orange citrus, apricot, some slight medicinal overtones but all very well balanced.

Taste is very interesting, more pepper and earthy bitterness, roasty coffee, dried pine, earthy woodiness, apricot, dried lemon. This tends to be more of an earthy and nutty DIPA than some that I find to be citrus fruit bombs. The change is certainly welcome as this is delicious and works very nicely.

Mouthfeel is moderate, dry, hop slickness on the finish with a big presence and pleasing oiliness with enough roasty malts to balance out very nicely.Drinks very nicely, and with a warming satisfying feel but no noticeable alcohol heat.

A very excellent DIPA that I'm glad I picked up, certainly worth it. An array of earthy, pine, nutiness, and dry fruity notes with a balanced hoppy profile. Excellent beer.

Serving type: bottle

06-03-2013 22:22:29 | More by mick303

GrantBrennan

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

05-22-2013 02:15:12 | More by GrantBrennan

nosavingsaccount

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

05-20-2013 03:06:54 | More by nosavingsaccount

feloniousmonk

Minnesota

3.59/5  rDev -11.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Nogne-O Two Captains Double IPA. Ale 8.5% Alc/vol.
"Jan Halvorfjeld, winner of Norwegian homebrewing championship 2010 brewed his champion double IPAat Nogne-O. We at Nogne O are of course proud to be with him making this happen. Ingredients: Grimstad water, malted barley, hops and yeast. 100 IBU, brewed and bottle by Nogne O, Grimstad, Norway."

Completely opaque, thoroughly hazy peach and apricot appearance, creamy white heady froth atop.

Aroma: pungent and powerful, a massive mix of the usual piney/citrus notes, but a bit of a muddle, rather indistinct. Not quite what I'm looking for in an IPA. I'd like some clearly struck tones. This nose is more cacophonous.

Taste: In the mouth, it's a brash splash of hops, with malt firmly included in the mix. Booze rises up quickly, invades the braincase with alarming ease. It's a murky mess that's high on hops and alcohol, but has very little in the way of delicacy or finesse. It's what I'd expect from a homebrew double IPA, but not from a professional brewing concern. Oh, well, there's room for all kinds of beer. This is fine, it's just not refined. I do like yeasty, cloudy, unfiltered beers, and rustic ones, as well, but this one just seems, in light of what really succeeds as a double IPA, unsophisticated.

Although I do have a sneaking suspicion that if this came from Belgium rather than Norway, I'd be more pleased. It's contradictory, I know. If I could fix that I would. Or, …would I?

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2013 03:24:16 | More by feloniousmonk

NightINgale

Quebec (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

05-13-2013 00:32:26 | More by NightINgale

beerhunter13

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev -1.5%

04-29-2013 10:45:11 | More by beerhunter13

metter98

New York

4.05/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

A: The beer is hazy amber orange in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a half finger high beige head that quickly died down, leaving lacing on the surface and a collar of large bubbles around the edge of the glass. The beer turns rather cloudy once the yeast is poured out from the bottom of the bottle.
S: Moderately strong aromas of citrusy hops and caramel malts are present in the nose along with hints of pine resin.
T: The taste is similar to the smell and has initial flavors of caramel malts and citrusy hops that are followed by a light to moderate amount of bitterness that lingers through the finish.
M: It feels medium-bodied and a little crisp on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer has a great balance between the malts and hops. It's also quite drinkable because any traces of alcohol are very well hidden.

Serving type: bottle

04-06-2013 02:56:08 | More by metter98

timeo

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

03-28-2013 18:43:49 | More by timeo

Jamison85

Indiana

4/5  rDev -1.5%

03-27-2013 16:40:07 | More by Jamison85

mtbdonn

United Kingdom (England)

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

03-26-2013 16:48:10 | More by mtbdonn

rderedin

Maine

3/5  rDev -26.1%

03-17-2013 22:33:16 | More by rderedin

katan

Colorado

4.06/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

500ml into a pint

A - Pours a dark orange color, with a huge white head. Fairly opaque.

S - Strong hop nose, lots of resin and pine. Very american hop like.

T - Starts off smooth and somewhat sweet, but that turns into the citrus flavors from all the hopping. More hops of the resin type nature, brings balance. Very smooth finish, a little bit nutty.

M - A creamy body - a little sticky and sweet at times. No alcohol warmth, quite a bit of hot oils.

O/D - A very good and easy drinking DIPA. This level fo ABV compared to the general market takes it to almost a single+ style. Not at all filling, just a great hop whammy.

Serving type: bottle

03-16-2013 23:34:57 | More by katan

jenray

Texas

3/5  rDev -26.1%

03-12-2013 14:14:15 | More by jenray

Phyl21ca

Quebec (Canada)

4/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle: Poured a hazy bright amber color ale with a nice large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma consists of citrus and resinous hops with pretty dominant with some dry caramel malt notes also perceptible. Taste is a mix between some citrus hops with nice floral touch and some resinous and slightly earthy hops with some dry caramel malt wand light residuals sugar notes. Body is slightly fuller then average with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Very well brewed and a beer I would seek again.

Serving type: bottle

03-11-2013 18:31:34 | More by Phyl21ca

Ilovebeer1549

California

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

03-08-2013 06:44:07 | More by Ilovebeer1549

MoFro

Norway

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

02-16-2013 13:51:49 | More by MoFro

sneaks2210

New York

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

02-13-2013 03:32:06 | More by sneaks2210