Beer Review: Nogne-o – Porter
Mar1
The name says it all
Amount of brew in bottle: 16.9 ounces
Price: $10.50
ABV: 7%
Type of beer: Porter
This beer kind of has a hard name to live up to. The name of the brewery, in english, means “naked island.” Hmmm, good start. The subtitle is, “The Uncompromising Brewery.” Wow, could this get any better?
So the name of the beer… “Porter.”
Well, at least it is accurate.
When it pours, it looks and smells like a porter. It is dark, without too much of a head. It smells slightly smoky and tastes the same. I couldn’t really taste any of the coffee it was brewed with. This beer did go well with the Thai food that we were having for dinner though… Cooled down the “stars.”
Overall, this beer is a good standard porter. Nothing amazing, but not horrible. I wouldn’t mind getting it again, but I wouldn’t rave about it. It is a comfy beer.
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Beer Review: Mikkeller – Nøgne ø
Mar0
The breakfast of champions(?)
Amount of brew in bottle: 16.9 fluid ounces
ABV: 7.5%
Type of brew: Stout (Oat & Coffee)
Price: ~$12
With a sub-title of “beer geek breakfast” this beer was just calling to me to try. While having a beer for breakfast sounds gross to me, to each his own. The beer says it is a “mixture of an oat and coffee stout” which I can tell when I drink it. Overall this beer is thick and a little sweet. As it warms up it gets a lot sweeter than when it was cold (shocking I know). This is the first beer that I have had that was solely brewed at nøgne-ø and I have to say I am quite surprised. One thing that is nice is that the beers are in pints and not 22-ounce bottles which makes it a lot easier for one person to drink by themselves.
Since this is a combination of an oatmeal stout and a coffee stout the oatmeal portion gives it a nice little bitter finish which is great counter-balance to the coffee portion. If you ever get a chance to get your hands on this beer I would suggest letting it warm up a bit before drinking it. Overall this is a nice little stout to drink although it is a bit high on the ABV but not over the top like a lot of the beers. But the price is pretty damn steep. I expect for $11 to not go “eh” for a stout, I mean it is good but is it $11 good? Nah. I know they had to import the bugger but they have to do that for other beers as well.
But hey if you are feeling like you have a bit of extra cash and want to try an imported oatmeal stout go right ahead. However, there are far better ways of spending your cash…like you know buying me a bottle to review 
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The good: A good craft stout
The bad: Expensive!!
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