Beer Review: Mikkeller – Nøgne ø

4
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 .