Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

500ml bottle
8.0% ABV
Milton LCBO Outlet #1 (Milton, Ontario, Canada)
December 22, 2012
The beer pours a very dark brown with black edges and a thin brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, cocoa, coffee, and spices (ginger-ish). Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with medium carbonation. Flavour is cocoa, molasses, some more gingery spice, and roast. Not a world beater, but pretty good.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

330ml bottle
9.0% ABV (as written on bottle)
RBC Plaza LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
December 19, 2012
The beer pours a reddish brown colour, translucent, with a light tan head. The aroma is dark fruit, spices, bread, and yeast. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium. Flavour is slighftly sweet with dark fruit, molasses, and yeast.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

550ml draught
6.0% ABV
C'est What? (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
December 20, 2012
The beer pours a very dark brown, almost black with a creamy tan coloured head. The aroma was roasted malt, nuts, and coffee. Mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavour is roasted malt and coffee. Thin and bitter is the best way to describe this.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

750ml bottle
9.3% ABV
Atrium on Bay LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
December 16, 2012
The beer poured a slightly hazed golden colour with a thin rocky white head and plenty of effervescence. The aroma is yeast, light fruits, honey, and grains. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with mild carbonation. The flavour has honey sweetness, yeastiness, grains, and citrus. Not bad.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

330ml bottle
7.4% ABV
King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
December 16, 2012
The beer pours a red-hued gold colour with a short-lived head which disappears in seconds. Aroma is caramel, rum, wood, and light fruits. No spiciness that I can discern. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour is wood, caramel, some rum, and some metallic notes. Nothing outstanding!

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

500ml bottle
6.5% ABV
King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
December 14, 2012
Pours a very dark brown into a Maredsous chalice with a thin rocky light brown head. Aroma is spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander, cloves, ginger), caramel, and yeast. MOuthfeel is medium bodied, dry, and medium carbonation. Flavour is similar to the aroma with a lot of nice Christmas spices, some maltiness, and a dry spicy finish

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

750ml bottle swing top bottle
5.0% ABV
King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
December 14, 2012
Beer pours a mahogany colour with a thin tan ring for a head. Aroma is nutty malt, caramel, and weak hops. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavour has the honey in it, some tart fruit notes, along with some grass and a weak bitter finish. Not bad, but I wouldn't try it a second time.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

500ml bottle
10.0% ABV
King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
December 8, 2012
Beer pours a solid orangy-brown colour with a thin tan ring. Aroma is citrusy hops, pine, caramel, grains, and spices. Mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with medium carbination. Flavour is butterscotch, caramel, anmd grapefruity hops. Nicely balanced.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

500ml bottle
9.0% ABV
King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
December 8, 2012
The beer pours a hazy golden colour with a very thin white head. Aroma is yeast, spices, weak citrusy notes and grass. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavour is on the sweet side with light fruits, peppery spices, yeast, and grassy malt tones. Not my favourite Nøgne Ø brew.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

500ml bottle
7.0% ABV
King/Spadina LCBO Outlet (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
December 7, 2012
The beer pours a dark brown with black edges and a thin bubble light brown cap. The aroma is roasted malt, cocao, and vanilla. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with mild carbonation. Flavour is on the sweet side with vanilla, molasses, and chocolate flavours overwhelming the roasted malt bitterness.