Nøgne Ø Imperial Brown Ale 2006 has a long story to this malty ale. It was first brewed in the spring 2006 in Nørrebro Bryghus in Copenhagen, Denmark, as a joint brew between Nøgne Ø and Nørrebro. Nørrebro calls their version "Double Knot Brown". This is about my 5th time drinking the 2006 Imperial Brown Ale that is available at Man In the Moon gastropub in Stockholm and with just 10 bottles left I am sure to taste a few more before they are all gone. As you can see, this is my favourite beer from Nøgne Ø and probably would rate the 2010 version as high as 4 out of 5. The development in this beer after just 4+ years is amazing and the first time I tasted it, it reminded me of a bottle of Westvleteren 12 which still is the best beer I have ever tasted.
Hazelnut brown in colour and still has a decent creamy head, straight away the amazing aroma of chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, fudge, raisins, toffee and roasted nuts. Wonderful taste of sweet malt, fudge, caramel, milk chocolate with a full bodied creamy finish. Very smooth and coating of dark fruits with lots of nutty tones and dates. There is a definite sweetness from the caramel malts and a mild chocolate flavour as well with it starting sweet and ends sweet with some bitterness and fruit in between. A very complex ale that can only get even more maturity with ageing, they type of beer that I could just smell it's aroma all night and sip at a very slow pace trying to unwind the many layers of flavour it has developed, a classic from Nøgne Ø.
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