Monday, November 4, 2013

SummerSommer













Nøgne Ø SummerSommer is a Golden Rye Ale collaboration brew with Garage Project in Wellington New Zealand. The name is quite puzzling as you would believe that it is a Summer beer but actually was brewed as a Christmas beer. It contains both rye and a local honey called Pohutukawa honey.

Very pretty looking beer in the glass, golden to orange in color with a nice light yellow head. The aroma was amazing, spicy and malty with a lovely sweetness from the malt and honey. Definitely getting the honey sweetness along with some peach fruitiness and the rye give this beer a nice spicy touch. Toffee, oranges and pineapple I love the aroma in this beer.



The flavor is even better than the aroma and this is a dangerous beer as I could not stop drinking it and in big mouthfuls. The malt is very well balanced in this beer, not too sweet as there is honey added and the hops along with the rye malt give the beer a nice spicy and bitter touch. I really liked the aroma, flavor and above all drinkability of this beer and if probably the very few Nøgne Ø beers that I could easily drink and enjoy 2 more bottles right after the first one. Highly recommended and I would love to have a case of this great beer.







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