{"id":7111,"date":"2011-02-25T11:04:05","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T18:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=7111"},"modified":"2011-02-25T11:11:25","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T18:11:25","slug":"beer-n%c3%b8gne-%c3%b8-winter-ale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/?p=7111","title":{"rendered":"Beer: N\u00f8gne \u00d8 Winter Ale"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While IsItSnowingInSanFrancisco.com<\/strong> still says No<\/em>, we’re pretty damn close to getting that foreign substance I knew as a lad called “snow”.\u00a0 What better time to crack into this snowflake-laden Norwegian import.<\/p>\n

N\u00f8gne \u00d8<\/a> (which means “naked island”) is a craft brewery in Grimstad<\/strong>, a barron, desolate region of Norway<\/strong>. Hence the name. They’ve been getting more exposure Stateside thanks to an infusion of American stylings in their quality brews and interesting collaborations with the likes of Stone<\/strong>, Jolly Pumpkin<\/strong>, and gypsy import, Mikkeller<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Read and listen \u2026<\/p>\n

MUSIC TO DRINK \u00d8 TO <\/span><\/h2>\n


\nCoincidentally, it’s also my\u00a0Music to Drink Gl\u00f6gg to<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Fredrik \u201cWhite On White\u201d <\/em><\/a> from\u00a0Origami EP<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00d8 Winter Ale <\/strong>pours dark brown with a lacy tan head and scent heavy on caramel and clove.<\/p>\n

For as full and strong as this is (8.5% ABV), it’s amazingly lush and fluffy. Not heavy. That’s not to say this is some cream puff. It’s dark and rich. And right off the bat you get an immediate punch of festive spices, chocolate and coffee. All rolling through to a sweet smoky finish. Like, last log on the fire smoky. Yum.<\/p>\n

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See if you can track this down at your local beer geek shop (got mine at City Beer) before IsItSnowingInSanFrancisco<\/a> says Yes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u2022 \u00a0 \u2022 \u2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

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While IsItSnowingInSanFrancisco.com still says No, we’re pretty damn close to getting that foreign substance I knew as a lad called “snow”.\u00a0 What better time to crack into this snowflake-laden Norwegian import. N\u00f8gne \u00d8 (which means “naked island”) is a craft brewery in Grimstad, a barron, desolate region of Norway. Hence the name. They’ve been getting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1175,2897,2896,2902,2898],"class_list":["post-7111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beer","tag-fredrik","tag-norway","tag-ngne-","tag--winter-ale","tag-winter-ale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7111"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7122,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7111\/revisions\/7122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unnecessaryumlaut.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}