(Grimstad, NORWAY) – Kegs are already available in the States though bottles will sail over as well in Q1.

Nogne O Two Captains is an 8.5% ABV Double IPA with 100 IBUs. It is already on tap in some select U.S. locations but the beer recently received bottle label approval as well.

According to Sales Manager, Scott Larrick, “Yes, we have sent draft to the US, but not bottles yet. We have some bottles ready to send, but [importer, the Shelton Brothers] actually wanted more than we had available in the second batch so we plan to do a third batch. I do not expect a container to leave here until January, so bottles will probably not be on shelves in the US until around March.”

Per the label, “Jan Halvor Fjeld, winner of the 2010 Norwegian homebrewing championship, brewed his champion Imperial IPA at Nogne O. We at Nogne O are of course proud to be with him in making this happen.”

Larrick notes, “The story with Two Captains name is the the homebrewer who won the competition is coincidentally an SAS pilot like Kjetil, our founder. (Kjetil was not involved at the competition at all).”

Watch for this one next year.