Närke Black Golding Starkporter

Brewed by Närke Kulturbryggeri
Style: Baltic Porter
Örebro, Sweden

Colore nero con una spettacolare schiuma molto cremosa.Ottimo aroma di malto tostato, vaniglia, luppolo.In bocca è morbida, ben maltata, dolce, molto ben miscelati il malto torrefatto, il caffè, la vaniglia,il lievito.Finale ben bilanciato. Grande birra!

Tap. Nice medium sized brown head. Black body. Aroma og green apples, banana, some mild fruitiness and some coffee. Very fresh and elegant. Flavour of different tasteful chocolates, banana and coffee. Sweet finish with clear hints of chocolate and coffee. A very elegant and tasteful beer. (Glenfiddich Warehouse Stockholm, 24.07.07)

Tap@Glenfiddich, Stockholm: Creamy chocolates, touch of coffee and liquorice. Flavour has alcohol, liquorice and amazing bittersweet chocolates on aftertaste.

First rating
(Draught at The Rover in Gothenburg)
Almost black, with a little brown nuance, in color. A nice looking brown creamy head. Scent is very sweet mixed with some roasted tones. Sweet, fruity and roasted taste. Mellow roasted after taste. Thick and creamy mouth feel. If you have a few minutes to spare, this is a nice way of doing it, sit down, relax and have some sips of this excellent brew.
8/5/8/5/17=4.3

Rerate
(Draught at Bishops Arms Järntorget, Göteborg)
On October 19, 2008 - Porterfestivalen
Tried ’’’’spring 2007 - 7.2%’’’’ side by side with ’’’’spring 2008 - 7.5%’’’’
2007 version:
Very dark brown to black color, small light brown head. Smooth, sweet, chocolate and dried fruits scent, also vanilla and oak. Sweet, malty, caramel taste, lingers into roasted malt, cocoa and dry coffee, so nice! Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
9/4/9/4/18=4.4
2008 version:
Very dark brown to black color, small tan head. Sweet, fruity, citrussy hoppy scent. Some dried fruits, rather fresh and nice. Smooth, dry, caramel, sweet, chocolate, cocoa, roasted taste, very nice. Long rosted aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
8/4/9/4/17=4.2

(Bottle, Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 15 June 2007) Black colour with brief, pale brown head. Roasted nose with hints of smoke and tar, notes of liquorice, vanilla, blueberries, crowberries and juniper berries. Roasted, slightly tarry, taste with liquorice, crowberries and coffee with sugar. Drier, slightly smoky finish with a balanced hoppy bitterness. Medium to full body, oily texture. An old style porter with sweetish notes of wild berries. Definitely my kind of beer. And yet another impressive effort from Närke. 8/4/8/4/16=4.0 (Rerate: draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, 25 Jan 2008) Tasting notes mainly the same, but now even better!

Draught at "Den Tatoverede Enke". Black - Big brown head (Beautiful). Lots of chokolate, light coffee, burned, roasted, bitter, very smooth. Love it !!

Tight brown head, wonderful black color. Sweetly malty, chocolaty aroma. Silky smooth, slightly smoky as the beer gets warmer. Full, soft, coffee flavor. Very big. Dryish mouthfeel. Hoppy sidetouch. In one word: brilliant.

Draught at Den Tatoverede Enke, Copenhagen
Black color with impressive big creamy head. Very nice aroma, roasted malt, vanilla, hop, a bit cheesy. Smooth texture, well malty, some sweetness, very well mixed, with roasted malt, coffee, vanilla, yeast. The final is well balanced, with a mix of all.