Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter

[Bottle @ Den Tatoverede Enke to celebrate 600th rating] Black with thick brown head. Aroma is sweet and very vinious with roasted malt, liquerice, coffee and overripe fruits. Rich flavor with roasted malt, chocolate, liquerice and coffee taste. Overripe fruits very viniuos and pleasant alchol notes. Nice!

Thanks to WeeHeavySD for sharing! Dark dark brown with a small tan head. Incredibly intense aroma of roasted malt, with coffee and chocolate notes. Flavor starts with a bitter roasted malt, then mellows to a sweeter woodsy and chocolate taste, before ending on a sharper note. Huge, warm mouthfeel. Very rich and big imperial stout.

Bottle of the 2005 version at Akkurat in October 2007. The head is brown, dissipates fast but laces a bit. Caramel, alcohol and very dark, bready malts on the aroma. Smoky caramel and dark, dark smooth malts in the flavour. Incredibly smooth and full it reminds me of an LBV port but with less fruitiness, of course. As I got further into it I noticed more oak and black(?) bread. It’s a beer to be enjoyed slowly for sure. I split the (small) bottle with my heterosexual life partner who was probably even more impressed then I with this remarkably crafted beer. I’m hard pressed to remember a more complex beer than this one. There are endless layer and each sip is a journey. It’s not my favourite of the style (I’m not sure what beer is anyway) but it displays such craft and shows what can be done with "mere" malts and hops.

1000th Rating. God damn this has been a long time coming. Via trade with Magic Dave6, thanks dude. I’ve wanted to drink this for a long time but knew it had to wait for 1000. And it seems to have been worth the wait. This is the 2006 vintage and it pours a beautiful deep deep black with a light brown head that started frothy and faded to a kind of island. Nose is huge with notes of chocolate, coffee, and some roasty malts, it’s a damn big nose, speedway has a big nose, peche mortel has a big nose, this nose seems bigger to me, maybe its the moment that is taking over my sense but I’m not sure, it smells pretty damn good. Taste is pretty damn nice as well, it’s chocolaty, smooth, with bits of coffee and malt and toasted roasted malts. There is a lot going on here, right now I’ve got a nice coffee bean aftertaste going but the actual taste is pretty diverse and damn fine. This is pretty damn stellar, and I think I may have to rate it above speedway, I know I know, but its damn good, its damn near perfect. What a beer to rate for number 1000, it was 1st when I traded for it, and now its 2nd, hopefully soon to be first again. Great to share this moment with my girlfriend Cyn, my beer buddy Kevin, my friends Liz and Jessi and lets not forget Kaggen!

Thanks to Fordest for this gem. Although this beer is very hyped it was still excellent. Pours dark, dark brown no light passes through this, with a minimal head. Aroma of coffee, malt, alcohol, toasted nuts,and caramel. Flavors of sweet malt, caramel, and alcohol. Very warming.

When you got in the glass it foaming beautiful and get a nice aroma of coffe and chocolate in the hole surroundings. In the mouth it is round and flavor rich. And when you had swollow it you just want anouther sip. Almost a perfect beer.

Thanks to fordest for sharing this one. I was worried the hype wouldn’t live up to the beer. I was wrong this is an excellent imperial stout. Strong aroma of roasted malts, some wood, and sweetness. Flavors were excellent.

330ml Bottle I found it at three places. Monks Cafe: 450:- Macinleys Inn: 245:- Glennfidich: 225:- Where i bought it. This doesn’t effekt my rating though. The rating is accurate according to how the beer tasted and felt. I had some dark chocolate just to get the right taste to it and it was okay. A very strong tastefull beer.