Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter

Brewed by Närke Kulturbryggeri
Style: Imperial Stout
Örebro, Sweden

A huge thanks to WeeHeavySD for sharing this at the Woodshop#3 tastitng. Thick, chocolatey, roasty, very tasty. Got some dried fruit in the flavor too. Complex & tasty in every way.

NorCal Feb ’08 - Thank you Phil_L for bringing this beauty. I can’t say I haven’t been itching to try this beer for awhile now. It really was worth the wait, but there was so damned little of it that licking the glass was the only option after it was gone.

The beer pours out a thick, viscuous liquid, almostly looking like the consistancy of flowing blood it was that thick. A creamy one finger thick brown head which stayed the entire length of my enjoyment. Aroma...where to start. Dark chocolate, bourbon, soy sauce, alcohol, nougat, licorice, dark fruit, espresso beans, and lightly smokey somehow. Mouthfeel is monstrously huge. Coating your entire mouth would do it right. Flavors had nearly the same character as the aroma with a finish that was long and intense. The next time I have this beer I will worry less about deconstructing it and more about enjoying it.

Thanks to Fransios for this bottle. Shared with friends. Wonderful dark dark pour with decent brown head. Aromas were chocolate, anise, dark fruit. Flavors were all there. Some coffee and dark sugar flavors. So rich and thick. Very very good

Bottle @ Den Tatoverede Enke, Cph. Shared with Beljohansen. Brewed December 2006. Pours a pitch black colour with a medium mostly diminishing brown creamy head. Aroma of roasted malt, nice dark chocolate, dark fruits and alcohol. Very nice thick bit sticky mouthfeel, bit tickeling on the tongue. The flavour is soft with roasted malt, lots of dark chocolate, alcohol, toffee, dark fruits and some liquorice. Lovely roasty malt and chocolate finish. Round robust yet soft Imp. Stout. A gew more years in a cellar would make this brew even better.

[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!