Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter

Brewed by Närke Kulturbryggeri
Style: Imperial Stout
Örebro, Sweden

2006. Provided by kmweaver. Pitch black body with a tiny tan head - fades to a cover. The nose is very sweet and vinous with licorice, molasses, plums, dark chocolate, roast, light ash, light berry and some alcohol. The flavor is very sweet, extremely low bitterness with honey, molasses, caramel, chocolate, licorice, rum, roast, cola and vanilla. Full body is sticky with soft carbonation and a warm finish that is a bit thin. Very average Imperial Stout, though barrel aging is well done.

Bottle at Bishop’s Arms, Karlstad, Sweden. This is art! Not bloody beer. Fantastic honey/toffee/chocolate flavor with unimaginary nice taste. This is not bollocks! You CAN’T have a better beer than this IMO. I won’t ever forget the wonderful taste, one can only hope to get the chance to taste it again.

Bottle at Bishops Arms, Karlstad, Sweden, 2008/01/23. To be honest, I’m a beginner when it comes to beer. But this is, definitely, the best beer I’ve tasted. I don’t no what to say, but if there is one beer in the world, which deserves the highest rating, I think this is the one. Fantastic, sweet flavor with a huge taste of chocolate, toffee, vanilla, honey, etc. Now I can die happy.

Bottle at Bishops Arms, Karlstad, Sweden, 2008/05/17. I had this beer a second time. Sadly it happened to be Bishops last bottle (2006 version). Did I "hype" this brew the first time? Hell no! It was bloody amazing again. The beer is extremely well-balanced. Aroma is amazing... I could smell this all day long. Wonderful chocolate and vanilla aromas here. Flavour of chocolate, caramel, toffe, honey and vanilla, exactly as I remembered it. It also had som plesant fruity notes, as far as I remembered. Mothfeel was thick, creamy and smooth. If I was honored to have this once, having it twice was far beyond my own imagination. Hopefully I find it again someday, but one can’t be sure about that.

Årgång 2006. Massive black with brownish head. Deep spicy aroma, sweet taste with hints of spices and alcohol. Big body. Light carbonation. A great stout overall and suits perfect as 250 ml bottle.

I tasted the Kaggen stout at the brewery. It was not quite ready, but a world-class it was. Extremely complex but very tasty and refreshing.

rating #300....bottle of 2006 vintage....silky smooth dark brown and almost black pour accompanied by a very thin tan head with some very nice lacing as it is swirled.....even better was the nose which, too, was velvety amooth with rich caramel and vanilla notes. the bourbon was present but did overpower the other essences. it nicely works in harmony with the rich chocolate stout characteristics.....moving on the the flavors, lots of bitter roastiness here and more of that rich chocolate sensation. some of the ba qualities also comes into play here. in my mind, the flavor was somewhat curtailed and i wished that it had more of a followthrough. finish was roasty as well.....in summary the nose was terrific and i wished the flavors lived up to those expectations set forth by the aroma. a must try if you can get your hands on it.

Dark brown, small head. Malty and Coconut aroma. Flavors of rich, roasty malts, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, bitter chocolate, slight alcohol and dried fruit. Smooth and rich.

This was a awesome IPS and i was lucky to get this,it had hints of honey and oak with a warming feeling but very smooth to the finish well worth the hype and would love to get some more.CHEERS!