Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter

Brewed by Närke Kulturbryggeri
Style: Imperial Stout
Örebro, Sweden

Bought at the bar Bishops Arms in Malmö, Sweden for the price of 120 skr - thats very fair...we were three and had one each...no sharing. This one were a 2007 edition and was poured in a tulip-wine glass. Like the rugby team in NZ this could go for all black. The head was likewise very brown - very nice looking. The aroma was dominated of chocolate with sidenotes of tobacco together with some oak. The taste is warm, round and sweet. Its not very heavy compared to other stouts like this. Lots of spice, chocolate and the wooden notes. Ver nice and very balanced but not as complex as i thought it would be. Nice surprise to find this one on a evening dominated of pretty shitty pale ales.

2006 Edition.

Thank you Bonus Beer Bob for the chance to try this incredibly rare beer. While I’ve had it once before, this was the only time I’ve had more than a couple of sips, and enough to properly wrap my head around the beer. Thanks dude.

Pours a thick, viscous, oily black. Tan, creamy head. Beautiful. Chocolate, honey, creamy espresso in the smell. Notes of brown sugar and vanilla. Complex. Wonderful. Inviting. Huge, rich, creamy chocolate, brown sugar, tobacco, dark fruits, oak all slowly unveil themselves in the taste. Caramel and vanilla notes. Honey carries through from the smell as well and provides a very nice, unique note in this beer. Super rich, super creamy mouthfeel with virtually no alcohol heat. Excellent. Extremely drinkable.

Every once in a while, a beer lives up to the hype. This is one of those. Incredibly complex, with layers of complexity that are slowly peeled back, sip after sip. All this, and no noticeable flaws to dampen the enjoyment. Awesome beer. Keg for my home, please? Ha, I wish. So, in summary, this beer sucks. Don’t seek it out. Avoid at all costs. /sarcasm.

2006 edition. Served at about 45 degrees fahrenheit in 13-ounce snifter. Pours an oily dark brown with just a little lacing on top. Aroma is very complex: Coffee, berries, other dark fruits... Smells really good. Flavor is quite similar to the aroma. Not as sweet as the average impy, but there’s definitely a little sweetness. Only slightly bitter. Mouthfeel is quite oily, I like the sticky, thick viscosity. A nice warmth develops in my chest after a few minutes and lingers. The flavor I can’t give anything but a 10 because it really is super delicious, though very unique. I guess you could say that this is quite "elegant". Very classy; It is really a big beer that at the same time is very graceful and not at all assailing. Overall, world-class, though perhaps a little overhyped. I mean, it’s just wonderful, but the margin by which this is better than other top-notch impys isn’t that great. Nevertheless I’m glad I got a chance to try it. Bravo...Thanks Narke.

Deep black in colour with a thin tan head and light lacing. The aroma is of vanilla, bourbon, roasted malts, some alcohol but all the while rather sweet. The flavour is warming, quite sweet, creamy, vanilla, roasted malts and some oak. Warm and sweet mouthfeel, medium/large body, medium carbonation. Finishes long, warming and quite bitter.

This intensified more and more as I drank this. The alcohol is quite warm at time and the chocolate picks up at the end. Initially I really didn’t care all that much for this. My initial rating was a 3.6 but the more I drank this the more flavours came out. Lots of smoke started to come out as did some oak. The body starts to intensify as it warms as well and the mouthfeel became really silky. Very good, world class.

250ml bottle obtained in a trade with a very generous ratebeerian, thanks, you know who you are.
Opened on October 8, 2008.
Vintage 2006.

250. Thanks, Thewolf and after4ever! Pours opaque black with a thick, tight lacy brown head. Sweet aroma of coffee, brown sugar, vanilla and licorice. All the same flavors from the aroma swirling around in the taste. Woody finish. Sadness as I discover the empty bottom of my glass.

250ml 2006 bottle so generously shared by after4ever. Pours a thick, dark as night black with a dense deep tan head; looks just fantastic in the glass. Nose is just what you would want in a perfect Impy Stout; roasty malt, vanilla, chocolate, plum, oak and bourbon...wow! I could pretty much smell this all night. The taste is just as amazing with all the flavors coming together with such balance and grace. This is the best beer I have ever had and it fully lives up to the hype. Thanks Tom for sharing such a treat!

I’ve tasted a vintage 2007, thank you rickgordon!. Do not drink it too cold! If you do that the beer would not to open... The beer has a dark sirupy-oily body with a small lacing but creamy and delicious brown head. Absolutly rich, liqueric aroma of coffee, dark chocolate and plum-dried fruits, tons of roasted malt, candy sugar. The flavor is something unbelievable. Hard attack of an oily textured, rich bodied beer with roasted grains, coffe and cocoa, dark chocolate, vanilla and candy sugar, character of the oak barrels. Long finish and roasted aftertaste. Thanks again, rick!

Ive tried this beer twice now and it has been amazing both times. Extremely smooth yet complex taste. It kinda hugs your mouth and wants to stay there forever. The best beer I have every tried and I hope I get to taste it again.