Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter

Bottled (2006). One of my most wanted beers and totally unexpectedly I stumbled across a bottle of this during my Euro trip. Big props n !respekt! to my friend Manuele. Where to begin...pours a beautiful pitch black with a creamy brown head that lingers. Intensely amazing aroma of rich chocolate, vanilla, oak, raisins, plums, honey wow there is so much going on here and extremely complex. It took me a while and then some to get around to actually tasting this. The first sip is dominated by chocolate, vanilla and oak. More chocolate and dark fruit and even some whiskey and smoked flavours are introduced. I wish I had a greater vocabulary to describe this. Has it been mentioned before that is an extraordinarily complex beer. Now I’m just rambling on. I’ve never had a beer this smooth, it’s ridiculous. An oily silky smooth mouthfeel. Warm finish and brilliantly balanced. Perfection.

Bottle. Translucent still pour with a razor thin ring of bubbles. Inky on the side of the glass. Nose-maple syrup, lots of raisin and figs, light woody bourbon, toast, salt. Taste-high CO2, lactic, light acrid smoke, sweet marshmallow, cola, Dr. Pepper, heavy white spices, a little on the sweet side, slightly acrid.

Thanks to BrianK for sharing. Pours a deep dark black velvet with metallicy bronze hints as the light hits it with a shimmering deep brown head which lasts very well and has nice lace. Aroma is oak and vanilla upfrotn but not in your face or over teh top buttery like some others- more clean and refined than most BA beers, light bourbon and caramel as well whcih mix well with the deep dark chocolate malts, and fruity fig-like esters- hints of espresso, vanilla dn a bit of licorice as well.. Flavor is also loaded up with big sweet chocolate malts, more bourbon and oak, more vanilla ( almost a Charleston Chew candy like character) on the flavor turns more to licorice, leather then a nice earthiness (burlap sack and cedar cigar box) along with more coffee and roast in the end with a perfect bitterness. Smooth slightly oily palate with lingering caramelized reduction of brown sugar and port. Awesome!

Skillfully produced beer. At first the oak-barrels came through a little too much, but after just 10 minutes sitting around the smoothness and complexities really shown through. All in all a top notch brew I wish I could get more of.

Bottle thanks to Omhper, I’m very grateful to you man! Appearance: dark color. Beautiful brown head, medium size, lasting and dense. Aroma: intensive chocolate and a sweet roast malty. After, a lot of aromatic reminiscences like pure cacao, coffee-grains, truffles, oak wood, ripe fruits, vanilla and milk cream. Flavor: start with a robust and multidimensional chocolate taste, is like to chew a chocolate-marzipan cake or a mousse of chocolate. Roasted malty some astringent. Intensives and complex reminiscences like liquory truffles, wood, toasted hazelnuts, candy blackberries, figs, dark raisins, "sweet of milk", maybe cinnamon, chocolaty tobacco, cream and liquor hints similar to Porto wine, woody whisky and coffee liquor. In the end I can feel a light dryness from the hops. Hidden alcohol degree. Palate: coating the tongue and all the mouth, full body, creamy and oily texture, fleshy. Low carbonation. Remark: amazing beer in all dimensions, very complex, good barrel background, intensive beer but balanced at the same time. A lovely shock for my palate.

bottle. very dark with an orange thin head.. smells great, dark fruit- a lot of figs and strawberry. taste- sweet berry -blackberry with toffee & cocoa. lingering sweet berry. 4 9 7 4 16

2006 Vintage bottle from MaltOMeal at the December Houston tasting. There are beers that fall short of hype, there are beers that meet the hype, and then there is Narke Kaggen Stormaktsporter, which annihilates the hype and then kicks its butt again. This beer is almost flawless; from the pouring of the motor- oil-in-a-black-hole-tinted liquid to the final sip of bourbon barrel soaked chocolate syrup, this beer blows most others out of the stratosphere. The nose is a symphony of bourbon oak, chocolate, woody sugar, and molasses. As I said before, this beer pours as dark as motor oil in a black hole. Darth Vader looks downright pale compared to this beauty. A waterfall of flavors tickle the taste buds with each precious sip, notably the aforementioned chocolate syrup seemingly poured from a bourbon cask after maturing for 30 years, with a stark dark fruit presence that rounds out the experience. Mouthfeel is downright pudding-like; chewy, thick, and heavy. I did not want this taste experience to end.

bottle thanks to anders37. This was #1 on my wantlist all year long and had it as one of my New Years resolutions to try this. This poured pitch black with a very tiny, light brown head. Nose was of roast malt and oak with some bourbon. As it warmed, the aromas enhanced to include some coffee and chocolate. Taste was incredible. Delicious chocolate, fruit, vanilla and bourbon. The texture was chewy, yet there was no harshness here. Slight alcohol warmth. Very complex. This was the best tasting beer I have ever had, by far. Truly fantastic. Give me a supply of these and I would never drink anything else again. The perfect beer.