Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter

Brewed by Närke Kulturbryggeri
Style: Imperial Stout
Örebro, Sweden

Bottle RBESG 07. Pitch black beer. Lots of liquorice, an amazing imperial stout. Molasses and fruit - prunes and raisins. A tone of port/sherry, too.

Bottled(250ml). -RBESG2008, Grand Tasting. 2006 vintage.
Deep black coloured, medium sized brown head, light alcoholic chocolate nose. Roasted malt, chocolate, alcohol and coffee taste. Very complex beer. Goes in TOP 5 grand tasting beers.

Bottle 2006. Opaque color, short brown head. Aroma of dark chocolat, sweet, oak wood, port, candy. Quite unique to find this combination in a beer. Very strong and complex taste of chocolat, port wine, cognac, slight alcoholic, hint of vanilla. This definitely beats a Westvleteren.

(2006 bottle, at Konttori Tampere) Almost black colored, slight red colored. Little brown head. So, this is it. Aroma is excellently deep one: oaky-vanilla is dominating here, roastiness with nice hopped tone and licorice also here. Mild alcohol noticable too. Full bodied. Flavor is even better: same vanilla-oaks dominating in start, also licorice and chocolate here. Aftertaste is finely balancing with strong hops and dryness, vanilla lasts until I’m home. Alcohol covered in flavor totally. So, this was it.

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!

(Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Oh my, this is probably one of the best Swedish beers I’ve sampled to date. It pours out in a opaque black colour topped with a low but long lasting brown head. Huge aroma of wood, tar, nuts, smoke, dark chocolate, whisky and ink. The flavour is really intense and decadent of smoked wood, concentrated black coffee, nut-shells, salmiak, anise-seeds and ink. Long and rather dry and thick aftertaste of wood, dark bitter chocolate, anise, smoke and alcohol. Probably a fantastic beer, yes, it’s great!

Dude cgarvieuk hooked us up wtih this one. I mean holy shit what a beer to open and share at DL day. Black, small tannish head. Aroma is so wonderful. Roast, vanilla, toffee(lots), espresso beans, prunes, plums, damn this beer has it all. Flavor is just unreal. Seriously unreal. So full of vanilla, toffee, chocolate, coffee, fruit and damn this was amazing. Did I mention it was good? Thanks Craig. YOU RULE.

Yes!!! Bottle 2006. Rating #1900. Aroma of chocolate, wood, earth, cake, prunes, cognac. Very special and unique aroma. Opaque, black coloured with a thin, brown head. Taste is sweet with some coffee bitterness. Woods, lots of chocolate, some prunes appear in the taste. More cognac than port taste. Very lingering palate. Alcohol is noticeable (duh... 10%) but it gives the beer a nice warming character. Great stuff this is. I hope I can get it more often.