Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter

Brewed by Närke Kulturbryggeri
Style: Imperial Stout
Örebro, Sweden

Bottle. Menacingly black appearance, looks good, but what stout/porter doesn’t? Aroma is fantastic. Vinous, oaky, heavily roasted, licorice, chocolate, dark fruit, rum, vanilla. Palate is once again fantastic. Rich, vinous, yet the oak isn’t really too overdone in my opinion. Nice rum n’ raisin character in the flavour, with lots of roasty malt, mocha, chocolate and licorice flavours. The flavour really seems to go on forever. I tried my be as harsh as i could ith my rating, but i kept just loving it more with every sip, and in my opinion it was simply fantastic. Best beer ever (in the words of my good friend magic_dave).

Bottle@Home, vintage 06, Mar 08, 4.7: I’m such a lucky guy to get to try this again. Thanks a lot Menno! Strong moccha, honey and whiskey aroma. Pours a thick black liquid with a dark brown head leaving nice lace. Sweet, chocolate, moccha, honey, whiskey and vanilla. Thick and warming mouthfeel. Wonderful balance, very flavorful. Bottle@Home, Jan 07, 4.5: Peaty, smoke and moccha aroma with a hint of varnish. Black as hell, brown head, good lace. Light sweet, moccha, peaty, coffee, roasted bitter, oily. The flavor doesn’t disappear. I guess after breakfast tomorrow morning it will still be there. Wow!

rbesg06, bottled. jet black with a lasting brown head. aroma of mudcake, with plenty of vanilla whisky and rum’n’raisin ice cream. really luscious, thick, buttery texture. hints of marzipan, bitter chocolate, alcohol noticeable but not overwhelming. fantastic, i kept upping my score by a point every couple of sips

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.

Bottled at RBESG 2005, and rerated last time in november -07. Pitch black. No head. Saly oak and licorice in abundance. Extremely full-bodied.

(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!

Keg @ Oliver Twist, Stockholm
Wow, this is big. No, sorry; This is BIG! Think Dark Lord, think Oak aged Yeti, think Great Lakes BA Blackout Stout. Full bodied to the border of chewable. Very rich in tastes and complex. Licorice, tar, vanilla, nuts, coffee, chocolate, ink, bourbon, oak, roasted malts and more. Long lingering soft aftertaste that craves for more, more, more. THE best Swedish brew I’ve had in my 20+ years of beer tasting.

Many thanks to Per for hooking me up with a bottle of this beer. Pours dark brown with red hints and a light brown head. Smells of fruit, spices, chocolate, hints of oak and cherries, boozy in a complimentary way, caramel. Tastes of chocolate, dark fruit, hints of warming alcohol, lots of burnt coffee hints, caramel, dry oak, charcoal. Mouthfeel is oily and slick and the finish on ths one yields a nice oak character. I could easily drink this all winter if I were local to one of the places that sell it.