Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter

Brewed by Närke Kulturbryggeri
Style: Imperial Stout
Örebro, Sweden

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.

Huge thanks to TheCheeseMan for sharing this one with me. 2006. Pours black with black/brown edges and a small, creamy, brown head that dissipates to a ring on the edge of the glass. Nose of roasted malt, oak, bittersweet chocolate, vanilla, burnt sugar, honey, dark dried fruits, light smoke, and subtle licorice. Flavor is similar, but even more rich. Adds milk chocolate, molasses, marshmallow, more roast, and just a hint of warming alcohol. Nice balance of sweetness and roast. Full body is rich and smooth. Awesome. Definitely one of the best imperial stouts I’ve had.

You see, I have a problem with this beer. You want to know what it is, this will probably be the only time that I get hold of some. Why didn’t I share it with someone? Oily, tar like, mild vanilla, definite caramel. Love the foam. Best porter that I’ve ever had....

Pours pitch black with a brown/yellow head. Oaky, vinous whisky-ish aroma with some notes of chocolate and coffee. Thick mouthfeel. Really burned flavour. Some hints of madeira, dried fruits and dark chocolate. Some vanilla notes in finish. Long aftertaste. Absolutely wonderful.

2008 edition on tap at 1st BBF at De Molen. Beer poured a black hole color with a beige head, medium thickness. The aroma was malty, a bit cocoa and wood notes. Taste is intense and exceptional. Vanilla, dried fruits and coffee, wood.

Bottle: Black hasy colour, with a brown creamy foam. Aroma of maderira, dark chocolate,toffee. Flavor, is dark chocolate, a bit of fruity ending, but has a fantastic oily mouth feeling. This is the best Porter I have tasted so long. Werry nice. Full body,nice finish.

1. From the Bottle at the GBBF Bar Sans Frontiers Earl’s Court, London 08/08/2007 Lots of chocolate and fruit aromas. Black strong in alcohol and smooth on the palate. Some dryness. Caramel and chocolate prevalent in the finish. 2. From the Bottle at Tom’s Ultimate Glasgow Tasting, Blackfriars 01/12/2007 Strong and sweet whisky aroma. Small tan head. Black with lots of alcohol present. Rich on the palate with coffee and spiced flavours. A little bitterness in a warming finish. (2006 Version)

CBF07 sample poured by omhper from a bottle given by the brewer himself at the RB table. I’m extremely thankful for having had a chance to taste this. I had to go outside into the sunshine to enjoy this. By incident (well...) this was my tasting number 200 at CBF07. I had 7 more tastings after this, but it took me an hour to start sampling again. This beer will however conclude my RB postings from the CBF07. Ah well the beer :) : From 25 cL bottle. Pours completely black with thick brown head, very creamy. Aroma of coffee, chocolate and slight tobacco. A vague dried fruity note too. Flavour is first chocolate, then toffee sweet and this becomes a strong liqourice dominans. A soft bitterness lingering into the finish. Clear presence of alcohol, but only reasonable. It does give the beer an initial edge. Very thick, very fullbodied.