Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter

Brewed by Närke Kulturbryggeri
Style: Imperial Stout
Örebro, Sweden

Bottle at Toms Ultimate Glasgow Tasting: Poured a deep dark brown with a tan color head. The aroma is fruit and roastedness with slight liquorish. The taste is roasted coffee with a liquorish finish.

Mmmmmm, completly black, hint of fruit, raisin together with the "usually" baltic porter aromas tar, chocolate, licorice and with an strong and long bitterness.

Very black color with a thin tannish colored head. Smell is strong with malts, alcohol, wood, raisians, and bourbon. Taste is strong but with a great feel and a nice body. Notes of dark fruit, malts. A powerful and great beer.

Bottle. Black color, small white head. Complex beer! Smells cigar, port, raisins and honey. The taste is sweet at first, hints of vanilla. Lots of bitter dark chocolate, soy. The taste of a fine cigar rounds it off. Thick oily beer. Smooth. Very good!

For rating 3500, this one needs to go out with a big bang. Thanks to cgarvieuk for smuggling this one through customs and sharing a 2006 vintage at Dark Lord Day 09, I got a thin pour but enough to try it. Pours an opaque dark brown (nearly black) colored brew with a thin tan head that sticks around. Aroma of toasted dark malt, some raisin, dark pitted fruits, and chocolate. Taste is full bodied, thick and chewy with flavors of toasted dark malt, a hint of molasses, raisin, chocolate and vanilla. Finish is smooth as silk, creamy with a lingering toasted dark malt and raisin aftertaste. The alcohol warmth was a nice touch. Awesome!

Very generously traded by an amazing ratebeerian. Thanks so much for the opportunity to try this one!!
Pours a dark black with a medium lived dark tan head in a snifter. Smell is very well balanced and aromatic with bourbon, oak, and smooth rich chocolatey malt. Taste is dark chocolate and smooth balanced bourbon and oak with a light hint of a warming feeling with no burn or alcoholic flavor. Decent mouthfeel, but a bit thinner than I prefer for imperial stouts. Finishes with a lightly bitter dark chocolate flavor. This was definitely an amazing beer, and surprisingly didn’t disappoint. Thanks again!

2006 Bottle @ Merritt Island tasting, courtesy of hopscotch and the Orlando crew, kisses for saving a schnitt for latecomers!!! Gorgeous black silken body with luscious tan lacing, giving a satiny palate. Robust coffee aromas and flavors with lots of bourbon swirling around. A smooth, tasty, well-crafted and refined brew well-deserving of its accolades. An honor to drink.

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.