Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter

Brewed by Närke Kulturbryggeri
Style: Imperial Stout
Örebro, Sweden

Re-rate bottled at Akkurat and at SMÖF. The flavours are now more mature and balanced. The silkyness of teh regular Stormaktsporter now combines well with all the attractive barrel induced flavours. It has grown one step further on bottles.
[Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm] Intransparently black, small pale brown head. Rich aroma of licorice and wood. Sweet with full body and concentrated flavour of coffee, tar, oak and whiskey. Salty finish with vanilla and chocolate as well as a fair amount of bitterness. The barrel character does not overpower the other flavours, making it more balanced than many other barrel aged beers.

Deep black in colour with a thin tan head and light lacing. The aroma is of vanilla, bourbon, roasted malts, some alcohol but all the while rather sweet. The flavour is warming, quite sweet, creamy, vanilla, roasted malts and some oak. Warm and sweet mouthfeel, medium/large body, medium carbonation. Finishes long, warming and quite bitter.

This intensified more and more as I drank this. The alcohol is quite warm at time and the chocolate picks up at the end. Initially I really didn’t care all that much for this. My initial rating was a 3.6 but the more I drank this the more flavours came out. Lots of smoke started to come out as did some oak. The body starts to intensify as it warms as well and the mouthfeel became really silky. Very good, world class.

250ml bottle obtained in a trade with a very generous ratebeerian, thanks, you know who you are.
Opened on October 8, 2008.
Vintage 2006.

Tasted at the February Northern California Beer Tasting. This Imperial Stout pours an eclipse black color from the bottle. Small to medium sized foamy tan head. The aroma is chocolate and toffee, dark fruit, chocolate, oak and licorice. A very full bodied Imperial Stout. The malts are chocolate and toffee, dark fruit, licorice, oak and some bourbon. The hops are earthy. An incredibly full mouthfeel, a real tongue coater. Lots of chocolate and coffee flavors as wellas some dark fruit and vanilla. Nice balance. Good beer. Mouthfeel is very full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Dark black with tan thin head. Aroma of chocolate and oak. Damn this is good, and I say that expecting to be let down as though this beer was all hype. Has a bit of a strange flavour for an imperial stout but it’s really fantastic. Full creamy and chewy body with a nice light feeling with the carbonation despite the coating ability of this thicker stout. Missing is the sometimes annoying charred bitter and astringent malt character, surprising given the coffee flavour towards the end. Finishes out with chocolate and a bit of soy. Really well done and a very good stout.

Draught at EBF 2008. Black colour with a small beige head and some lacing.Complex aroma and taste of roasted malts, chocolate, fruit with a nice hoppy touch.

Dark brown, small head. Malty and Coconut aroma. Flavors of rich, roasty malts, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, bitter chocolate, slight alcohol and dried fruit. Smooth and rich.

(Bottle 25 cl) Pours completely black and opaque with a handsome, dense light brown head. Complex, vinous aroma with sweetish, roasted malts. Very full body with a shipload of roasted malt and notes of dried and overripe fruits. And then oak of course. Discreet bitterness with the alcohol shining through. Extemely complex and pleasant from start to finish. 260806

A huge thanks to WeeHeavySD for sharing this at the Woodshop#3 tastitng. Thick, chocolatey, roasty, very tasty. Got some dried fruit in the flavor too. Complex & tasty in every way.