Närke Stormaktsporter

Brewed by Närke Kulturbryggeri
Style: Imperial Stout
Örebro, Sweden

2005 and 2007 Bottle @ Bishops Arms.Black/Brown with brown head. sweet roasted powerfull body coffee salty vanilla liqorice herbs figs well balanced.

2007 bottle courtesy of omhper. Pours dark brown with some off white bubbles. Smells of roasted malt, cherries, molasses, some peppery touches. Tastes roasted and nicely cherry like with a nice balanced fruity bitterness on the finish. Some resiny qualities emerge as this one warms.

Tap @ The Rover. Black with a creamy "nitro-keg like" lasting beige head. Sweet cocoa, even some fruitiness, as a cherry spirit, and a nice burnt character in the end. That’s for the aroma. The body is damn’ full, but the end is dry. Flavours are strong, chocolatey, and the finish is a bit salty and bitter.

2006 bottle @ BA Järntorget 090426. Pours with a small brown head. Slightly sourish and nutty aroma with notes of chocolate, soy and dates. Flavor is bitter and astringent with a smoky note. Overall leaning more towards english than american stouts. Perfectly aged right now.

The bottle I sampled was a 2005 bottle that my cousin krkearney shared with me around the Christmas holiday, thanks Keith! The beer poured a deep black hole color with a deep brown head that runs away quickly. The nose had some wonderful chocolate and caramel notes. The taste has a definite bitter chocolate taste with some dried fruit notes and a great malty backbone. I am glad I finally got a chance to try one of the Narke beers.

2005 vintage. Very vinous, smooth and kind. Olily and slick with loads of flavour, berries, chocolate, fruit. Very complex and multidimensional but at the same time polite with a rather carefull approach.

[250 ml bottle, 2005 vintage] Thanks ClarkVV. Another well balanced Stout from Narke. Aroma indicated signs of aging, but the "Porter" is dominated by various flavors of Liquorice, roasted malt, Vanilla, bold coffee, and (bitter) dark fruits (raisins, prunes, and maybe cherries).

[250 ml bottle, 2005 vintage] Pitch black color, with a thick chokolate brown foam. A sweet aroma with rasins, burnt sugar and caramell malt. The flavor is vineuse (?) and full with chokolate, sweet rasins, vanilla and a smooth after taste with honey.