Närke Stormaktsporter

Brewed by Närke Kulturbryggeri
Style: Imperial Stout
Örebro, Sweden

On-tap, 2007 version, at Bishops Arms, Järntorget, Porterfestivalen. Black color with a small brown head. Aroma: Heavy aroma of roastiness, licorice, chocolate, hay, Flavor: Heavy rostiness, but also sweet, licorice, espresso, raisins, hay, chocolate, caramel and light alcohol notes. Full bodied, smooth and very balanced.

On-tap, 2007 version, at Bishops Arms, Järntorget, Porterfestivalen. Black color with a small brown head. Aroma: Heavy aroma of roastiness, licorice, chocolate, hay, sweet malt, light alcohol and dried fruits.Flavor: Heavy rostiness, but also sweet, licorice, espresso, raisins, hay, chocolate, caramel and light alcohol notes. Full bodied, smooth and very balanced. 091018 - 2008 On-tap 091021 - 2005 and 2006 Bottles. Great.

Black with a lasting light brown head. Intense malt aroma of toffee and caramel, with some licorice. Dry and complex roasted flavour with all nuances of blackness, really delicious.

On tap on EBF in Copenhagen - a 2007 version. Pours a deep brown with a light taned head. The nose is pretty light with notes of cigars, plump and dry fruits like raisins. The mouthfeel is huge and it takes up every space in your mouth with a bombastic attitude. At the same time it is smooth as hell and both vinoes and sweet. I taste heavily roasted malts, brown sugar / sirup and cacao .. a bit like northeeuropean mead. The finish is long and bitter with strong hoppy flavours that keeps hunting you

It came as a very pleasant surprise to find the 2007 vintage of this one on tap at bar set up by Den Tatoverede Enke, EBF in Copenhagen. Shining, rosewood body with no head. In-depth smell of dark malts and vanilla sweetness. Delicious taste of honey, malt-covered dark and dried fruits (plenty of raisin and prunes) with an everlasting finish of roasted bitterness added a charming spicy touch (Saturday afternoon, 13.09.2008).

[on tap at EBF 2008; 2007 ed.] Chocolate-coffee aroma with sherry, vanilla, and cream notes. Black and opaque with a fine wispy cover. Velvety raspberry-chocolate with oak bourbon vanilla and perfect hops flavour and bitterness to balance. Salty, but not overly. Excellent roastiness. Full body, moderate carbonation, lasting roasty bitterness, warming.

Tap at EBF 2008, Copenhagen. The body is black ant the head is brown. Aroma is dark chocolate and sweetness. Flavor is fantastic mixture of coffee, chocolate and dark fruit. Now I´m looking for the «Kaggen».....

Had this at the European Beer Festival, Kobenhaven 13-09-08 Pours black, wonderful oily texture and really thick substantial mouthfeel. Creamy, loads of coffee and dark fruits, good but not as good as the mighty Kaggen.