Nils Oscar Imperial Stout

Brewed by Nils Oscar
Style: Foreign Stout
Nyköping, Sweden

Bottle: Courtesy of renhed. Dark brown in color with no head. Chocolate and roasted malts in the nose with some dark fruit notes as well. Medium bodied, mildly dry and full of malty goodness. Dark chocolate, coffee, licorice and plums are all melded well together and compliment each other nicely.

Very dark body with a small soft light brown head. Nose of rich chocolate brownies and caramel. The hops were a bit strong in the finish, could mellow a bit, body was lighter then a lot of the imp. stouts around here, but this was at a much lower ABV also. Good chocolate flavors with a charred flavor towards the finish.

Dark brown with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate, caramel and sweet dark fruits. Flavor of sweet and chocolate malts. Finishes with bitter chocolate. Medium bodied, low carbonation and pretty drinkable.

Bottle. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, powered cocoa, and a hint of caramel. Flavor is coffee, rich roasted malts, bitter chocolate and some light smoke. medium bodied with a chalky finish.

Bottle. Pours what appears to be black, but is actually a deep mahogany color when held to the light. The tan head was barely around long enough to check the color. The aroma had quite a bit of roasted character joined by a little coffee, moderate chocolate, and a hint of dark fruits. The flavor is roasted malt early, the sweetness from the chocolate flavors appears in the middle, while the roassted character reappears in the finish. Some dark fruits are also in the mix of flavors. Medium bodied, could use a bit more viscosity. Not bad.

Bottle. Rich dark chocolate, well roasted malts, toasted tobacco leaf, wet leather, espresso on the nose. The malt component is quite nice: roasted, but not so charred as to take on an astringent and bitter quality. Pours nearly opaque brown with a decent lived khaki head leaving excellent sticky lacing. Less flavor on the tongue than I had hoped based on the nose. Toasted vanilla bea, spent coffee grounds, bitter chocolate. Decent, but nothing too spectacular. Medium, leaning toward full bodied. A good, but not overly, amount of carbonation for the style. Finishes with a mellow roasted malt quality.

Pours a brown color with a tan head. Not as thick as I was hoping. Somewhat decent roasted aroma with molasses and dark fruits in the background. Strong coffee flavor on this one with the roasted malts, chocolate, and molasses dominating the flavor. Slightly bitter finish but not quite enough of an alcohol warming.

Bottle. Pours amber black with moderate beige head. The aroma is quite roasty, with some fainter notes of nuts, berries, and dark chocolate. The flavor starts with a roasty dark, almost burnt, coffee note, rounded off by a slight creamy caramel hint. Some dark chocolate comes in the middle, as well as an assertive bitterness. It finishes somewhat dry with a bitter tannic acid and lemon aftertaste. Pretty good brew.