Nils Oscar Imperial Stout

Brewed by Nils Oscar
Style: Foreign Stout
Nyköping, Sweden

(Blind rating at sk8viking’s.) Pours black with a light brown head. Sweet with aromas of toasted malts and a hint of vanilla. Aslo hints/burbs of sweet liquirish. Low carbonation. Medium bodied. Dry sweet finish.

(Bottle 33 cl) Black and opaque with a lightly creamy, beige head. Nose of roasted malt and coffee. Medium body with lightly burned coffee notes - rather distinct coffee actually. Lightly bitter finish from the malts. 020606

Bottle. Pours a deep brown body with red tinges on the edges and a small white head. The aroma has raisins, yeast, and chocolate. The flavour isn’t as smooth as I’d like it to be with simple notes of caramel, chocolate, and toffee. Pretty good but not spectacular. Sampled at the Københavnske Øldage 2006 on May 20, 2006.

Courtesy of MrWalker <!-- P --> Aroma has sharp salty soy notes, esspresso, dark chocolate, roasted notes and delicious fudge brownie kind of smell. Dark brown to black body with a quickly diminishing wispy mocha head. Very sharp and bitter in the fore, but it is a burnt bitter not a hoppy bitter. Lots of dark chocolate flavors that are both sweet and bitter. It’s pretty thin on the palate, but the incredible intensity of flavor moderates that a little. Feels like a porter int he mouth, but there are no mistaking the soy, coffee, chocolate and immensely bitter burnt flavors of an IS.

Sort øl (33 cl) købt i Sverige og Kvickly Smagen er mild kaffe/lakrids/bitter mørk chokolade. Eftersmag er let bitter. Duften er kaffe/chokolade. Skummet er flot brunt og holder ikke længe. Ikke meget kulsyre, men absolut en af de bedre øl.

A very tasty stout. Lot’s of malt and hops in the taste. Since I had it right out of a bottle I can’t really judge the aroma too well. Some tastes of chocolate as well. Will review this as soon as I have from a glas. I expect it to be soon.

Black body, brown shine, light brown creamy fast disappearing head, some laces; Very intense nose, not very deep, but quite complex: sweet soy sauce (not salty), bitter chocolate, milk chocolate, toffee; balanced body, with great carbonation and a soft texture; into long but a bit thin finish, quite bitter with licorice, bitter chocolate, some malt, some alcohol. the alcohol shines through in both nose, body and finish, but all in all very, very nice beer, that I wish I had some more bottles of.

2003 Vinatge: Poured a very dark brown color with a copper rim and small tan head. Tan oily film on the glass walls. Nice aroma of chocolate, smoke, and light soy. Sweet and roasty malt. Dark fruits and light alcohol. Roasted malt flavor. The flavor was light though. Maybe from the age. Roasty bitter finish. Body is a little thin for an IS.