Stallhagen Påsk (Systembolaget Version)

Bottled. Dark brown colour with low bubbly head. Aroma from rye bread, caramel, toast malts. Flavour is very rich - bit tarry, with toast malts, coffee, chocolate, licorice and pepper. Light mouthfeel, and not so heavily malty like the average dunkler bock. A very tasty, well balanced beer.

(Bottle) Pours very dark brown to black with a small light brown head. The aroma is of medium roasted and light burned malt with tones of coffee, roasted/caramelized nuts, dark chocolate and dark juicy rye bread. Undertones of salt/sweet liquorice, soy, dark berries and maybe a whisper of smoke and white pepper. The flavour is medium roasted with a mild tar tone alongside notes of coffee, chocolate, salt/sweet liquorice, dark bread, soy and light smoke. Medium sweet and light to medium bitter. The mouthfeel is soft carbonated, light oily and quite round. Sweet aftertaste of liquorice/sal ammoniac, brown sugar, chocolate, bread and coffee. Medium bodied. This was a nice surprise. I really liked this one.

Bottle. Strong malty flavour, some roasted corn, salty liquorice. Sweet finish. Somewhat like a Baltic porter, could have done with some more hops.

Very dark brown, almost black. No head, just a little foam that quickly disappears. Carbonation is low, aroma strong and intense with lots of smooky flavors from fire-boiled coffee and sunheated tar-treated jetties. Apart from that it is a really wintery brew, suitable for heavy fatty food or desserts rather than eggs and fish. Or something to enjoy on its own.

(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of joergen. Hazy, dark brown with a small, rough, beige head. Aroma of roasted malt and Danish rye bread. Solid body with plenty of roasted malt and sweetish Danish rye. The finish is dry. Quite nice. 040408