Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter

Big thanks to Drewbeerme for sharing this hard to get and hard traveling beer. It survived the trip from Denmark to the US but after being stopped at customs it was sent right back. The owner of the beer was nice enough to send it back again but it didn’t make it back unharmed. Some of the beer had leaked out of the bottle and also losing the carbonation and tasting a little oxidized. I had a few extra points to the overall score just because of this but the intense flavors were still there even if there wasn’t a head or a larger/creamier/more carbonated body. 2006 Vintage.

Dark opaque black body with no carbonation, this beer looks literally as thick and creamy as motor oil. Aroma is dark chocolate malt, some bourbon (very faint vanilla), very well balanced none the less, some toffee and dark fruit, enjoyable. Flavor is soy sauce (most likely due to the oxidation) dark chocoate, coffee, subtle hops, once again subtle bourbon, the delcious flavor even outscores the soy. Medium body and no carbonation. An excelent brew, but definite rerate.

Thank you Andrew for a fantastic send off unlike any beer I actually had on the trip.

2006 vintage. Poured super black. Nice creamy dark brown head. Chocolate, malt, and fruit are the main flavors in this one. Thanks to John Adam for hookin me up. Solid beer, need to try this again.

Bottle @ DTE. Pours pitch black with a dense medium sized brown head. Very very nice and well balanced. Great complexety and creamy feel - notes of chocolate, coffee, dark dried fruit, woody dryness and of course hops. Very nice.

Thanks to WeeHeavySD for the taste of this one at the Woodshop#3. Nice, thick and roasty with coffee, cocoa and good balance of sweet fruitiness. Very complex, would like to have had more but hey, I lucked out as it was. Good stuff!

A huge thanks to WeeHeavySD for sharing this at the Woodshop#3 tastitng. Thick, chocolatey, roasty, very tasty. Got some dried fruit in the flavor too. Complex & tasty in every way.

NorCal Feb ’08 - Thank you Phil L for bringing this beauty. I can’t say I haven’t been itching to try this beer for awhile now. It really was worth the wait, but there was so damned little of it that licking the glass was the only option after it was gone.

The beer pours out a thick, viscuous liquid, almostly looking like the consistancy of flowing blood it was that thick. A creamy one finger thick brown head which stayed the entire length of my enjoyment. Aroma...where to start. Dark chocolate, bourbon, soy sauce, alcohol, nougat, licorice, dark fruit, espresso beans, and lightly smokey somehow. Mouthfeel is monstrously huge. Coating your entire mouth would do it right. Flavors had nearly the same character as the aroma with a finish that was long and intense. The next time I have this beer I will worry less about deconstructing it and more about enjoying it.

Thanks to Fransios for this bottle. Shared with friends. Wonderful dark dark pour with decent brown head. Aromas were chocolate, anise, dark fruit. Flavors were all there. Some coffee and dark sugar flavors. So rich and thick. Very very good

Bottle @ Den Tatoverede Enke, Cph. Shared with Beljohansen. Brewed December 2006. Pours a pitch black colour with a medium mostly diminishing brown creamy head. Aroma of roasted malt, nice dark chocolate, dark fruits and alcohol. Very nice thick bit sticky mouthfeel, bit tickeling on the tongue. The flavour is soft with roasted malt, lots of dark chocolate, alcohol, toffee, dark fruits and some liquorice. Lovely roasty malt and chocolate finish. Round robust yet soft Imp. Stout. A gew more years in a cellar would make this brew even better.