Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter

Bottle @ Sthlm BWF -07. Black with dark brown head. Strong roasted aroma. Powerfull body. Coffee, chocolate, herbs and rosted malt. Long finish

1400th rating. Bottle 2007 @ Tre Små Rum, Götheborg. Reserved by Gnoff for my visit. It definitely lives up to its rating. pours a thick black with thin off white head and golden lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, some wood and whiskey notes are present in the nose, coupled with dark fruits. Taste, palate is just gorged with nice malts, caramel, light roastiness of coffee. The oak wood is light and adds a nice dimension to the beer, chocolate. Finish is superb as well, onctuous malts with barrel/wood and a warming alcohol coats the palate. Easy to sip on for hours and enjoy new flavor as the beer warms up, seemed to have gained in dark fruits. Well worth the price. Add to it, the amazing comapny and ambiance of Tre Små Rum and this was an outstanding brew.

1. From the Bottle at the GBBF Bar Sans Frontiers Earl’s Court, London 08/08/2007 Lots of chocolate and fruit aromas. Black strong in alcohol and smooth on the palate. Some dryness. Caramel and chocolate prevalent in the finish. 2. From the Bottle at Tom’s Ultimate Glasgow Tasting, Blackfriars 01/12/2007 Strong and sweet whisky aroma. Small tan head. Black with lots of alcohol present. Rich on the palate with coffee and spiced flavours. A little bitterness in a warming finish. (2006 Version)

Ok Craig I promised you that I would rate this so here goes haha. 2006 Bottle shared by Cgarvieuk at DLD 09. Poured thick black, lacing the glass with a very small brown head. A huge nose of chocolate, caramel, toffee, and light vanilla leads to great melding of flavors that include caramel, chocolate, light coffee and a hint of dark fruit. Some sweetness comes through more as it warms and the alcohol is very well hidden. Overall this is a great beer and thanks Craig for letting me try this, oh and I would definitely recommend this straight out of the bottle haha (just kidding, inside joke).

2006 Vintage

4/25/2009: Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter had a touch act to follow behind the Kuhnhenn Fifth Dementia, but it still held it’s own very well (although it might have seems a little bit more bitter than it really is due to the massive sweetness of the preceeding beer!). Kaggen Stormaktsporter has a rich, deeply caramelized, and chocolate flavor. Coffee comes through when it gets warmer. Actually, this beer is very similar in intensity to the Fifth Dimensia with more hops and bitterness. There are also great sweet char and licorice characteristcs present in the flavor of this beer. To be honest, this beer really does have just about all of the flavors I would want in a great Imperial Stout plus enough alochol to back it up without being too much. This is a damn fine and goes down far to easily!

Sample from bottle shared by at Dark Lord Day 2009! Thank you so very much Craig. This is really one of those beers that I would probably never been able to try at any time in my life had it not beed for your kindness and generosity. I really appreciate it! Rating #255 for this beer.

For rating 3500, this one needs to go out with a big bang. Thanks to cgarvieuk for smuggling this one through customs and sharing a 2006 vintage at Dark Lord Day 09, I got a thin pour but enough to try it. Pours an opaque dark brown (nearly black) colored brew with a thin tan head that sticks around. Aroma of toasted dark malt, some raisin, dark pitted fruits, and chocolate. Taste is full bodied, thick and chewy with flavors of toasted dark malt, a hint of molasses, raisin, chocolate and vanilla. Finish is smooth as silk, creamy with a lingering toasted dark malt and raisin aftertaste. The alcohol warmth was a nice touch. Awesome!

Bottled 2007. Pours pitch black with a little brown head. Nose of raisins, prunes and burned malt. Flavor of caramel malts, dried fruit, dark chocolate and notes of honey. Full bodied. Long malty finish. Great,

Sampled at DLD 2009 thanks to the great scotsmen cgarvieuk and daknole for the hook up.pour was black and thinner than most american Imperials Stouts but the flavor was amazing yet light and sweet of caramel malts,chocolate,vanilla, coffee, brewers licorice and honey,aromas from chocolates,coffee sweet vanilla truely outstanding smooth finish hides alcohol very well but is it the greatset stout in the world? don’t know that but it does belong up there