Närke Örebro Bitter Peated Viking

Brewed by Närke Kulturbryggeri
Style: Smoked
Örebro, Sweden

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

Draught@Beer Hunters, Pori
Deep amber color, good creamy German-type smoke, caramel and some fruity hoppyness. Medium-bodied. Smoke, caramel, licorice then fruity finish. Interesting combination with caramel malts and smoke. Very delicious. Not much to do with the original Örebro Bitter.

Draft @ Bishops Arms Gustav, Malmö. Pours a clear amber color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a fruity malty heated smoky aroma with hoppy hints. Fruity malty smoky caramel flavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty peaty smoky caramel finish.

(Draught at Oluttupa Viisi Penniä, 20111003) The beer poured dark brown and quite clear. Its head was quite large and almost white. Aroma had malts, smoke, toffee and peat. Palate was medium bodied and fizzy with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, smoke, peat, toffee, hops and bitterness. Aftertaste was smoky, sweet and bitter. Nice smoke and peat elements that didn’t hide the more ordinary bitter components.

Draught at Ölrepubliken cons 2011-09-23 Göteborg AR: smokeed susage/bacon, dryness AP: hazy ruby/mahogny crem brown frothy head F: smoked juniper pork shoulder, juniper berries, appel juice

Draught @ Gallow’s Bird, Espoo

Pours light brown/deep dark red with a small white head. Strong aroma of smoked malts, peat and caramel. Taste is quite untypical with light smoked notes, fruits, caramel and some roastiness and peat. Bitter and full bodied. Surprisingly well balanced and tasty.

Draught @ Ölrepubliken, Göteborg. Finalement, j’aurai eu droit à une Närke qui commence à être difficile à trouver en Suède. Cuivre, épaisse beige. Arôme de malt grillé et fumé le tout sans être trop en avant. Une bière généreuse ans son profile fumé, le tout accompagné de malt caramel avec une fine note d’amertume. Entre ce profile complétement enfumé, je note une brève incursion rappelant les feuilles de thé noirs. Facilement une de mes préférées dans le style Rauchbier que j’ai pu déguster ces derniers mois.

Narke orebro bitter peated Viking. On tap at Oliver twist... Pours a mildly transparent amber copper reddish brown hue and topped with a fluffy light beige head... Aroma is abundant with peated malt, mild smokey nature while finishing on a slightly grassy note on the backend... Flavors continue in a similar wavelength with an equaling degree if prayed smokey malt along with the base bittering grassy herbal hoppiness if the base beer prior to adding the peated malt. The finish leans towards a decent degree if bitter grassiness. Clean all around with a light to medium somewhat creamy body and adequate carbonation. Nicely executed in-between mixture of a smoked and hoppy bitter. 8/4/8/4/15

On-tap. Ölrepubliken Göteborg. Amber colour with an off-white head. Lots of peat smoke and tar, a bit of menthol, sweet caramel malt in the background. Peaty and bitter finish. Well brewed, but I rather drink the original Örebro Bitter.