Närke Single Target

Formerly brewed at Närke Kulturbryggeri
Style: Brown Ale
Örebro, Sweden

Serve in Dimpled mug

Draft @ Bishops Arms, Malmö. Pours a dark ruby brown color with a longlasting off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel and chocolate aroma with some hoppy hints. Roasted malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a roasted malty caramel finish.

Draught@Akkurat, Stockholm. Deep rubyish amber colour with mediumsized beige head. Aroma is dark fruits, some toasted notes as well as some mild fudgeish notes. Flavour is dark dry fruits, some mild ashes, mildly roasted malts as well as some caramel and mild berrylike notes. A very pleasantly balanced and easy to drink brew.

On tap at Akkurat, Februari 12 2010. Dark brown liquid with a brownish head. Quite fruity with nuts, yeast, roasted malt and chocolate. Body was about medium, finish was dry and with a low bitterness. An ok beer, but nothing spectacular.

Draught. High creamy light brown lasting head. Clear dark brown body. Fruity roasted caramel malt aroma. Malty flavor with a fair amount of hops bitterness fruity notes and some caramel. Low carbonation. Long aftertaste. Pleasant surprise.

Dark brown with a dense greyish head. Nutty lightly roasted and honeydrenched aroma with notes of cookiedough and dark bread. Flavour is about the same but sweeter, more honey, more bread. Ends on a fairly dry note with light lingering honey alongside light grassy hops.

Draught at Bishops Arms Malmö. Clear red brown coloured with a creamy off white head. Fruity aroma of caramel, grass and hops with notes of grape fruits and lactic acid. Fruity flavour of caramel, liquorice, hops, grass and grape fruits. Dry hoppy finish.

(Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Dark ruby colour with brief, beige head. Malty, slightly roasted nose with notes of dark fruit, caramel, and citrussy hops. Aromas are initially a bit held back, but come through as the beer gets warmer. Malty, toasty taste with caramel, dark fruit, hints of coffee and smoke (possibly even a touch of tar). Generous bitterness with earthy hops in the finish. Medium body, dry and bitter finish. Very nice and well balanced. The fairly low abv makes it very drinkable.

On tap at Akkurat. Pours brown with a light brown head. It has a dry aroma with malt, fruit and grass notes. Flavour is dry with lots of hops and weak malty notes. It has a bitter earl gray tea like after taste.