Närke Stormaktsporter

Brewed by Närke Kulturbryggeri
Style: Imperial Stout
Örebro, Sweden

Bottle at Bishops Arms. I had this one before I had the kaggen. Smokey aroma in the beginning. Afterwards dark fruit, chocolate and coffee kick in. Excellent beer

Well, here we go. Kaggen is going to get big rating #1500, but I’ll give this one Imperial Stout rating #100 as a consolation prize. 250ml bottle via trade, huge thanks to bierkoning. 2008 vintage, released in 2009. Shared at a very small tasting with a few guys from BA. The appearance is awesome. Pours darkest brown, not quite black, with a creamy tan head that settles over time, eventually leaving smooth thin foam and swirls in the beer. Aroma is roasty and complex, with chocolate, coffee, anise, spices, and dark fruits. Nothing overpowers and it all works really well together. Flavor is similarly complex and amazing. Caramel, chocolate, toffee, dark fruits (raisin, plum, date), vanilla, herbal and floral notes, maybe even some hops. Very smooth and creamy on the mouthfeel with medium-full body and an incredibly long finish. Overall, not quite as awesome as Kaggen, but still an absolute masterpiece of a beer. I’m really happy to have been able to try this.

Small bottle shared by Rciesla! Huge thanks! Pours a nice pitch black with a creamy head. Aroma is chocolate, roast, nuts, big earthiness, tar and a dark tobacco leaf cigar wrapper. Flavor is oily, lots of dark chocolate, some roast, light burnt notes, nuts, moderately sweet, licorice tar leather and tobacco with dark fruits- plums raisin, etc- some sweet toffee and brown sugar as well. Smooth silky finish. Nice!

Shared by Rciesla. Thanks broski. You’re such a broski by the way. Very tasty. A little roasty. A little cocoa on the finish. Nice.

RATING #4,000. THANK YOU CLETUS, you have an awesome package coming your way! Bottle 2007 Vintage 250ml. Shared at Paul’s house for a tasting, thanks for hosting, your generous as ever. Black with a tan coffee roasted head. Roast y dark chocolate, some light chewy chocolate notes, roasted malt, a hint of bakers chocolate, and dark chocolate kisses. Light roast y body with a sweet well attenuated warming. A velvet body that rolls across the tongue with a mildly sweet finish. Dark chocolate tones rounds out this incredible stout. Its easy to imagine that this is the base beer of my favorite stout of all times. Fantastic.

#600 Rating! Nip Bottle thanks to Rciesla for sharing @ Paul’s tasting 1/22. Dark pour with scattered lacing . Does it look the same to you Paul? Bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, caramel notes, very complex on the aroma and flavor side . Some warming but not outside realm of the style.

2008 vintage bottle. Black with short lasting brown film. Chocolate, dried fruit, alcohol, honey and raisin on the nose. Drinks heavy sweet with moderate bitterness. Coffee, roasted malts and alcohol. Rich full body with oily texture. Long, warm alcoholic and roasted malt finish. Recommended! (Bottle at Tre Små Rum in Gothenburg, Sweden. 12.1.2010)

Tap @ Bishops Arms. Black beer with a thick and long lasting brown head. Lots of nice sweetness in the aroma. Syrup, honey etc. Also some citrus and coffee. Very dark taste of chocolate liquor candy, licorice, soy and a little smoke.