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Nils Oscar Imperial Stout

Percentile
97
overall
Brewed by Nils Oscar
Style: Foreign Stout

Nyköping, Sweden

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4633.77/5.03.76/5.07%95.3Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Nils Oscar Imperial Stout is brewed only in a limited edition. Also Nils Oscar Imperial Stout was awarded as the best beer in the world. This beer is brewed with many varieties of hops and malt, nothing saved to make the stout full of character. Imperial Stout is best enjoyed combined with the dessert but works wonderfully with oysters. The Nils Oscar Imperial Stout can be enjoyed today but preferably mature a couple of years.
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 sebletitje (1903), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Jul 21, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of Tony @ OTH. Color is black, brownish head. Aroma is roasted with notes of dark fruits and malts. Taste is malty / coffee, pleasant roastiness and dry finish.


 talon1117 (620), Bellvue, Colorado, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jul 17, 2008  
Pour is nearly black, dark cherry color with a fairly small, light tan, pillowy head which is mostly diminishing and leaves minimal lace. Nose is fair for the style, kind of simple; notes of milk chocolate and maple with lighter notes of maple wood, smoke, burnt caramel, and faint burnt toast. Flavor is a bit different with the same milk chocolate and maple notes but with a moderate coffee acidity and lighter notes of smoke and burnt caramel. Palate is just over medium, a bit watery, and soft to lively. Finishes fairly short with a moderate acidty lingering, maple, and light notes of smoke. Nothing really bad to say about this one, but it was pretty weak as an imp and not dry enough as a foreign stout. Simple, drinkable, enjoyable.


 TaktikMTL (2771), Montréal-Nord, Quebec, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Jul 16, 2008  
Bouteille de 330 ml achetée chez Julio’s Liquors (Westborough, MA). Arôme: Odeur de café et de caramel avec une pointe de noix. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col beige crémeux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de chocolat, de café et de petits fruits foncés. Longue durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est plein avec une texture crémeuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence de café en arrière goût. (Rating #1812)


 BMan1113VR (2815), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 16, 2008  
Pours thick with a quickly dissapearing off-white head covering a black body. Aroma of molasses, wood, smoke, burnt malts, a little bit of soy, and light liccorice. Taste is bitter cooking chocolate, and burnt malts with very subdued coffee. Syrupy mouthfeel with somewhat lively buubles. A bit chalkey at the end.


 Brigadier (1230), Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Jul 9, 2008  
11.2 oz bottle

I have been cellaring this for a few months. Deciding now was as good a time as any to try one of my two bottles I cracked it open. What I discovered was a solid imperial stout. It may not be spectacular or as complex as the big boys but I can’t wait to see what a few years does to the other bottle.

Aroma / Appearance - A short lived ashen head decorated a deep black body that swirled gracefully around my snifter. Without being oily a nice layer of lacing gave it some presence. Peanut butter, coffee and smoke are the strongest players in the aroma. Cherry, chocolate and dark malts assist in forming a rich dense but not cloying experience.

Flavor / Palate - The impression of strong black coffee shocked my tongue into paying closer attention. Warm smoke, raspberries and dried expresso beans were next. The third wave was chocolate and more coffee. Lingering after the coffee the chocolate finish gave a nice closure to the taste. While not my favorite imperial stout this was certainly well made and deserving of praise. Give it a shot if you can track it down.


 Mogwai (218), Askeby, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 8, 2008  
Bottle. Dark brown colour with lasting brown head. Flavor is roasted, coffee, burnt caramel, but still sweet. Flavor is, again, roasted with coffee, but with chocolate and wood tones as well. Very good, and with a relatively low ABV of 7%, not that strong.


 Dorwart (1812), Robbinsville, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/514/20
Jul 7, 2008  
Thin orangish brown head which dissipates quickly. Rich toffee and molasses aroma with some burnt toast and a some raisins. Color is a very dark brown with a hint of red around the edges. Medium bodied with lots of roasted malts, some bitter chocolate and lots of hops bitterness. The bitterness lingers quite a while at the finish with some light coffee and dry cocoa. A surprisingly bitter stout and a pretty good one. Thanks to etowneraser for this one.


 Vac (2389), San Diego, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/515/20
Jul 6, 2008  
Pours with a black body topped by a thin head with some lacing. It’s slightly sweet and malty with a touch of roasty notes and a note of chocolate. Full bodied and smooth.



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