Nils Oscar Imperial Stout

Brewed by Nils Oscar
Style: Foreign Stout
Nyköping, Sweden

Bottle. Pours what appears to be black, but is actually a deep mahogany color when held to the light. The tan head was barely around long enough to check the color. The aroma had quite a bit of roasted character joined by a little coffee, moderate chocolate, and a hint of dark fruits. The flavor is roasted malt early, the sweetness from the chocolate flavors appears in the middle, while the roassted character reappears in the finish. Some dark fruits are also in the mix of flavors. Medium bodied, could use a bit more viscosity. Not bad.

Bottle. Rich dark chocolate, well roasted malts, toasted tobacco leaf, wet leather, espresso on the nose. The malt component is quite nice: roasted, but not so charred as to take on an astringent and bitter quality. Pours nearly opaque brown with a decent lived khaki head leaving excellent sticky lacing. Less flavor on the tongue than I had hoped based on the nose. Toasted vanilla bea, spent coffee grounds, bitter chocolate. Decent, but nothing too spectacular. Medium, leaning toward full bodied. A good, but not overly, amount of carbonation for the style. Finishes with a mellow roasted malt quality.

Pours a brown color with a tan head. Not as thick as I was hoping. Somewhat decent roasted aroma with molasses and dark fruits in the background. Strong coffee flavor on this one with the roasted malts, chocolate, and molasses dominating the flavor. Slightly bitter finish but not quite enough of an alcohol warming.

Bottle. Pours amber black with moderate beige head. The aroma is quite roasty, with some fainter notes of nuts, berries, and dark chocolate. The flavor starts with a roasty dark, almost burnt, coffee note, rounded off by a slight creamy caramel hint. Some dark chocolate comes in the middle, as well as an assertive bitterness. It finishes somewhat dry with a bitter tannic acid and lemon aftertaste. Pretty good brew.

A delicious foreign stout. Aroma was delicious. Dark chocolate, roasted malt and coffee. Not incredibly strong, but very nice. Pour was an almost black with no head or bubbles. Taste was nicely carbonated for a stout and not too thick. Strong roasted malt bitterness in the front and the aftertaste is dominated by coffee with some chocolate on the back of the tongue. Easy drinking stout.

Bottle from River’s Bend. Poured a black color with an avferage frothy brown head that lasted and produced good lacing. Good roasted coffee malt and dark fruit aroma. medium to full body with a smooth sticky texture. Complex roasted dark chocolate flavor with a medium to heavy bittersweet smooth finish of long duration. Very well balanced dark fruit stout.

Bottle at Spuyten Duyvil. Pitch black with a creamy thick tan head. Rich sweet aroma with loads of dark chocolate, wheaty spice, toast and a rich sweet fruitiness in back. Rich body. Soft earthy sweet chooclate flavour, some sweet fruitiness and a soft roastiness on the back. Lingering fruitiness with some heavy raisiny sweetness. Not really an impy stout, but it’s pretty nice.

Really NiceNils Oscar beer! 33cl bootle from Symstembolaget. Aroma is full of expected chocolate, coffee, rosted malt and hop influenced fruitiness. Little spicy in the noose and, as it warms upp, it really evolves. Strange but rather nice smell of rochefort cheese is strongly present. Medium+ bodied and silky mouthfeel. Roasted, almost smokish, flavors mixed with bitter choc and mocca, fruits (plums?) matured bananas and more. Really enjoyable aftertaste with mocca, choc and some bitterness in front. The small portion of alcohol makes this a perfect IS to drink more then one or two of.