Nils Oscar Imperial Stout

Well, well I would have expected a more heavy impression from this Stout. The color is true black with a little brown lasting head. The aroma is light with roasted notes. The roasted tasted notes are also found in the flavor, however the palette is disappointing thin for such a beer.

bottle, pours balck with a nice little head on top. Grain,liquorize and roast malts in the nose, some dark fruit in the back. Flavor is very elegant grainy again but soft, only little sweet liquorize, dark chocolate, maybe some coffee and notes of prunes. The palate is excellent, perfectly balanced, it glides over the tongue, not at all offensive, short lasting aftertaste with a mineralic finish. I enjoy it a lot !

Bottle. Pours a nice black hue with a deep chocolate edge. Loads of nice chocolate to the nose and a faint coffee. Nice roasted malt flavors, pretty good bittersweet chocolate flavors, some saltiness at times. Mouth is nicely full. Very long and dry finish. Excellent foreign stout.

Bottle: Poured a deep black color color stout with a medium foamy head with good retention and very good lacing. Aroma of lightly sweet black chocolate with notes of dry roasted malt. Taste is a nice combination between some back chocolate with lightly sweet dry coffee notes. Body is quite full with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Very well done but creamier body would have improve enjoyment of this beer.

Bottle. Pours an opaque brown with a half finger tan head and spotty lacing. The nose is chocolate, light roasted malt and dark fruits. The taste is ashy cocoa, salty dark fruits and roasted coffee beans. Lighter mouth feel for the style - would be so much better with a full palate. Pretty good stout, but not worth the price tag..

THOUGHTS: My first Swedish beer. A nice chocolaty beer. Definitely more of a foreign stout than an impy stout. Nice, but not the best foreign stout I’ve ever had, I thought. But then, oops. It actually was nicer than I thought. I just had it a little too cold at first. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, dark brown that was black in the glass and dark red when held to the light. It had an average tan head that mostly diminished and left good lacing. The aroma was moderate to heavy coffee, chocolate syrup and cocoa powder along with some dark, sour fruit. The flavor started sweet, lightly bitter and sour; and finished sour and bitter with and average duration. There was both milk and dark chocolate, cocoa powder, and dark, slightly sour fruit, then a little bitter chocolate. The medium to full body was slightly oily, but also creamy with fizzy carbonation and a chalky and light to moderately astringent finish.

Brown bottle, 33 cl, best before 14 NOV, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on January 28 2009; eye: black, opaque, tiny ring of cappuccino head, no lacing; nose: roasted malt, molasses, liquorice, light soy sauce, cocoa dust, dark chocolate; mouth: roasted malt, lots of liquorice, I get a bit hops which means that there is probably way more than I think, strong coffee, dark chocolate, a bit of burnt malt, finale in roasted malt with a good presence of liquorice, quite a bit of acridness, medium-full body, slightly oily texture, astringency, mildly bitter, average carbonation, lactic; overall: quite likable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 33 cl, meilleure avant 14 NOV, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 28 janvier 2009; œil : noire, opaque, petit anneau de mousse cappuccino, pas de dentelle; nez : malt rôti, mélasse, réglisse, léger sauce soya, poussière de cacao, chocolat noir; bouche : malt rôti, pas mal de réglisse, je perçois un peu de houblon ce qui veut probablement dire qu’il y en a beaucoup plus que je pense, café fort, chocolat noir, un peu de malt brûlé, finale en malt rôti avec une bonne présence de réglisse, pas mal d’âcreté, corps moyen-corsé, texture légèrement huileuse, astringence, moyennement amère, carbonatation moyenne, lactique; en résumé : bien aimé

(330 ml bottle from Julio’s Liquors, cellared for 11 mos. after purchase) Pours very dark tobacco brown with a small tan head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, stewed dark fruits, perhaps a touch of molasses and brown sugar. Mouthfeel smooth, has a nice texture even though it is a bit loose and thin. A touch chalky in the aftertaste. Thin, weepy lacing. Fairly heavy chocolate and coffee flavor. Quite roasty. Light touches of dark fruit and molasses. Light-medium bitter pinch through finish. Some bitterness, chocolate and roastiness left in aftertaste.