Nils Oscar Imperial Stout

Brewed by Nils Oscar
Style: Foreign Stout
Nyköping, Sweden

Bottle of Swedish beer n celebration of Red Wings winnin StanleyCup! Darl brown body with cream, roasted malt and chocolate aromas. Flavor is isfairly creamy with chocolate and roasted malt undrtones and a little bit of a stale coffee aftertaste. My complaint is that it is a bit thin and weakly bodied before coffee aftertase sets in.. Stil, very good. Go Wings!!!!

(Draught at St. Urho’s Pub Porter Days ’09) Black. Medium sized tan coloured head. Liquorice and coffee in aroma. Full bodied and dry palate. Coffee, liquorice, roastedness, bitterness and sweetness in taste. Liquorice and bitterness in aftertaste.

Bottle. Pours black with a small ring of tan head. Aroma of sweet roasted malt, light roasted coffee, and sweet malt. Flavor is sweet malt with off notes. Vegetal notes abound. Not a fan of this one...not sure what went wrong here. 7/4/6/3/12 (3.2/5)

Bu au Mondial 2009, le 4 juin (#11). Brunée torifiée, peu de collet. Arome de réglisse malté avec un peu d’alcool. Goût de et de petits fruits, mocha malté avec une finission sec. Peut-être pas le bon style mais assé savoureuse!

11.2oz bottle matured about a year and a half poured at 55F. Pours a clear deep dark red that is too dark to see though looking near black in the glass with a thin/medium bubbly tan froth 3.5. Aroma is fruity like English ale yeast, matched by some light hard roast acidity, hint of soy sweet and saltiness, hint of dark chocolate, soft malt oxidation, smells very English 7.5. Flavor follows, very bright and fruity with balanced roast, acidity, chocolate maltiness. Some chewy tootsie-roll doughy quality as well , soft round and fruity. The hard-roast coffee acidity is perfect without any of the tannic bitterness. Wonderful very slight rich alcohol warmth in the finish. Lingering grassy chocolate aftertaste with just a touch of coffee bitterness. Medium/full bodied, round but dull in a good way, quite smooth and easy drinking, isn’t at all heavy but still maintains a substantial mouth-feel, spread-out very fine popping carbonation 4.5. With the amount of acidity this really reminds me of a traditional English porter, maybe a slight lactic infection. Impressed, exceptionally drinkable and aged beautifully just when I was about to give up on aging imperial stouts... [I drank this bottle in like 15 minutes... I couldn’t stop gulping, supremely drinkable... I LOVE the acidity!!!]

Bottle (thanks omhper!). Black-colored with a big and very bubbly light brown head. Lovely aroma of dark chocolate, some liquor pralines, quite a bit of dark fruits (raisins, some plums and maybe some faint grapes and berries notes) and a bit of alcohol. Sweet flavor of roasted malt, some chocolate and some fruitiness. Finishes mildly bitter with burnt, slightly smoky, malt and hints of caramelly sweetness. Medium-bodied. The flavor cannot match the complexity of the aroma but this is still a tasty stout.

Courtesy TheCheeseMan. Black pour with a 0.5 cm creamy head. Mild sweet nuttiness and roastiness on the arona, a hint of alcohol. Light carbonation, quite thin mouthfeel. Slight sweetness, lactose, light roast on the finish. Mild overall and not very roasty or distinct.

Opaque black body topped with a diminishing light brown creamy head. Nice roasted coffee aroma with dark chocolate and toffee hints. Taste is delightfully complex. Texture is mild, and alcohol is well hidden. Flavors of malt, roasted coffee, dark chocolate, and brown sugar. Strong and long smokey/hoppy finish. Definitely the best from Nils Oscar.