2013-03-17, vintage 2007, 5 years old, 7-5-9-4-17=42
Pitch black color with brown head. Mild aroma of roasted malt, with some soap (disappearing later), dust, apples, oak cask. Full bodied, the mouthfeel is round and smooth; dark chocolate flavor, very rich, with an accent of oak; it still has a respectable sweetness; there is some liquorice and tar; correct bitterness, with some more roastiness in the final, and pleasant alcohol warmth.
Tasted in parallel with the same vintage of ordinary Stormaktsporter, the Kaggen clearly holds up to the age much better.

2011-10-16, vintage 2006, 5 years old, 8-4-9-4-17=42
Black color, with medium sized brown head, not persistent. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, whiskey; nice but less impressive than it used to be. Round body, smooth mouthfeel, with excellent chocolate flavor, followed by pleasant whiskey booziness that (compared to the 5 years old unoaked Stormarktsporter) provides the edge that the fading bitterness cannot provide; also some liquorice, tobacco and tar. Warming alcoholic final.
Very good but declining.

2009-06-16, bottle at Glenfiddich Warehouse N.68, vintage 2007, 10-5-9-4-18=46
The bottle is served too cold.
Black color; the creamy head reduces quickly. At first it has a nice cheesy aroma; then liquorice and some roasted malts and ashes; it evolves as it gets warmer; very late, there are traces of vanilla and paper, tobacco, alcohol and very light paint remover. The cheese crust is the best part for this kind of beer.
Very good body strength, the mouthfeel is oily but not sticky, extremely smooth; possessive chocolate and roasted malt flavor, with a minimal sweetness to complement it; some vanilla appears only late, creating a dynamic effect; the liquorice too can’t miss this appointment; the subdued alcohol presence is vibrating. The final sensation in the mouth is still full, turning maybe too much on the roasted malts for my palate, but expected; and there is some pleasant espresso touch too, and tobacco.
Great!
I remembered a more complex brew.

2007-05-08, bottle at Akkurat, 30€, vintage 2005, 9-5-10-5-19=48
Black ink color; creamy head. Huge and wonderful aroma: glue, chocolate, sweet coffee, Xerès and Porto wines, wax, black raisins; deep, complex. Full mouthfeel; incredible; mix of flavors: ashes, vanilla, tobacco, malt, sweet caramel, toffee, rhubarb candies, medium dark chocolate, creamy; hint of liquorice and traces of roasted malt; alcohol warmth. Simply wonderful….

Bottled at Københavnske Øldage 2007; courtesy of Jeppe?
Beautiful red-amber color, small head. Excellent Barley Wine, full malty, well hoppy, sweet caramel, everything very well mixed. Excellent!

(Bottle, Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 15 June 2007) Black colour with brief, pale brown head. Roasted nose with hints of smoke and tar, notes of liquorice, vanilla, blueberries, crowberries and juniper berries. Roasted, slightly tarry, taste with liquorice, crowberries and coffee with sugar. Drier, slightly smoky finish with a balanced hoppy bitterness. Medium to full body, oily texture. An old style porter with sweetish notes of wild berries. Definitely my kind of beer. And yet another impressive effort from Närke. 8/4/8/4/16=4.0 (Rerate: draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, 25 Jan 2008) Tasting notes mainly the same, but now even better!

(Bottle, Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 2 June 2007) Dark amber colour with short, foamy head. Fruity nose with loads of hops, grapefruit, pine needles and hints of dried fruit. Fruity, hoppy taste with dried fruit (apricots), grapefruit and orange peel. Medium to full body, rahter sweet. Powerfull stuff, and another brilliant (and not so modest) brew from Närke.

CBF07 sample poured by omhper from a bottle given by the brewer himself at the RB table. I’m extremely thankful for having had a chance to taste this. I had to go outside into the sunshine to enjoy this. By incident (well...) this was my tasting number 200 at CBF07. I had 7 more tastings after this, but it took me an hour to start sampling again. This beer will however conclude my RB postings from the CBF07. Ah well the beer :) : From 25 cL bottle. Pours completely black with thick brown head, very creamy. Aroma of coffee, chocolate and slight tobacco. A vague dried fruity note too. Flavour is first chocolate, then toffee sweet and this becomes a strong liqourice dominans. A soft bitterness lingering into the finish. Clear presence of alcohol, but only reasonable. It does give the beer an initial edge. Very thick, very fullbodied.10-5-9-5-18

Black with small beige head.Aroma like Dark chocolate and smoked like a cigar ashtrey but a good cigar.Nice warm feeling of alc.Just perfect.