Draught at MacKinley’s, Stockholm. Deep golden, rich head, Interesting fruity bubblegum aroma. Fairly sweet with soft mouthfeel. There’s grainy, bready malt underneath a cloud of complicated never-tasted-before bubblegummy hops. Balanced bitter finish. An interesting beer. Please grow more of these hops!

2013-03-17, vintage 2007, 5 years old, 7-5-8-4-15=39
Pitch black color with brown head, short retention. Mild aroma of roasted malt and cardboard, light tar. Full bodied, with round mouthfeel; good flavor of roasted malt and dark chocolate, quite rich, with some residual sweetness; but the signs of age are too evident: liquorice (too much), tar, cardboard. Strong bitterness, leading to a roasty final with notes of wood and oxidization.
Good but declining.

2011-10-16, vintage 2006, 5 years old, 8-5-8-4-16=41
Black color, with brownish head, nice but not very persistent. The aroma is chocolatey, with some cream, cardboard, roasted malt, tar. The body is round and the mouthfeel smooth, a real pleasure; strong chocolate flavor, with moderate residual bitterness, and traces of liquorice; some tar, and light salt as well; but the bitterness is fading, and the beer is missing a better biting character.

2010-05-05, cask at Mikkeller Bar, opening night, 2009, 7-4-8-4-15=38
Black color. Light aroma. Soft mouthfeel, good chocolate flavor, a bit oily. Nothing impressive though.

2008-02-07, vintage 2006, 8-5-8-5-17=43
Beautiful black oil, with a thick creamy beige head. Very good aroma, roasted malt first, caramel, light sweet liquorice. Strong body, a bit oily, with enough sweetness; very powerful flavor, caramel and roasted malt, very smooth. Ends like a top quality 85%-cocoa chocolate.

2006-03-19, vintage 2005, 8-5-9-5-18=45
Black color; brown thick head; served at 12 °C in the original Courage Imperial Russian Stout glass it’s a beauty!
The aroma, having both roasted malt and a touch of vanilla, smells like dark chocolate; later, also some light aroma of leather and tobacco.
Full mouthfeel, but not sticky; malt, roasted malt, caramel, liquorice, coffee; some sweetness opposing the roasted malt bitterness; the ingredients are very well blended together. The final is basically roasted malt, but full bodied and very long.
An incredible brew. Thanks Maya for letting me try this beauty in the best conditions.

Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm. Dark ruby, very small head. Strong Gotlandsdricke-like juniper smokey aroma. Sweetish with notes of honey Near full bodied with clean mouthfeel. Like a cleaner, carbonated more well organized Gotlandsdricke. Many seem to prefer this winter version to their regular Rököl, but I find it a bit heavy on the honey.
Earlier Rating: 3/1/2005 Total Score: 4.4
Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm. The second beer already this year made from Mackmyra smoked malt, this one’s top fermented I believe. Mahogany colour, creamy head, somewhat hazy. Strong peaty whiskey-like smokey nose. Full bodied with rich, vinous malt character, heavily woody/smokey. Surprisingly dry. Grassy, tarry finish. A fantastic attention grabber!

First rating.Rating added 2/22/2006Bottle as Bishop Arms Årgångsporter 2005-edition.The back says Stormaktsporter 2005.Tried it at Bishops Arms (Avenyn) in Gothenburg, SwedenThis is probably the best porter I’ve tried yet!Completely black color with a big very brown head. Rich in hops and a bit burnt scent, perhaps some raisin as well. Thick and creamy feel to it. Faint coffee taste. Light bitterness but a long fruity aftertaste with some coffee in it.8/5/9/5/17=4.4Second rating(Bottle at Bishops Arms, Järntorget, Göteborg)2006 VintagePitch black color, brown head. Sweet chocolate and fruity scent, some alcohol, also raissins. Burnt malt, grains, rubber an dsmoke taste. Very dry aftertaste. Thick mouthfeel, high bitterness.8/5/9/5/18=4.5Third rating(Bottle at a bar in Göteborg)2006 vintagePitch black color, brown head. Sweet, smooth chocolate and grains, malty and alcohol scent. Also raissins. Coffee, roasted malt, grains, malt, sweet and chocolate taste. Also raissins and alcohol. Long roasted and coffee aftertaste. Smooth velvet mouthfeel, just wonderful! Medium bitterness. Chocolate, raissins, smooth perfect aftertaste.9/5/9/5/19=4.7Rerate(Draught at Bishops Arms Järntorget, Göteborg)On October 19, 2008 - Porterfestivalen2007 version at 9.0% ABVBlack color, light brown head. Sweet, smooth, dried fruits, honey, vanilla, roasted, coffee, chocolate and alcohol scent. Sweet, roasted, strong malty, coffee taste. Long lingering roasted and dried fruits aftertaste. Smooth nice mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.9/4/9/5/19=4.6

Small, creamy, dark brown head. Opaque black body. Deep, rounded, harmonic chocolate roasty aroma. Deep, powerful, sweetish taste of chocolate and honey, with afteratste of burnt toast and hops. Faintly sourish, probably because of the honey. Vaguely oily mouthfeel. Lovely! A great beer!