330ml Bottle - Amber with a small head. Peach, apricot, caramel and a hint of yoghurt. Nicely balanced taste with peach, sultanas, dried apricot, toffee and a hint of aniseed. Enjoyable.

Bottled. Clear pale amber, small head. Light grainy citrus aroma. Mid dry with light body and rounded mouthfeel. Grainy and mildly spicy. Mid bitter finish.

Bottled at Buskvallen, Tänndalen. Clear golden, small head. Fruity, bready nose. Dry with light-medium body and clean, crisp mouthfeel. Grassy and fruity. Mid bitter finish. Uncomplicated and refreshing.

0,33 flaske fra Systembolaget Malmö, hjemme på lille nyttårsaften: mørkebrun med vakkert dyprødt skjær og fint skum som varer. Mmm, her er det deilig aroma og enda bedre smak av røstet malt, bjørnebær, fiken, svisker og knekk. Mørk bitterhet med tørkede frukter, dessertsjokolade og kaffe kompletterer bildet. En godt balansert og interessant juleøl med dybde i smaken.

Bottle at System. Not a bad ale but the bitterness is a bit disjointed, coming across with some alcohol. Close to being a decent British style bitter. Classic Jämtlands taste. (30/11/2017) ---- Bottle from Systembolaget. 3 to 3.2. Malty aroma. Beautiful mahogany colour. Nutty aftertaste. Seems to have improved; getting there.

Tap at Sir Winston, Östersund. This was hugely surprising (and expensive) from Jämtlands, much out of their comfort zone. Keeping a lovely colour, it was a showcase of hops, very citrusy, floral...unusual for them but they did a great job of it. Looking forward to the bottle release. Retried. More Jämtlands character but still very nice. Not too picky but don't think score changed much. Re-rated, tap at captains Cook Östersund. Surely the best beer Jämtlands have, and very glad it is always on tap here. Beaut. Bottle from Systembolaget. Now, in bottle form it didnt come across as nearly as good as on tap. The carbonation was much livlier and it came across more alcoholy bitter. I think this beer is definitely a 4.1 as rated before on tap but on bottle it is more like a 3.2 hence 3.7 av. --- Re-rated on tap at Captain Cook, Östersund. 3.7 to 4.

Bottle at restaurang Hov, Östersund. Firstly, what's the naming about? Imperial stout? Felt more like a foreign extra stout or really a porter which is surely where the 'Baltic' name came from? And the extra tags on their new packages is a bit naff....anyway, the beer!! A very lovely way finish a meal, not very deep at all but just enough to be a slow drinker. Lovely colour, cola pour. Passes nicely as an after dinner coffee replacement. Bottle from System. I would keep the rating the same, even if I appreciated it much more in terms of depth. There are some nice smokey portery/stouty flavours in there. Can come off a bit dusty. Still undecided if i love or am ambivalent.

Bottle from Systembolaget. Lovely ale with gorgeous wine smell and decent deep colour. Taste is wholesome. (24/11/17) ---- Keg at Captain Cooks, Östersund. 4 to 3.7. Lovely deep and smokey malty julöl. Wholesome as described above despite the rating drop. (10/12/20) ----- Keg at Captain Cooks, Östersund. Supposedly a change of recipe somewhat. Now much more Stouty, as if the coffee Stout malt has been transferred to this. Claimed to be more like an English old ale but that's simply not true. More like am American old ale - its the wrong colour and far too meaty for English old. Not happy about this change in recipe:( 3.7 to 3.3

(Bottle, from ICA Duved, Sweden, 18 Aug 2017. Labeled "Åre Ljus Lager", I assume it's the same.) Golden colour with frothy, white head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of bread, apricots, toffee, hay and herbal hops. Malty taste with bread, grass, toffee, a touch of citrus and a fresh grassy bitterness in the finish. Light body, with a touch of sweetness. Tasty and highly drinkable. Enjoyable.

Aroma karamell, smør, plomme. Utseende rødbrun med offwhite skum. Smak karamell, smør, brød, malt. myk og behagelig , maltpreg, saftig. Flaske fra Systembolaget delt med DjOeye Mai-15, 50cl 6%