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Nils Oscar: Imperial Stout

This Russian imperial stout is/was brewed by Nils Oscar in Nyköping, Sweden. It's achieved an overall score of 78.37%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 7.00%.


Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

UPDATED: MAR 9, 2010 Bottle: Pretty big light brown head disappears quick. Beer is black-ish brown. Taste is completely different from smell. Rich taste, dark, roasted and a little bit of fruit is what comes to mind first. Its less bitter than other Imperial Stouts. Not much of a body, though I had worse Imperial Stouts. Even a small touch of frui
Pours from the small bottle an dark black, opaque and a small but dense deep tan head. Aroma has a strong raisin, toffee, chocolate, mild licorice and a mild sour, roasted malt ending. Flavor has a strong chocolate and roasted barley note first with these fading to a more subdue raisin fruity flavor later in the tasting. The beer is very clean on y
Bottle, thanks for sharing dEnk! Pours pitch black with a thin tan head that laces. Aroma of licorice, spices and bread. Flavor starts sweet but evolves into quite a bitter finish. Creamy, thick bodied texture.

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
14th Jul 2016 at 7:20 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 7.00 black Taste: 94.12%
Head: 75.56%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 82.22%
Clarity: 100%
78.367% evolving 655

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Other Beers (etc.) by Nils Oscar

Apart from Imperial Stout, Hop Horizons lists 7 others by Nils Oscar. These are:
Barley Wine
Coffee Stout
Ctrl Alt Delete
God Lager
Hop Yard IPA
India Ale
Rökporter

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