Närke The internationAle

Concept beer, recipe changes with each bach.

[old info: Recipe updated summer 2005. The alcohol was increased from 5.5% to 5.7% and Challenger hops was used for bittering instead of Norhtern Brewer.]

3.4

170 reviews

Örebro, Sweden

Community reviews

1.7 Tap @ Ølhus Stockholm, Helsinki as Närke The Random IPA, thanks bluus, 10/01/15. Pours a reddish amber with a small, off-white head. Aroma is mixed fruit juice, green apple, sewer. Taste is mixed fruit, peach, some caramel. Feels like an unfinished brew, this one.

2.9 131114. Tap at ukkometso, Tampere. Pours slight hazy copper with a high head. Acidic on the nose, tainted? Not so bad on the tongue, bitter though. Duno of this.

2.6 Draught at the Ukkometso, Tampere, Finland. Hazy red colour with a mid-size foamy off-white head. The aroma is quite surprising... and it's not necessarily a pleasant surprise. Vomit it is. And some sweetness and berries. The flavour is also quite strange... messy fruity and berry hops, sweetness and some warming alcohol. No bitterness. I wasn't sure what this is when ordered it and now I'm even more confused. Strange brew indeed.

2.9 Tap @ Ukkometso. Pours murky orange color with a small head. Some weird veggie notes on the nose, herbs and fruits. Vegetables on the flavor also, some malts and orange. Quite weird. 3323

3.1 Draught @ Ukkometso, Tampere. Pours a dark murky orange amber colour with a small creamy head. Aroma of strong wet earthiness, pepper and some vegetables. Flavour of sweetness, floral hops, grapefruit and some grains. Medium bodied. Aroma is very weird. Not as fresh as it should be.

3.3 Keg at BBF 6, 27/09/14. Clear dark amber with a decent beige covering. Nose is earthy hop, spice, woody notes, bitter orange. Taste comprises light floral notes, bitter orange, hop presence, bitter orange, hops, pine, hint of grapefruit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok drinkable affair but lacks hop oomph.

3.0 26/IX/14 - on tap @ Borefts 2014 (Bodegraven) - BB: n/a (2014-1097) Thanks to Benzai, 77ships, fonefan and cgarvieuk for sharing today’s beers! Clear dark orange to amber beer, creamy irregular off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, cow fodder, hay, stable. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, malty, nutty, some caramel. Aftertaste: grains, malty, very dry, bitter, grassy.

2.9 [9/27/14] Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2014 in Bodegraven. Nice clear shiny amber. Malty and mildly hoppy aroma. Sweetish malty flavor with some slightly piney hops, caramel and moderate bitterness. Medium-bodied.

3.4 Sampled at Borefts Beer Festival 2014. THX everyone for sharing today’s beers. Clear blond beer. Nose is malty and fruity. Taste is bitter, malty and sweet

3.6 Shared sample at bbf. Poured a light amber colour with a white head. Citrus, lemon zest, caramel, some malts, herbal hops, some slight hints of fruit.

3.8 Sampled @ Borefts 2014. Clear dark orange to amber color, medium sized off-white to beige head. Aroma is malts, hops, decently fruity. Taste malts, hops, fruit hops decently, decently bitter. Medium body, medium carbonation. Nice one.

3.8 Sampled draft @ Borefts 2014. Thank you! Dark amber, little solid off-white head; Mineral, herbal, spruce, pine nose. Taste is mineral, herbal, floral, forest, iron, pepper. Served a bit too cold. Good, unique take on the IPA.

3.9 At BBF 2014 Pours clear, dark amber . No real head . Smell is sweet , bitter, caramel malts . Taste is bitter , herbal bitterness . Some Caramelly malts . Very balanced and just Nice as it is

3.5 sampled @ Borefts Beer Festival 2014: orangegoldenes Bier mit geringer weißen Schaumkrone. Geruch nach Honig, muffig, würzig, hopfig. Geschmack mild hopfig, bitter, würzig.

3.2 On tap @ Borefts 2014. #4. Body is clear, copper, Head is very large, creamy, creamy white, fully lasting, excellent lacing. Nose is roasty, Aroma is cereal, herbs, later hoppy. Taste is light sweet, light bitter, light sour. Finish is medium hoppy bitter with average duration. Medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. Easy dessert beer.

3.4 On tap at birefts. Thin creamy white head. Clear amber pour. Nice bitterness. Very smooth

3.6 Tap@Akkurat. Ljust kopparfärgad vätska. Doft av citrus. Hög sötma i maltkroppen. Besk avslutning. Lite väl lättdrucken för mitt bästa.

3.2 On tap at Tullen. Cloudy orange with white head. Smell is sweet caramel and grapefruit pine hops. Taste is sweet malt with bitter floral pine grapefruit hops. Medium bitterness and quite high carbonation.

3.2 Tap @ Akkurat 12/7-14. Aroma: Malt, hops, caramel. Taste: Dito + pine needles. Body is medium, the finish is dry and medium bitter.

3.7 Hops are mixed, grapefruity resinous notes are mixed with perfumy notes as well, Clean and crisp. Deep colour, medium head, big bite, mid-sweet, more potent than the aroma. Medium body, average carbonation, bitter finish. Solid.

3.4 Draught @ Ølhus Stockholm, Helsinki Pours dark reddish orange with a smooth head. Aroma of caramely malts, toffee, grass and some hoppiness. Taste is sticky malty, stuffy and syrupy with some berries, toffee, grass and citrusy hops. Finish is malty and stuffy with some hoppiness and berries. Doesn’t feel very fresh.

3.1 Draught @ Ølhus Stockholm. Aroma is a bit musty with strawberries and a malty ’kotikalja’ feeling. Foamy palate is a bit too high on CO2. Flavour has strawberries and minerals. Finishes unpleasant with malty kotikalja and some herbal bitterness. Not that good.

3.6 Tap@ølhus-sthlm. Dark reddish brown, hazy. Slight penicillan, brown malty, earthy dark fruity nose. Nice full med body, good cleansing bitters, dry finish. Hoppy brown malty body, some grens, bit of citrus, marmelade tangerines. This felt great, really hit the spot after having biked around for an hour in hot&humid weather. Real nice mourhfeel. -- rated with beerbasher/winphone

3.6 At BBF. Copper colour with off-white head. Caramel, malt, honey aroma. Sweet, caramel, fruity taste, slightly bitter. Medium body.

3.8 On tap at Bishop Gustav. This version is 6.7% and with an of OG 1.068. Copper red with a good foamy light brown head. Caramel, herbs, grass some citrus and a slight burn from the alcohol.

3.5 (backlog)Draft. Orange pour with some white head. Aroma is hop forward, could pass as an american ipa in aroma, citrus and grassy tones. Flavor has some grassy and citrus tones but also come off a bit malty.

3.5 På fat. Smak och doft av humle, malt, karamell, grapefrukt, tall. Fruktig, söt med toner av röda bär. Tydlig beska med smak av grapefrukt och tall.

3.3 Från tapp. Svag maltig doft med en ganska vass smak det finns goa toner av torkad frukt o beskan kommer långt bak i gommen o efter ett tag ganska behaglig.

3.6 Sampled from tap. Hazy orangey amber body. Citrussy hop nose with pine and leaf tones. A whiff of honeyed malts. Good body, juicy mouthfeel. Quite some malt-sweetness in the backbone. Bold bitterness with lots of hop flavor. Grapefruit, pinapple, pine-needles and some leafy and floral tones. Lasting bitter-sweet ending. Good stuff.

3.0 On tap at Akkurat. Pours red with a dense head. Aroma is red berries, some funky notes (reminescent of old socks). Taste is crisp bitterness with some red berry sweetness. Medium body.