Nils Oscar Coffee Stout - the Nils Oscar Company

Crosling

Colorado

3.43/5  rDev -11.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Pros: Has some complexity to it. Fully flavored from start to finish. Unique expression of malt. I really think Nils can work magic with malt.

Cons: Thinly bodied. Not a great appearance. Sparse aroma. Only slightly above average for the style. Kinda disappointing.

Serving type: bottle

03-25-2009 14:20:13 | More by Crosling

Dando54

United Kingdom (England)

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

06-02-2013 01:02:08 | More by Dando54

His_Royal_Hoppiness

United Kingdom (England)

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

04-17-2013 16:05:26 | More by His_Royal_Hoppiness

CwrwAmByth

United Kingdom (Wales)

3.66/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 330ml bottle into a Fullers snifter glass.

Pours a very dark brown/black colour, with a quick to dissipate off-white head.

Smells of coffee.

Tastes very bittersweet, of sweet and bitter malts, with a bitter strong taste of coffee. Slightly watery mouthfeel with high carbonation.

Overall a pretty decent beer but would prefer a more wholesome mouthfeel.

Serving type: bottle

04-08-2013 17:45:21 | More by CwrwAmByth

BrownNut

Florida

3.51/5  rDev -9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

No idea how old this is. Served cool.

Black. An aggressive pour yields a one finger light tan creamy head.

Smells like tootsie rolls but with some malty bran breakfast cereal.

The smell carries into the taste. But it is very mild, too mild and diluted. There is almost nothing happening to give it substance and backbone.

I was looking forward to more Scandinavian beers due to success with Nogne O and Mikkeler but this one is not in the same league. Pleasant, just not substantive.

Light-medium body

Serving type: bottle

01-11-2013 02:45:28 | More by BrownNut

StJamesGate

New York

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Chocolate brown with ruby highlights and a thin beige head that leaves the odd trailer.
Coffee dominant on the nose with some earth, smoke, and brown sugar.
Sharp black malt acid, coffee-flavored candy, a touch of sourness, roasty bite and earthy hops - more integrated than these contrasting notes might imply.
Spicy finish and numbing, coffee-tinged linger.
Light to medium, oily, some chew, soft.

Like many European stouts, a bit light and underpowered compared to US (and British) stouts. This comes off a bit tart and edgy without the depth or body I'd expect of an American RIS with coffee added. More like a coffee porter or brown ale; within that, however, round, measured and quite tasty.

Serving type: bottle

12-28-2012 23:40:26 | More by StJamesGate

donactive

Sweden

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

11-06-2012 18:49:53 | More by donactive

RblWthACoz

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +3.4%

10-16-2012 16:45:43 | More by RblWthACoz

eriktoyra

4.28/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Bottle stored away for one year in the cellar.

A: Pours a black liquid into the glass. The fudge colored head is foamy and about one finger high. Thick curtains on the glass. Nice!

S: It smells of dark roasted coffe, raisins and plum. The coffee smell is rather mild. I can also find some earthy and spicy tones. Maybe some dark chocolate also.

T: Not as much coffee as I expected up front. Dark chocolate, heavily roasted malts and some raisins. The coffee is more dominant at the end. The aftertastes can be described as bitter chocolate with roasted coffee beans.

M: Oily texture, almost like a milk stout. I guess there are quite a lot of wheat malts in this one. Medium body with low carbonation. Very smooth.

O: A nice and potent coffee stout. Well worth a try.

Serving type: bottle

10-03-2012 20:06:25 | More by eriktoyra

DavoleBomb

Ohio

3.83/5  rDev -1%
look: 2 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.5

Poured into a perfect pint.

2.0 A: Black color. Couldn't really muster a head, though this isn't completely flat.

4.0 S: Really earthy, minerally stout, which I happen to be a big fan of. Coffee is the most notable aroma, but just barely. Supple roast, mountain stream water earthiness, mineral. Hints of dark chocolate and caramel. Fairly dry overall, but balanced and quite bold.

4.5 T: Again lots of earthiness in this. Mineral, forest stream, clay. Big coffee, light dark chocolate, a bit of caramel. Again dry, but not distractingly so.

2.0 M: This is closer to flat than my initial impression. Lighter medium body. Just a hint of carbonation. Smooth, but not ideal.

3.5 D: I believe this would be a damn good beer if it had the requisite carbonation. Not a bad one without it.

Serving type: bottle

10-03-2012 02:13:56 | More by DavoleBomb

beergoot

Colorado

3.9/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Dark brown, nearly black body with a very nice thick, creamy tan head. A nice rich malt aroma, leaning heavily towards a caramel/toffee character with hints of roasted grains peaking through. Excellent roasted grain taste with a smooth, bitter undertone and overarching malt sugar smoothness (lightly chocolate in nature). Great balance overall between malts and hops.

An impressive little coffee stout from the mountains of Europe. Full-flavored, smooth, and easy drinking. Recommended!

Serving type: bottle

06-24-2012 23:14:17 | More by beergoot

aztraz

Sweden

3.75/5  rDev -3.1%

05-03-2012 20:35:40 | More by aztraz

OldTime

Georgia

4/5  rDev +3.4%

04-14-2012 03:14:47 | More by OldTime

Tyrawlings

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -9.6%

02-18-2012 17:11:28 | More by Tyrawlings

kevgod

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +3.4%

01-07-2012 17:35:31 | More by kevgod

Harkrank

Sweden

4/5  rDev +3.4%

12-23-2011 22:30:05 | More by Harkrank

Sunnanek

Sweden

4.13/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

A: Pours deep brown with red hues, almost black. The small pale brown head sinks quickly into some lacings.

S: Roasted dark malts with some black coffee, but rather mild and smooth. Some dark dried fruits lures in the back. Some dark bitter chocolate as well. Balanced.

T: Coffee, chocolate, vanilla and heavily roasted malts, a bit burnt makes this beer quite complex. Some bitter hops and some dark dried fruits as well.

M: Aftertaste is on the shorter side but lovely bitter. Body is full and very smooth/creamy while carbonation is held back.

O: Nice, balanced and complex, but still very modest.

Serving type: bottle

12-09-2011 18:31:18 | More by Sunnanek

JAHMUR

Connecticut

4/5  rDev +3.4%

11-29-2011 03:43:30 | More by JAHMUR

Rochefort10nh

New Hampshire

4/5  rDev +3.4%

11-23-2011 00:59:09 | More by Rochefort10nh

seeswo

Ohio

3.63/5  rDev -6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Enjoyed out of the bottle in my hotel room that has no cups, somehow and I left my tulip in the car. Ahh well. The bottle design looks nice. Coffee, cocoa and roast come off the nose as I give it an in-bottle swirl. Smells good. The taste is really unlike any coffee stout I've had. Really smooth, easy drinking, lower key coffee flavor. The coffee has a bit of sweet fruitiness to it with basically no bitterness. The beer is not really sweet though, nor altogether all that roasty. It's pretty much mild, but tasty coffee flavor with a completely clean finish. Mouthfeel is a touch thinner than I want in a stout, but it has good carbonation. I am enjoying this beer. While not exceptional, it is easy to put down and has an interesting and different coffee flavor.

Serving type: bottle

04-14-2011 01:33:40 | More by seeswo

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

2.4/5  rDev -38%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

I was really thinking that I would enjoy this more. The color and the appearance looked very inviting the nose was very bitter smelling. The head wasn't around for very long. The taste of this beer was pretty much just straight black coffee. I wasn't able to get any type of Malts, Hops or anything else from it. I just found that this beer was kind of un-balanced.

Serving type: bottle

04-01-2011 02:37:18 | More by Knapp85

Cresant

Kentucky

2.95/5  rDev -23.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Served this 11.2 oz. brown bottle in a Chouffe tulip. No date. The body was a solid brown with a light tan head. The foam faded to nothing rather quickly.

The smell was chocolate malts. Molasses and a slight ashiness.

The taste was of dark chocolate bitterness and coffee. Smooth.

The mouthfeel was thinner than expected. Easy to drink.

Serving type: bottle

01-21-2011 04:02:44 | More by Cresant

biglite351

Pennsylvania

2.78/5  rDev -28.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5

A - a lot of red around the edge.for a coffee stout, the head is also off white, which is odd for a coffee stout. A lot of lacing.

S - mild cup of coffee, but also something like a mild fruit. Something like a breakfast of coffers and fruit bowl, but it is on the table a few feet away.

T - odd mix of coffee and fruit. Odd, but not bad.

M - kind of stocky, like pop. No tingles to speak of.

D - taste is not bad while different, so maybe one.

Serving type: bottle

08-31-2010 02:02:40 | More by biglite351

crossovert

Wisconsin

2.75/5  rDev -28.9%
look: 4 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

11.2 oz bottle, I believe it is my first Swedish beer.

It pours a nice dark brown with a frothy tan head that leaves some nice lacing.

The smell is kind of weird, yes there is coffee, but it is primarily caramel and an odd funkiness. It's sorta like permanent marker.

The taste is better, if a bit thin, mostly caramel notes but with a tinge of roasted coffee.

Meh.

Serving type: bottle

08-17-2010 02:36:40 | More by crossovert

Khazadum

Illinois

3.93/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

Before I went on a float trip at the beginning of August 2010 I stopped into a local Binny's to grab the necessities. While there, I couldn't stop myself from buying this tiny little 11.2 fluid ounce bottle. Poured into a brandy snifter and reviewed live for your enjoyment.

Vision
A normal pour into my glass generated about a fingers worth of head that quickly dissipated to a sparsely cloudy arrangement. The color was not brown, but not white... sorta dingy undershirt color at best. The lacing can be found when held up to the light, but the bubbles quickly disappear from view.

The main body is stereotypical of a stout... black, but not oil slick. Dark as night, but not the void of wilderness. Even though its nearly impossible to view the center of this brew, I can tell it is barely carbonated and holding no surprises.

Bouquet
The bouquet reminds me of many stouts. It isn't breaking any rules here. Burnt grains, roasted malts, and the barest of hints of coffees. Is it espresso in there? Am I imagining it? There is definitely something sweet that reminds me of vanilla that comes through when I cap this for a moment.

Flavor Profile
The first sip reveals heavy burnt grains that rough you up around the edges. It lashes around for more than a few moments, but the finish is anything but clean. What remains is unmistakably coffee in nature. I'm hit with the feeling and intensity of that very first latte I ever had at the Bucks. Its a flavor that I'm proud to say is delicious and unique. There is a chocolate identity that melds itself with the coffee, but only acts as the no-name sidekick here.

I expected the flavors to be different depending on my sipping style and sampling technique. However, I am sadly mistaken. Subsequent sips follow the same general flow and textures.

Oral Sensations
There is a strong tingly sensation that I correlate to fizzy sodapop, but there is a lack of carbonation for that to be it. For a stout its body is lacking. I put it somewhere between watery and medium. The gravity of it leaves me wanting it to stick around, linger, develop, and play. It does none of these things and causes itself to lose out on points in my book.

Conclusions
This beer is easy to drink. It goes down like no other. The crisp, tingly sensation is actually enjoyable. Due to its low alcohol content and watery nature I find this to be a 'pound-able' brew. I could drink three of these easily in an evening. Maybe this beer is like a coffee sodapop, really.

The only sad note is that the coffee is an afterthought. It really isn't the star. In fact, it feels like someone made a stout and wanted to gimmick it up with espresso added in afterward. That's not a coffee stout, that's a stout with coffee in it. I could be just placing my values on the brewer, but I guess that is a liberty I take while reviewing.

Serving type: bottle

08-08-2010 03:11:45 | More by Khazadum