Santa's Little Helper
Mikkeller in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Winter|
Score
7.33
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This beer is inspired by the Belgian Christmas Beers, known for their thick warming body, light spices and balanced hop profile.
It’s a dark brown, sweet and potent Belgian strong ale. The aroma gives away notes of spices, caramel, roasted malt and nuts. The flavor has some hints of dark dried fruit, brown sugar, and liquorice. It’s sweet with notes of caramel, orange peel and spices and the finish is lightly dry due to the balanced hop profile.
It’s a dark brown, sweet and potent Belgian strong ale. The aroma gives away notes of spices, caramel, roasted malt and nuts. The flavor has some hints of dark dried fruit, brown sugar, and liquorice. It’s sweet with notes of caramel, orange peel and spices and the finish is lightly dry due to the balanced hop profile.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, some chocolate, dark fruits, raisins, herbs. Flavour is sweet, a little boozy, with a light bittersweet finish. Smooth and lovely winter brew.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2025
at 13:33
3.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
28.12.2024, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Nice bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, hazy dark amber color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish boozy, yeast, fruit stones, booze, caramel malts, dried dark fruits, butterscotch, almond essence, bark. Taste is harsh sour-ish boozy, bark, fruit stones, booze, yeast, soil, medicine, cardboard, almond essence, dusty dark fruits, sour-ish roasted grain, cellar. Longlasting harsh bitterness, harsh boozy mouthfeel. Drainpour.
Nice bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, hazy dark amber color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish boozy, yeast, fruit stones, booze, caramel malts, dried dark fruits, butterscotch, almond essence, bark. Taste is harsh sour-ish boozy, bark, fruit stones, booze, yeast, soil, medicine, cardboard, almond essence, dusty dark fruits, sour-ish roasted grain, cellar. Longlasting harsh bitterness, harsh boozy mouthfeel. Drainpour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2025
at 19:19
4.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
29.12.2024, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Nice bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, hazy dark amber color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, yeast, caramel malts, raisins, bark, fruit stones, broth, almond essence, soil, alcohol, sawdust. Taste is harsh sour-ish boozy, bark, booze, yeast, almond essence, caramel malts, fruit stones, soil, raisins, cardboard, butterscotch. Medium to longlasting bitterness, harsh sour-ish boozy mouthfeel. Meh!
Nice bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, hazy dark amber color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish fruity, yeast, caramel malts, raisins, bark, fruit stones, broth, almond essence, soil, alcohol, sawdust. Taste is harsh sour-ish boozy, bark, booze, yeast, almond essence, caramel malts, fruit stones, soil, raisins, cardboard, butterscotch. Medium to longlasting bitterness, harsh sour-ish boozy mouthfeel. Meh!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2025
at 19:19
3.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
30.12.2024, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Nice bubbly-creamy longlasting head, hazy dark amber color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish boozy, fruit stones, yeast, soil, bark, alcohol, raisins, almond essence, minerals, caramel malts, spices, cardboard, plastic. Taste is harsh metallic, bark, booze, yeast, metal tank, soil, fruit stones, cardboard, medicine, spices. Longlasting hash bitterness, boozy and medical mouthfeel. Crap!
Nice bubbly-creamy longlasting head, hazy dark amber color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish boozy, fruit stones, yeast, soil, bark, alcohol, raisins, almond essence, minerals, caramel malts, spices, cardboard, plastic. Taste is harsh metallic, bark, booze, yeast, metal tank, soil, fruit stones, cardboard, medicine, spices. Longlasting hash bitterness, boozy and medical mouthfeel. Crap!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2025
at 19:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle. Coppery brown colour with a mediumsized beigeish brown head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is dates, figs, som plum and mild caramel with alcohol and mild spiciness to it too. Flavour is sweet dried fruits, some burnt sugar, mild caramel and some toasted tones as well as mild spiciness too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jan 2025
at 11:53
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:16
7/10
There's a little touch of something at the end. Very tasty and good.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Coppery brown head, small off-white foamy head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is caramel, spices, mild alcohol and some dried fruits and a bit raisins as well. Flavour is quite similar to the aroma, but has a rather nice drinkability to it. A bit sweet, but not overly so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2024
at 19:58
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Creamy lightbrown excellent fully lasting head. Dark red amber colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter fantastic flavor. Long great harmonic finish. Creamy palate. Fantastic.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2024
at 10:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Craig's. Pours deep reddish with bits, nose is bready, caramel, Clove, aniseed, taste is malty, bread, toffee, spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2024
at 15:02