40 Smaragd
Mikkeller in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Brewed at/by: De ProefbrouwerijBarley Wine - Barley Regular
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Score
8.13
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This amazing Barley Wine was brewed in August 2013, aged for a year on barrels of Chateau D'Yquemm and then bottled for the 40th anniversary of Bierhuis Kulminator 1974-2014
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8/10
6 years old bottle, November 2020. Hazy dark amber with a lasting off-white head. Well oxidised malty aroma with toffee, dried fruit, dessert wine and a touch of vanilla. Sweet malty flavour with obvious oxidation, but hardly dusty at all. The extreme alcohol level is kept well in check, in a rather elegant beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2020
at 21:03
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Trade with Vindueskigger. Thanks Thomas. Pours ruby amber with a small creamy head. Perfect vinousness. Dried fruit, booze, elegant barrel, caramel and toffee. Fulll bodied. Soft. Sherry N Rum. Giant sipper! Boom
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2020
at 17:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Taster on Black Christmas #7. Appearance: hazy copper with no head. Aroma: oxydized, dome sweetness, caramel, barrel notes. Taste: along the same lines, very sweet. Overall: nice one.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2019
at 08:58
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
From a massive Mikkeller backlog. Most of these ratings are very old. Beware :) Pours clear dark brown with a small offwhite head. Aroma has lots of sherry, raisins, malt, caramel, oranges, banana, vinous notes, hazelnuts. Taste has malty bready notes, sweet oranges, vanilla, fudge, oak, dark fruits, bitter hazelnuts, caramel, grapey notes, strawberries. Super weird and quite special!
Tried
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2019
at 21:26
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle 375ml. [ As Mikkeller 40 Smaragd ].Clear medium amber orange with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, sweet malt, toasted, caramel, oxidide malt, moderate to heavy yeasty, belgium yeast, wood, oak, alcohol, dried fruit. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, sweet malt, belgium yeast, candy, wood, oak, dried fruit, vanilla, alcohol. Body is medium to medium full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. Wow tasty :0)... [20180212] 9-3-8-4-17
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Feb 2018
at 12:17
8/10
Tried
on 12 Feb 2018
at 21:13
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Kulminator courtesy of Vincent, thanks! Deep clear amber color. Aroma of burnt vinous caramel. Taste is rich caramel. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Mar 2017
at 11:29
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Mikkeller 40 Smaragd (by Mikkeller):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 19/20, MyTotalScore: 4.5/5
21/XII/16 - 37.5cl bottle from Kulminator (Antwerpen), shared @ 't Zwaantje (St. Denijs-Westrem) - BB: n/a, bottled: 21/VIII/14 (2016-1476) Thanks to a good beer friend of mine for the bottle!
Slightly hazy deep amber to chestnut brown beer, no head. Aroma: very oxidized, caramel, honey, almonds, sweet, marzipan. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: sweet, honey, sweet wine, marzipan, some alcohol, honey, dried fruits, malty, vanilla, caramel. Aftertaste: sweet, caramel, vanilla, cookies, malty, vanilla, dried raisins, some banana.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 19/20, MyTotalScore: 4.5/5
21/XII/16 - 37.5cl bottle from Kulminator (Antwerpen), shared @ 't Zwaantje (St. Denijs-Westrem) - BB: n/a, bottled: 21/VIII/14 (2016-1476) Thanks to a good beer friend of mine for the bottle!
Slightly hazy deep amber to chestnut brown beer, no head. Aroma: very oxidized, caramel, honey, almonds, sweet, marzipan. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: sweet, honey, sweet wine, marzipan, some alcohol, honey, dried fruits, malty, vanilla, caramel. Aftertaste: sweet, caramel, vanilla, cookies, malty, vanilla, dried raisins, some banana.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2016
at 16:15