Santas Little Helper 2012 (Barrel Aged Cognac Edition)
Mikkeller in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Brewed at/by: De ProefbrouwerijBelgian Style - Strong Ale Special
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Score
7.72
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
375mL bottle, pours a deep dark mahogany / dark brown with a medium beige head. Aroma brings out notes of butterscotch, cognac and dark fruits - interesting note. Flavour is very similar, with notes of butterscotch, buttery notes, some light barrel characteristics, and dark fruits. Not very similar to the base beer - the barrel aging has made this into a butterscotch bomb. It's quite good for what it is.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle courtesy of Mr Ken. It pours deep brown with a small tan head. The nose is toasty, earth, bounty bar, vanilla, toasted coconut, wood and dark chocolate. The taste is roasted malt, toast, fruit cake, earth, vanilla, spice, cognac, bounty and dark fruits. Medium-full body, moderate carbonation and oily mouth-feel. Nice bounty bar character. Smooth, well-balanced and tasty. The clear winner of the 2012 BA Santa’s Little Helpers.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
16th January 2013
Tasting at the pad of the ever gracious Bruce. Opaque dark brown beer, yellowish pale tan head. Palate is smooth and softish, semi dry. Soft creamy malt with a light touch of dark chocolate. Big coconut combines with the chocolate and cream to give a nice Bounty Bar vibe. Light and mellow Cognac leads to mild tangy dark fruits. Sweet and tasty. Lovely.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared in London - big thanks to Ken for another one of these Christmas lovelies. Pours rich brown with a frothy beige head. Very well balanced nose, with notes of coconut, rich chocolate, ripe fruits. Big sweet flavor with rich, oily coconut, somewhat sugary chocolate, low bitterness. Full bodied with fine, creamy carbonation. Warming finish with more oily coconut, dark chocolate, dark fruits. Super well balanced and deep. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
37.5cl bottle from ølbutikken 90,-. pitch dark, smooth brown head. typical ba stoutish aroma with lakridskonfekt (sweet licorice, coconut, vanilla), roasted malts, sweet and spicy. flavor is coconuts, sweet licorice, mild hops, roasted malts, ends a little more malty roasted than it begins, palate is quite round. Flavor is quite a lot like a BA imp. stout, only somewhat sweeter perhaps. Not so much spices, but some can be tasted. I don’t like coconut very much in beer, other than that it is in fact pretty tasty.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Black with a lasting tan head. Big aroma of dark chocolate, coconut, booze and Danish candy lakridskonfekt. Sweet flavour with lots of chocolate, fruit and oak.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Creamy light Brown good mostly lasting head. Dark amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy and yeasty aroma. Vanilla/oak from barrel very present. Moderate bitter flavor. Strange oak/barrel notes. Not very wel balanced. Moderate bitter long finish. Creamy palate.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Pours very dark brown, essentially black. Khaki head, smallish though larger than expected for the size, style, barrel aging, etc. Bubbles mostly die away after a few moments. Aroma is a mix of cocoa, cola, caramel, spice, and cognac barrel. It smells sweet and warm, like a warm slice of chocolate cake with a snifter of cognac. Everything comes together very nicely. The spice is a holiday-ish mix of nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice. It starts out with cola and honey sweetness. Unsweetened cocoa and holiday spice bring some depth to sweetness, while cognac and oak reign in the possibility of cloying sugariness. Very round flavor. Lots of stuff going on. The cognac barrel and chocolate combination is particularly nice. Mouthfeel is full and slick but a little fizzy at first. Tasty beer. I liked this one a lot more than expected. It tastes like a boozy Christmas dessert. I’m not normally a big fan of spiced Christmas beers, but Mikkeller did an excellent job, here.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampled @ Kerstbierfestival Essen 2013. Opaque pitch black color, small beige to light brown head. Aroma of malts, lightly sweet, cognac, liquor. Taste malts, lightly sweet, liquor, cognac. Nice. Medium body and carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Pours black Almost no head Vanilla , sweetness in the smell Low carbo Very gentle , sweet , bit boozy , cognac , roasted malts , vanilla . Nice !