4.2

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!

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours a clear deep brown with a slight amber hue and a light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sweet grains and bread with a bit of dates and light citrus underlying. Flavor has bread and sweet grains with caramel, dates and a hint of citrus backing.

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 330ml. @ home. [ As Mikkeller Santas Little Helper 2017 ].Clear medium to dark red brown colour with many small and medium sized body particles, a average to large, creamy - frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, sweet malt, candy, spicy, chocolate, moderate to heavy yeasty, belgium yeast, candy yeast, sweet yeast, muscovado sugar, dark fruit, dried fruit, anis seed - star anis. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, muscovado sugar, candy sweet yeast, spicy, sweet yeast, dark malt, sweet dark malt, dark fruit, dried fruit, anis seed. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20181125] 7-3-8-4-15

8.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Surprisingly I spotted this 750 ml bottle on the shelf at a Total Wine on the Strip in Las Vegas in the spring during March Madness. Go figure. I bought it and brought it home of course, Mikkeller is tough to find in Texas. This is a treat. I use my Chimay glass for the tasting, no brainer on that. The pour gives a chestnut brown body and a slender, finely-bubbled top. The nose is brown sugar, caramel and malt. A drink now, yeah, this is good. Toffee, dark plum, yeast, malt, biscuit and spice. A slight burn as it goes down. Very nice. I will savor this bottle, doubtful I’ll ever see Santa’s Little Helper again.

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7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

(Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 9 Dec 2017) Dark reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of dried fruit, caramel, burnt sugar and vinous aromas of alcohol. Malty, fruity taste with caramel, dried fruit, treacle, soy sauce, spices, a touch of coffee and a sweetish, vinous finish with a mild spicy bitterness. Full body, quite sweet. A bit unbalanced and boozy, but really tasty. Nice one.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

330ml bottle, b.b.15/09/27 bought at Vinmonopolet Stokmarknes. Firm, bubbly, beige head to a coal black body with a deep rustic tint. Crocheted lacing. Modest spiced aroma, hints of dark dough and dried fruits. Sweet brown malty flavours joined by spices, earth and dark plums. Prolonged ending. Decent Yuletide feel, a sipper that gets a tad too sweet in the long run. (Stokmarknes 02.03.2018).

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Svijet Piva, Zagreb. Dark brown, creamy beige head. Caramel, spicy, warming, some chocolate, some sugar. Sweet. Medium bodied.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Svijet piva (World of Beer), Maksimirska, Zagreb. Shared with Zvonko! Dark brown with a reddish tint. Small creamy off-white head. Roasty, alcohol, dried fruits, toffee, spices. Balanced - sweet and roasty. Very strong, dry finish. Nice, but no complexity.