Monk's Elixir
Mikkeller in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Brewed at/by: De ProefbrouwerijBelgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular
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Score
7.44
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Monk's Brew aka Monk’s Elixir is a heavy dark Belgian ale inspired by the Trappist monasteries of Rochefort and Westvleteren. The beer style, characterized by its high content of alcohol, distinguishes itself by its dominant yeast character, delicious malt background and balanced hop notes.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
330ml bottle. (As Monk's Brew) Pours a beautiful hazy brown with ruby hue and a large, frothy, long lasting, beige head that leaves curtains of lace. Sweet fruity aroma of bready malt, raisins, figs, dates, cherries, overripe bananas, caramel, brown sugar and light spice. Sweet flavour of caramel malt, toffee, brown sugar, molasses, dried fruit, plum, light chocolate, cloves and cinnamon with a dry, warming booze finish. Medium to full body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. Easy drinking for a Quad, but still complex and tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2018
at 05:44
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
I have wanted to try something from Mikkeller for a long time, never could find anything. Finally located Monk’s Brew in Santa Fe. All right. Chilled before pouring into my New Belgium globe glass, a dark almost black liquid along with a wispy light tan head that shows signs of lacing. But enough of that. The nose is inviting, dark fruit, malt and yeast. Enough of that too, I want a drink. Hey now, pretty fine. There is malt, raisin, something herbal, a slight toffee sweetness. It finishes with a pronounced bitterness, surprising. Comparable in taste to Rochefort Trappistes, not at the same level though.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2017
at 20:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Hazy deep brown with ruby highlights. Beige head. It is tall dense and stable. The aroma is dark malts, dried fruit, spicy yeast. Medium to full body. Light to medium sweet complex taste. It is hard to analyse the components because of good balance. Malts, yeast and hops play together. Not without booziness. Take care.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2017
at 15:36
2/10
Tried
on 25 Aug 2017
at 13:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, 23rd July 17. Pours a dark brown sugar colour, murky. Aroma is sweet, sugar, dark fruit. Taste is sweet, brown sugar, slight fruit, molasses. Not so smooth, OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2017
at 00:54
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Vom Fass im Stone Brewing Berlin 2016-12 getrunken. Dieser dunkle Sud schmeckt aus Fass oder Flasche super lecker. Hier schafft es Mikkeller den schweren Klosterbierstil hervoragend ins Glas zu bringen. Ein Malzmonster ohne Süße, sondern eher wie ein schwerer durchgereifter Rotwein. Dieses Mikkeller ist ein typische Vertreter seines Stil Abt/Quadrupel und mit der üblichen sensationellen Qualität von Mikkeller. Klasse!
Tried
on 09 Jul 2017
at 11:05
8/10
Tried
on 13 May 2017
at 16:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Zwart bier met shcuim. Smaak is licht zoet en krachtig met iets van karamel, drop en anijs. Voor een quadrupel vrij licht en vlak van smaak.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2017
at 10:18
7/10
Quite typical quad, not very mikkellish. Very yeasty, plenty of malty characters. Even some slight hoppyness. Not bad, almost Belgian.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Burg Bieren Bierwinkel
on 01 Mar 2017
at 23:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 330 ml from Svijet Piva. Shared with Werckmeister. Pours brown with medium off-white head. Malty, fruity, caramel, dried fruit, sweet. Expected a bit more body.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Svijet Piva
on 03 Dec 2016
at 04:36