Black As The Night
Mikkeller in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark 🇩🇰
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.91
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TBone (30139) reviewed Black As The Night from Mikkeller 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled 25cl (from Ölbutikken six pack, BBE 2012). Pitch black color, tiny tan head. Big nose with whisky - peat, smoke, alcohol - and licorice. Full-bodied. First impression is cough syrup: sweet syrupy beer with loads of licorice and warming medicine ... err ... alcohol. Whisky impression, especially in the finish - probably Isley or Highland barrels. Aftertaste is sweet and has touch of espresso. Feels lighter than 13 %, does not has burning tick like eg. Dark Horizon 2nd ed. Very tasty, not super outstanding barrel brew like Kaggen (not so smooth or complex) but a great beer anyhow.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Black As The Night from Mikkeller 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottled (bought from Olbutikken). Black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is licorice, some slight whiskynotes as well as big time chocolate and coffeeish notes. Flavour is chocolate, coffee, some mild licorice as well as some whiskynotes. Also some slight alcohol is noteable. Quite wellbalanced even though this strong. Quite rich carbonation, which even more makes this a sipper.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Black As The Night from Mikkeller 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
25cl bottle from the Saturday opening of Olbutikken during the Copenhagen beer festival in September 2008. Buying 6 small bottles of beer for the equivalent to £42 may sound crazy to most UK beer drinkers, but the atmosphere at the beer shop was excellent and these beers are a little bit special. Black as night body with just a thin film of bubbles. Didn’t know which whisky this was aged in, but thankfully I don’t detect any TCP. A decent thick impy stout with good chewy choc and coffee flavours. Bit of Speyside/Highland whisky aroma, I’d go for Speyside as a guess, chewy dark malts and a dash of espresso oh and liquorice too. Liquorice edge runs all the way through it and gives it a bit of a sour edge. Does remind me of a sherbert fountain. Decent impy stout, the mouthfeel is a bit over carbonated, even after 20 mins in the glass which lets it down a bit. Finish has some pretty good dark malts and a bit of a whisky twang. Good flavours, some liquorice, interesting character.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Black As The Night from Mikkeller 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle 25 cl. Pours an opaque black with a tall, lively and very rough head that fades fairly quickly. Intensely sweet aroma of chocolate and vanilla - almost liqueurish. Full-bodied with a lively carbonation, hard roasted malts, vanilla and syrup - and perhaps a wee fusty edge deriving from the barrel while the whisky accents are rather subdued. Malt bitter finish. Turns a bit into cough syrup in the end. 271208
KimLundJohansen (10465) reviewed Black As The Night from Mikkeller 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Black with a large brown head. Aroma was very sweet with plenty of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, wood and whisky. Very sweet flavour with burned malt, sweet chocolate, coffee, whiskey and woody notes.
HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed Black As The Night from Mikkeller 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Creamy lightbrown excellent mostly lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and hoppy aroma. Slightly alcoholic. Heavy bitter flavor. Long nice heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate an a little too lively. Nice but far from perfect.
omhper (44752) reviewed Black As The Night from Mikkeller 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. VERY black, airy head. Strong aroma of licorice and marzipan. Sweet with lots of licorice and evident whisky. Warming and rich, very powerful. Whisky lingers forever, leaving traces in form of peat and alcohol heat.
Dedollewaitor (22132) reviewed Black As The Night from Mikkeller 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
25cl bottle. Pours pitch black with a large slowly collapsing brown head. Nose & taste is roasted coffee, chocolate, bourbon & vanilla. Very smooth with a vague warmth & stickyness. Lovely!
Beertalk (16424) reviewed Black As The Night from Mikkeller 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home, rating 2200. Black with a huge, light brown head, disappearing though, and no lace. Aroma is chocolate, sweey licorice, bourbon and some American hops mixed up in all the rest. The alcohol is obvious in the nose. The flavour is sweet, mostly brown sugar, chocolate and bourbon, and lots of alcohol. The complexity is there, but just a tad too sweet and alcoholic. The best of the "black as..."
Sigmund (14587) reviewed Black As The Night from Mikkeller 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
250 ml bottle, shared with Ole_R, thx! ABV was 13.0%. Imperial stout stored 5 months in a whisky barrel, simply called "Mikkeller Black As Night". Pitch black colour, brown head that does not last very long. Nice roasty aroma, notes of coffee, tar, oak and liquorice. Intense oaky, roasty and very sweet flavour, alcohol is noticeable but not as much as expected. Long and bitter aftertaste.