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In 2006 he was a math and physics teacher that started experimenting with hops, malt and yeast back home in his kitchen in Copenhagen. Today Mikkel Borg Bjergsø exports his micro brewed beer to 40 different countries and is internationally acclaimed as one of the most innovative and cutting edge brewers in the world
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Mikkeller owns 5 breweries/brands:
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Boutip (10207) reviewed
Stateside from Mikkeller
19 years ago
8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a deep cloudy amber color ale with a huge foamy head with great retention and good lacing. Aroma of floral hops is quite intense and enjoyable with some piney and citrusy notes. Taste is dominated by bitter and citrus hops with some clear piney notes as well as some great caramel malt to sustain all those hops. Body is full with some great carbonation. Probably one of the best west coast IPA outside of the West coast.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2007 at 14:04
MiP (20513) reviewed
X Vesterbronx Kriek 2007 from Mikkeller
19 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 8
KØ07. Nice deep red colour with a small red head. The flavour is distincly cherry, a bit like bubblegum, except less sweet. Sour/tart aftertaste.
Tried on 04 Jun 2007 at 10:40
omhper (46303) reviewed
ComOn Rauch from Mikkeller
19 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled. Cloudy nut brown, rich head. Restrained woody smoke aroma. Dry with clean mouthfeel and fairly lightbody. Some orange make an unusual addition to the medium intensity smokiness. Lightly yeasty. Fairly low bitterness. Very interesting, but I still prefer the more traditional Franconian renditions.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2007 at 03:26
Sloefmans (15815) reviewed
X Vesterbronx Kriek 2007 from Mikkeller
19 years ago
8.5/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Beautiful ruby to cyclamen red with very short-lived, bright pink-cyclamen head; CO² bubbles splatting out of the liquid. Beautifully rich, very wine-y thick cherries nose. Velours is the only word the aroma draws, and it reminds me, because of the colour too, of a Baroque painting of a sumptuously dressed lady. Wry, tart, very fruity flavour, ending a bit short, and leaving a bit medicinal taste behind; lemony, and maybe speculoos biscuits flavour - without the sweetness, any fruit sugars all gone. In the throat again very vineous. Near puckeringly sourish, with full dry-out effect. Fully fruit-bodied, slick. This is a great Kriek, sorry, Kers. There’s not the slightest doubt about quality or quantity of the fruit. Its flavours are great. But I have a bone of contention with it. WHY is it presented as a "lambic"? Has extraneous lambic been blended in? Probably not. It is a beautiful fruitbeer - and it ought to be satisfied at that. It does not need a tag which it cannot make true. Many thanks to Mikkel and Jeppe for bringing me this!
Tried from Can on 03 Jun 2007 at 13:47
gunnfryd (22478) reviewed
Black Hole from Mikkeller
19 years ago
9.1/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Bottle. (THX to Papsoe) Black colour with a brown head. Aroma is smoked, coffee, hop. Flavour is smoked, balanced, hop, coffee, chocolate, alcohol. Bitter and coffee finish. Wow , this is a very nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2007 at 01:43
Sloefmans (15815) reviewed
Draft Bear from Mikkeller
19 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Old golden beer with slight orange shine; huge, dense variable head as whipped eggwhite. Fresh hoppy nose, USA and/or UK hops, very lemony; lemoncake with lupulin. Very dry, hoppy taste, the same as announced by the smell. There are some drafts of malt beneath, as some overnight piece of apricot & lemoncake, and maybe some lunaria, but generally speaking, there’s nowt but hops, hops, and then some more hops. Medium bodied, quite slick; aftertaste (not really new) are unending hops, and a bit burning MF. Well... Imperial Pilsner, huh? It’s unidimensional if anything. This bear walks on socks, we’d say over here. Big thanks, Chief lachesis!
Tried from Draft on 01 Jun 2007 at 13:57
MiP (20513) reviewed
Beer Geek Breakfast (Pooh Coffee Cask Festival Edition) from Mikkeller
19 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at KØ07. Black colour, very small brown and big-bubbled head. Starts off quite bitter, turns into a distinct coffee flavour. Finishes with a very roasted coffee aftertaste and very late roasted malt bitterness with some alcohol. Once one gets used to all the other flavours, it turns out to be quite hoppy as well. So hoppy that it bites the throat after a while. The texture is oily, but somehow still thin. Quite interesting and with a good story.
Tried from Cask on 31 May 2007 at 12:29
yespr (55614) reviewed
X Imperial Stout (2007) from Mikkeller
19 years ago
8.6/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
CBF07 sample from tap. Pours pitch black with little head. Aroma is dark, coffee, slight tobacco, slight citric and fruity. Flavour is chocolate, sweet and distinct bitter/sour. Finish is a complex chocolate note with hops bitterness. Almost no carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 30 May 2007 at 15:44
yespr (55614) reviewed
Monk's Elixir from Mikkeller
19 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
CBF07 sample from bottle and tap (not good). Bottle, specifically as the tap version was a month too young. Pours amber clear with a good head which leaves a nice lacing. Citric to sour aroma into a very nice malt blend and slight smoked. Flavour is caramel malty with a nice hops blend. Sweet to dry finish.
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2007 at 15:42
yespr (55614) reviewed
X Vesterbronx Kriek 2007 from Mikkeller
19 years ago
8.2/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
CBF07 sample from tap. Pours totally red and with a nice red head. Aroma is sour and cherries. Flavour cherries and wow this is sour and bitter. No sweetness. Very very refrshing and cleansing.
Tried from Draft on 30 May 2007 at 15:39