Subsidiaries
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Pours a hazy amber with a creamy, yellowish beige head. Fruity, hoppy aroma - some pineapple perhaps?? Fat and oily mouthfeel. Good, full body with some sweetish caramel accents -but I really miss some grapefruit notes here. A very decent IPA all right, but not as clean, crisp and fresh as some of Mikkellers single hop IPAs - Chinook for instance. 050506
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2006
at 10:36
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Mahogany color with red shades; huge creamy head; it deserved my original Cuvée de l’Ermitage Grand Cru glass! Very nice aroma, medium strong, malty of course, with an elegant hoppy note, developing over time. Full mouthfeel, very good balance of malts and hops, powerful but not cloying; good hop fruitness and excellent final, long and fruity, with enough resins.
A monster, just my kind of beer, that I could drink over and over!
A monster, just my kind of beer, that I could drink over and over!
Tried
on 05 May 2006
at 03:37
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2013-03-21, bb Dec 2006, 7 years old, 10-5-9-4-18=46
Probably the first commercial batch!
Ink black color with generous brown head, persistent. Infinite roastiness, with wonderful coffee aroma, pungent, with waves of roasted macadamia, vanilla cream, tobacco. Good body structure, with smooth mouthfeel; excellent flavor of roasted malt, dark chocolate, tobacco, talk; correct bitterness, leading into a balanced and coffeish final, also drier now.
No signs of age, lovely black pearl.
2008-05-25, bottle 2 years old, 8-5-8-3-15=39
Black color, with a creamy head.It has a very nice aroma of caramel and roasted malt, fresh. The body is thinner than I remembered, with strong roasted malt flavor and coffee, this getting maybe too strong at the end, for me; and liquorice. The black coffee aftertaste remains long in the mouth, which I don’t exactly like too much (but with the attenuation, when drinking it with food, it gets much better).
2006-05-04, fresh bottle, 8-5-8-4-16=41
Black color; brown creamy head. Aroma of roasted malt, also some fruitiness on and off, light coffee. Good malty structure, not too thick, with a good combination of roasted malt, liquorice and coffee; all the elements are mixed well together. Strong final, long, with mostly roasted malt and some liquorice. Thanks Mikkel (and Jeppe) for storing this bottle for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2006
at 03:35
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Hazy dark brown color; thin head. Wonderful aroma: pine needles at first, then malt, caramel, light vanilla, hop leaves (green hop). Medium body structure, a lot of caramel, some malt, and of course the resiny hop, quite dry and harsh bitterness. Very strong ending bitterness.
Tried
on 05 May 2006
at 03:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Another Mikkeller beer - and yet another milestone - this time rating number 6000. I’m experiencing a slow down - this millenium took me 5½ months - whereas the last 3 only took me 5 months apieces, it is probably healthy.
A deep red beer with a very slight hazy underneath a huge light brown head. The aroma is very hoppy with strong notes of grapefruit, grass, and lime, as well as a slight dusty note. The flavor is quite sweet with notes of caramel to start out with, then the aroma hops comes along with a strong floral presences besides notes of citrus - especially limes and lemons, some grass. And then to my surprise there is a slight intervention of a interplay of roasted malt, before the bitter end sets in with notes of grapefruit and grass combined with lesser notes of caramel and dust, leading to a long lasting quite dry and bitter end, where the lime note really never gives up.
A deep red beer with a very slight hazy underneath a huge light brown head. The aroma is very hoppy with strong notes of grapefruit, grass, and lime, as well as a slight dusty note. The flavor is quite sweet with notes of caramel to start out with, then the aroma hops comes along with a strong floral presences besides notes of citrus - especially limes and lemons, some grass. And then to my surprise there is a slight intervention of a interplay of roasted malt, before the bitter end sets in with notes of grapefruit and grass combined with lesser notes of caramel and dust, leading to a long lasting quite dry and bitter end, where the lime note really never gives up.
Tried
on 03 May 2006
at 16:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Amber color; persistent perlage. The Belgian yeasts give a typical malty fruitness to this solid brew; very malty example, a lot of candi. Powerful, but less alcohol punch than expected; at the end the mouth is warming up. Quite strong ending bitterness. Well brewed. Thanks Jørgen!
Tried
from Can
on 21 Apr 2006
at 11:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
[Sampled to celebrate my 5900th rating] Opening and pouring this beer - it is definately the most lively beer from Mikkeller yet - when poured the head is enormous. The beer is very dark brown, not much light comes thru even when held against a lamp, but I seem to see a slight haze in it. The head is as mentioned enormous, but quite fluffy and dark brown in color. The aroma is quite complex, the main note being a dusty hoppiness, but combined with notes of chocolate, and citrus. The flavor is sweet at the very beginning, but the sweetness soon resides to strong roasted notes, combined with notes of chocolate, that turns more toward crushed cocoa - especially taking the dryness it gives into account. The flavor also contains hints of citrus. The alcohol is felt slightly in the end. I don’t find the beer very balanced with the strong sweetness just in the beginning and an extreme dryness in the end, but the extremes makes the beer very complex, so that You really have to take Your time drinking it, to take the challenge. For the style this is a wonderful beer, since it offers a complexity that is seldom found in Brown Ales. Another great beer from Mikkeller.
Tried
on 15 Apr 2006
at 17:40
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Hazy amber colour with a white longlasting head. Sweet fruity aroma. Sweet yeasty flavor with some fruity hints. Sweet warming yeasty aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2006
at 10:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a brownish colour with an off-white head. Hoppy aroma with hints of pine needles. Smooth flavor of hops and pine needles, with some hints of grapefruit. Long nice bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2006
at 10:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a nice dark brown colour with an off-white head. Malty roasted aroma with hints of caramel. Sweet roasted malty and a little bitter flavor. Also have some hints of caramel in the flavor. With a nice hoppy malty aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2006
at 10:29