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Mikkeller Draft Bear

Percentile
95
overall
Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: European Strong Lager

Copenhagen V, Denmark

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3143.72/5.03.7/5.08%98.8Lager glass
Commercial Description:
Brewed by Mikkeller at De Proefbrouwerij in Lochristi, Belgium.

’Fad bamse’ is a highly hopped and dry hopped imperial pilsner with a light body and lovely crispyness from the lager yeast.
A Danish pilsner is typically characterized by an alcohol content of 4,6% vol., piss-yellow colour and a sexless, slightly bitter taste. But it doesn’t have to be like this…! Draft Bear is Mikkellers interpretation of a ’pilsner’, heavyweight-style. With its powerful hop notes, high alcohol content and lovely golden appearance, the only reference to the pilsner style is the clean taste of the lager yeast.
Ingredients : Water, malts (pils, carapils and amber), light candy sugar, hops (amarillo and cascade) and lager yeast.
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 blklab2007 (958), Connecticut, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Nov 21, 2009  
bottle poured an orange amber in color with a thick foamy off white head. aroma has caramel malt, light citrus, bitter hops, fruit, and flowers. mouth feel is medium an there is plenty of frothy carbonation. flavor has a sweet malted base, creeping bitterness, flowers, honey, light citrus, and some yeast. all the flavor do go well with one another.


DonBirnam (69), Wellington, New Zealand
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Nov 10, 2009  
Bottle @ Hashigo Zake tasting. Golden with deacent white head. Sweet honey and hop aroma, with quite a high alcoholic tinge. Dry hop characters with no astringency and sligh caramel sweetnessto balance it out. Very smooth on the palate.


 rosenbergh (877), Helsinki, Finland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Nov 7, 2009  
750 ml bottle. Finland.
Clear amber/orange colour with small off-white head. Fruity bitter hoppy aroma. Lots of maltiness and bitter hoppiness in flavour. Some yeast and alcohol warmth. Is this really Strong Lager? If so, very good.


 Nordcore (275), North of, Norway
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 23, 2009  
Bottle 75 cl. Amber with some Yellow, hazy with a big light yellow head. Aroma; Very nice hoppy, fruity, juicy. Flavor; Hoppy, again nice hoppy and some yeast, the alc is well hidden. Good!


 beeranarchist (185), Aalborg, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Sep 27, 2009  
Draft. Golden with a little haze. Lovely hoppy aroma with notes of grape fruits, hay and lightly kilned malt. Bitter and dry; a true thirst quencher, however full-bodied, whick makes it a beer to sip and not a true lawnmower beer.


 DSG (1501), Tel Aviv, Israel
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 20, 2009  
[9/5/08] Bottle sample at Kulminator in Antwerp after LCRBM. Murky orange. Aroma of yeast, fruits and some flowery hops. Sweetish spicy flavor with yeast and hoppy bitterness in the finish. Medium-bodied.


 WISEGUY572 (1245), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Sep 3, 2009  
Once you use amber malts and American hops it is outrageous to pretend this is a pilsner. It’s like trying to pass an Imperial Stout off as a superior pilsner. That said, this is delightful, sort of midway between a double and a triple American IPA, somewhere between Founders’ Double Trouble and Devil Dancer for bitterness and safely below their Devil Dancer for alcohol. Rich amber, not a pils. Cascade and Amarillo, with heavy notes of citrus and pine, not a pils. Great creamy mouth. Beautiful hazy gold with a huge foamy head, almost like a big Belgian. Just delightful. And a bonus point for pulling this off at 8% alcohol, also not a pils. Or a stout. But if I had thought I was buying a pils I would be truly angry.


 Miksu (2218), Jyväskylä, Finland
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Aug 28, 2009  
Draught at Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Deep golden color. Sweet, perfumed, herbal and rubbery aroma. Toffeish, herbal and rubbery flavor with sharp and tart alcohol note. Boozy and sharp lager, not my pint of beer.



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