Mikkeller Single Hop Simcoe IPA

Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Copenhagen V, Denmark

Bottle. Hazy amber colour with a nice thick off-white head. Aroma and flavour of fruit, hops, grass and yeast.

Bottle, many thanks to hobbersr. Shared with the man himself, and Macadem. Peaches, mangoes and papaya in the nose, gentle hops, cat pee. Palate is stonefruits, bright hops; exceedingly nice.

Pours out a cracking golden brown with a nice white head. The nose is grand, snifters of lychee, honey & slight citrus. The palate is full & rounded, conditioning spot on, a real joy to have a gobful. The flavours are nicely intense but not head-bangingly full on, loads of dried citrus fruit, grapefruit, slight lemon maybee & the lychees make another appearance, with an underwriting of honey & toasted malt to keep things lush. The finish pulls all this citrus into focus with a nice bitterness &hoppiness that lasts well. Unfortunately my wife really liked this beer so drank most of mine., top stuff.

Smells absolutely fan-freakin-tastic, then drops dead for taste. I dont think i could list everything this beer smells like but i’ll try: apples, red berries, red licorice, blueberry, mango, a little pineapple, basically an array of tropical fruit. I wish this tasted anywhere close to how it smells, although the tropical fruit does show through a little. Pours cloudy, with some great lacing.

Bottle. Pours hazy amber with a large, frothy, off-white head, mostly lasting with excellent lacing. Aroma is average malt (caramel, cookie), heavy hop (flowers, pine, citrus), light yeast (dough) with notes of pear and peach. Medium bodied, sticky texture, average carbonation, and a creamy texture. Long duration, heavy sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.

Bottle. Clear amber colour with large creamy white mostly lasting head. Heavy hoppy aroma and flavor. Lasting bitter finish. Creamy palate.

In short: A basic caramel backbone with a ripe-fruits hopping with a dry woody hopping with resinous notes. Very good and highly drinkable.
How: Bottle 12oz. Consumed fresh (a few months after bottling). Me-myself-and-I side-by-side tasting with all 5 Mikkeller Single Hop currently available (Cascade, Nelson Sauvin, Nugget, Simcoe, Warrior)
The look: Cloudy orange-amber body topped by a medium off-white head with low retention
In long: The complex nose is floral, grapefruits, dry fruits and some pine tree. As with all five Mikkeller Single Hop beers the body is a little yeasty and the caramelized malts are a bit generic and restrained so that it purposely leaves all the flavour spectrum available to the hops. Taste also has some of the woody dryness and dry resinous character that I usually associate to Simcoe hops. This is the driest of the five Mikkeller Single Hop I had. Finish has a sharp bitterness with a interesting mix of sawdust and fruity notes. Like with all five Mikkeller Single Hop beers I’ve had, carbonation is a bit too aggressive and it kills some of the beer subtleties. Given my love for Simcoe hops I really thought this was to be my favourite Mikkeller Single Hop but that wasn’t the case. I guess I just don’t myself that well, and what’s this strange feeling I have when I look at snoro avatar…

Bouteille de 330 ml obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur d’agrumes avec une pointe d’épices et de caramel. Apparence: La couleur est blonde légèrement voilée avec une moyenne densité de bulle. Présence d’un large col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de pamplemousse avec une pointe résineuse. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de pamplemousse en arrière goût. (Rating #2628)