BrewDog / Mikkeller I Hardcore You

Brewed by BrewDog
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Yes! Bottle thanks to Toby. Cheers dude. Thought I’d missed out on this, but thanks to the kindness of a fellow beer enthusiast, I have been graced with a bottle. And what a beer. I’m almost questioning if I ahould have tried it now, as I do like it, and know I can never have any more... Perhaps never tasting it would have been better. Well, it’s better to have loved and lost... and all that. Deep - quite hazy - amber/golden pour with a beige 1-2cm high head, that shows some pretty good retention given it’s abv. Conditioning is spot on. Aroma is sweet from a distance, but as you get closer to the glass the resinous notes begin pouring out, then you get grapefruit, cloves, burnt rubber, candyfloss, wild strawberries, caramel. Nice complexity on the nose, though it’s undoubtadely a hop fest’. Although I have to admit I have not tried I Beat U, you reallyu can taste a Mikkeller beer in the mix, though Hardcore does dominate. There’s alot going on flavour-wise, the beer enters with a resin, white pepper and herbal hop attack, then shifts slightly to allow slightly more fruity, citrus notes to kreep in with a slightly lighter malt character which I can only assume is coming from the IBeatU, in the mids there is more pepper, though maybe slightly more black here, even a little reminiscent of chilli, a touch of cloves, then the finish is oddly lighter and less cloying than Hardcore alone, theres a lightness reminiscent of a Mikkeller IPA, even the ever-so-slight gassiness reminds me of Mikkeller, the finish has cut grass, orange, yeast, resin, pine and floral notes. There’s alot to pick apart here, and I want to just get back to enjoying the beer and contemplating it’s flavour. But I’ve had a stab at it. Top beer though, I didn’t know what to expect, but I’m blown away that you can really taste the influence of both beers/breweries. So all in all I think it’s a massive success.

Clearish golden color. Nice small layer of dense white head ringing the glass with a bit of lacing left behind. Aroma and taste are quite similar - pine, some citrus, hops and malt all share the stage nicely creating a very well balanced and drinkable beer. The carbonation is right on and the ABV is hidden well - I could drink a couple of these without too much trouble. Very tasty - fruity, hoppy, and malty but not overly so. The aroma and flavor profiles remind me a lot of Surly Abrasive. Definitely worth checking out if you get the chance...

Bottle 33 cl. Pours a clear golden/copper with a small off-white head and an aroma of pine, citrus, mint and hops. The taste is sweet in the beginning, toffee, fruits (citrus again) and something else I can’t describe. After that it becomes bitter, with hints of pine again. Really nice!

Pours amber/copper with a dense soapy beige head. The aroma is very nice with a lot of sweet caramel and syrupy malt balanced off by a big amount of piny, citrusy and tropical hops. Medium / full body that starts slick and then gets smooth with semi-soft carbonation. The flavor starts off much like the aroma and is very balanced. It does have more and spice and pine traits than the aroma and lots of resin and abrasiveness. The finish has dry grapefruit and lots of malt. Quite nice.

Tasted 2010-09-15. Pours dark, amber. Hoppy, nutty aroma. Powerfull malt profile. Very hoppy taste. A bit on the heavy side. Quite good.

UPDATED: SEP 29, 2010 33cl, new exclusive Scottish brew Anno 2010, from De Hopduvel Gent, very complex bitter brew, not too heavy, balanced, cloudy, good head, very good brew, yet expensive

Bottled. Amber coloured. Unclear. Dense beige head. Aroma of flowers herbs citrus, Spice and caramel. Caramel, flowers, sweetness, citrus and light pine in the flavour. Medium to full bodied. Herbal and citric heavy bitterness in the end . Fantasticly balanced imo.

Bottle from Bierkoning. Really nice amber body with tall dark head. Nose of hops and fruits. Taste of bitter and plenty of hops. Really smooth and prickly and nice.

Light amber pour with a nice head. The smell is a hop bomb, loads of simcoe, pine, mango, pineapple, roses, nice caramel, nice perfume-ish, gorgeous smell. Taste lovely like simcoe, has the hop profile of the I Beat yoU and the testosterone from the Hardcore IPA. This is a motherfucker, but a damn good IIPA!

330 ml bottle. Batch #174. København, Denmark.
Dark hazy brown colour with tan off-white head. Dark fruity resiny hops in aroma. Flavour is intense dark fruity hops with balanced malty body. Long-lasting bitterness.