Mikkeller 1000 IBU

Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Copenhagen, Denmark

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle pours beautiful murky copper-brown with a dense khaki head that leaves tons of lacing. Aroma is heavy citrus and light stone fruit with grapefruit, lime, peach, sweat, and pine all beating down a caramel backbone. At first the sweat is a little much but it either grew on me, or blew off after breathing for a little while. Flavor shows the same with additional notes of orange peel and apricots. Overall body is oily, moderate to heavy sweet, and finishes on a heavy bitter note. It is extremely well balanced and the alcohol is hardly even noticeable. I must say I have a slight fondness for Mikkeller beers, and this is a perfect example of why.

UPDATED: JUN 19, 2012 Bottle. Been wanting to try this beer for a while, to see what all the fuzz was about. It sure didn’t disappoint! Poured a nice cloudy dark copper amber color almost brown, with a ton of yeast floaties. The head is beige, huge and fluffy, and it left some awsome lacing! Aroma is very hoppy with a ton of juicy grapefruit hops, pine, floral and some sweet malty notes. Flavor is again really hoppy, innitial sip gives you a ton of juicy grapefruit, which then goes in to a very piney flavor. I also get notes of floral hops, caramel and sweet malts. The alcohol is just barely traceable. It is very balanced actually, which i didn’t expect because of the abundance of hops. The body is medium to full, with a very dry mouthfeel. Overall a really good DIPA, that didn’t let me disappoint me in any way! This really shows us the awsomeness that is Mikkeller!

Bottle (500cc; C&C) from the Co-Op in Davis, CA. Vinyl cork release with no pop. Pours a very hazy dark copper with an average foamy beige/tan head. Heavy duty hop aroma - almost overcome by maltiness. Suggests cat pee. And pine. One might get high by inhaling. Med+ body with creamy foamy carbonation. Flavor is pretty roasted caramel beaten to death by a large amount of hop. Grapefruit and pine? Hard to pin down - olfactory and taste bud overload. Damn this is really good stuff. Pretty smooth, except the malt seems a bit harsh :))) Gotta be one of the better DIPAs, and it’s coming from across the pond!!! Thank you Shelton Bros.

The smell somehow balances malts and hops, maybe an edge on the hops. All right, more than an edge, but it is nice to smell malt notes in a brew with 1000 IBU. The color is golden amber with a small bubbly head. The flavor od hops both bitter and sweet come in, but still not overpowering on the palate. They seemed to combine it just right for a monster IPA.

UPDATED: JUN 13, 2010 Dusty and unclear brown pour with a fine off-white head that makes some nice lacing. The nose is really really hoppy - pine, citrus, much lime on top of a fine foundation og malty sweetness. Taste is at first rounded malt and yet the hops are apparent, but not on its peak. In the finish, the hops really kick in with piney notes along with citrus and lime - really fresh. Long bitter duration, medium to large body. Great carbonation. I have really been looking forward to this "double imperial ipa", and it did not disappoint me at all. A really great brew for the hophead.

Holy cow I’m eating hops. Literally. Let this sucker sit for a few minutes to let them settle. Sip sip sip. Slow. Damn this is good. Very interesting hop aroma,,, a nice change of pace from cascade for an IPA. A great novelty ale.

Most impressive wrapping seen this year yet. The pour is thick redish with a fab foamy topping. The nose is much like sticking your head down in a huge sack of american hops...crazy. On top of that a neat malty profile balanced with a brown sugar sweetness...but it all comes back to the fresh and hoppy bitterness. The taste is sweet and malty with an overwhelming bitterness from the hops that dominates all the way to the finishing,....and a bit further. The palate is smooth and oily. Neat. Forza hops...and this in a damn fresh versie..yummie

Bottle. The aroma is quite intense, sweet and malty, with high citrus hops. The taste is malty sweet, dried fruit, high bitternes and a citrus, fruity hop taste. For a supposedly 1000 IBU beer, its kind of sweet, but I enjoyed it quite a lot.

Bottle at home. Pours a hazy orange with a small off-white head. Bitter with residual sugars’ sweetness. Quite hoppy - surprise surprise. Aromas of spruce and hints of citric and earthy hops. Balanced by sweetness and a full body. Seems more like a barley wine than an IIPA? Soft carboantion. Long hoppy finish. Good.

Bottle. Amber orange brownish pour with some tan head. Smells very chewy, pine and grassy hop aroma. Flavor is huge piney and grassy hops with some malty and alcohol presence. Hopped up too much? Very thick texture almost like I could chew on it.