Mikkeller 黑 / Black

Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Imperial Stout
Copenhagen V, Denmark

1st. Fu#$in HUGE!! ... pours a black as night black, great great head and lacing, especially for the big abv .. chocolate, tar, nips, vanilla, bittersweet choc aromas, same in the taste but add espresso, kamora, starbucks liqueur!! .. wow, tingles my mouth ... but easy, the abv is amazing and drinkable but everclear .. ...----a seesaw battle-----.... needs about 5-10 years to become great.. i wish i had money for a pallet ...

375 mL bottle, corked and caged, purchased from Chuck’s Liquor in Bowling Green. Poured a jet black color with a two finger brown head that quickly dissipated. The aroma was alcohol, roasted malt and a bit of coffee. The flavor was terrible. A lot of tobacco and roasted malt was present, with a huge alcohol bite, and a messy, sweet finish. There was absolutely nothing that I enjoyed about the flavor of this beer. Overall I was very disappointed.

This beer is smoking. Pours darkest black with a thin tan head. Nose is chocolate, brandy, malt, and coffee. Taste is like a regular imperial stout, but with a warming feeling that comes from the alcohol content. Needs time, but it is killer.

12.7oz corked bottle. This has bee in my beer fridge for a while. I thought it was black glass, until i peeled away the foil and noticed it was green. The synthetic cork came out with a quiet, unimpressive pop. Pours pitch black, with a few brown bubbles. Intense aroma - alcohol, dark chocolate, molasses, and burnt caramel are the predominant flavors. Initial flavor is bakers chocolate. The first sip ended with unpleasant charcoal and ash, but this calmed down for subsequent sips. Overall, the flavor exhibits a big chocolate malt backbone, along with soy sauce, ash, rubber and mild hops. The flavor is incredibly intense, but not very enjoyable. I have another bottle; it needs to get lost in the back of my cellar for at least 10 years.

I agree with the description - this beer is NOT for sissies: It is black as a witches cauldron, powerful in both flavour and alcohol and very oily. It is rare to find a beer like this. But be ware - difficult to drink a whole bottle alone (share it) and all beers afterwards taste like water (rinse your palets!)

very lovely aroma, sherry, rasins and a bit of alcohol in the smell, black, with out cream, very very strong, burned coffee, sweet aftertaste

decaturstevo’s Febmergency Tasting. Sample from a bottle shared by me thanks to bierkoning. Best by 12/12/17. Totally pitch black with a thin head. Aroma is alcohol, soy sauce, chocolate, coffee. The taste is hugely warming alcohol, big burnt coffee, some chocolate and a small soy sauce finish.

A taste bomb. Lots of dark chocolate and coffe. It almost looks like you are drinking soy sauce, the liquid moves in a very oily fashion. We split the bottle three ways and it took us all evening to finish it. I like extreme beers but this was almost a bit to much. Defenitely worth a taste though.