Mikkeller 黑 / Black (Whisky Edition)

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle from DK. I tasted this up against the regular Black and preferred this edition. Pours pure black with lasting brown head. Nose of mostly whisky and some lingering hops. Taste is very sweet upfront, thick, syrupy body with lots of espresso and dark malts, and lingering bitter finish. Overall more balanced than the regular edition, which I found too boozy.

Bottle, bought @ Ølbutikken, Cph.
Pours utterly black. A wonderful, dark brown, creamy head that stays for quite some time, considering the alcohol. Fine lacings. Aroma is sweet, coffee, vanilla, softly vinious, chocolate. Really lovely aroma. Soft carbonation, dry and oily mouthfeel. Flavour is dry, cold coffee, wood, very vinious and burning. Dry, some chocolate, hard roasted malts. Better than the regular black, but still far too much alcohol.

Bottle. A pitch black pour with a decent beige head showing some retention. The smell is big and heavy. Dense roasted malts, coffee, bitter chocolate and heavy whisky notes. The alcohol is noticeable, both as a fruity booziness and as, well jet fuel. The taste is a hell ride - a roller coaster ride down a bottomless abyss on the way to the innermost circle of hell. At first, the flavor is sweet with heavy malts and fruity whisky aromas. Then, an edgy mixture of bitter chocolate, heavy roasted malts and almost burnt coffee develops. Lastly, the finish is where things really starts to remind me of [insert your psychotic/schizophrenic horror movie of choice here]. Peppery hop bitterness, sweet and warming alcohol on the brink of being boozy, and sweet fruity whisky aromas (prominent but mild, rather pleasant actually) develops in waves, slowly clinging of whilst a subtle solvent-like flavor comes and goes. The full body and smooth texture coupled with a very mild carbonation surly doesn’t help the beer getting a lighter character. All in all, a potent beer. This must be the stuff that run in Chuck Norris’ veins.

UPDATED: SEP 25, 2010 Bottle at De Molen event 2009 ... WOW this was lovly.. but i wasnt spending £20 on a bottle of it ... black ... tan bubly white head ... dep roast malt nose ... big big toffee ... soft and rich ... msoth and silky ... deep roast ... sublime bottle at de molen festival 2010 ... dark black ... big bubbly tan ead ... soft smoooth chocolate roast .. wow burst in mouth intence roast ... big big whiskey burn ... such deep roast .. silky body ... a intence beer for a small glass

37,5cl bottle @ Vinens Verden, Odense. Pours pitch black with a creamy brown head and lacings. Nose is roast, whisky, peat and coffee. Smooth, oily and full bodied. Chocolate and roasted flavor with a lot of smoke and some prickling alcohol. Low cabonation. Heavy and sticky. A true sipper.

Bottle. Poweful and very sweet taste. Some smoke and alcohol from the whisky. Overall a little too sweet.

Bottle from Ölbutikken, Copenhagen. Pours black with a big brown head. Nice aroma of malt, hops and some whiskey. After drinking it a while the taste gets to sweet and dominated by whiskey.

Bottled@Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma wood, caramel malts, some roasted notes, dark dry fruits, alcohol, liquorice and also mild toffeeish notes. Flavour is quite much the same with alcohol and ashes coming through rather strongly. Also wooden notes are stronger. Nicely balanced wooden notes.

(Bottle at Pikkulintu) Poured pitch black with medium sized and brown head. Aroma contained vanilla, roastedness and alcohol. Palate was full bodied, oily and warming with little carbonation. Flavours were sweetness, vanilla, cough mixture, alcohol, salty liquorice and bitterness. Aftertaste contained bitterness and alcohol.

Black with medium, light brown head. Very malty nose with alcohol and vanilla oakiness. Flavor is dominated by alcohol, but smoothened by loads of vanilla, herbs, and malt sweetness. Sweetness is not overpowering, though, and also burnedness is in control. Very full body with almost no carbonation. Clearly more pleasant than regular Black, but I still wouldn’t drink much of this at once.