Mikkeller All Others Pale

Mikkeller
Brewed at Ørbæk Bryggeri
Style: American Pale Ale
Copenhagen V, Denmark

BOTTLE:Clear copper with rising bubbles and thick, slow white head. Aroma is hoppy in a non overpowering way, very inviting and makes me think of Alpha King. Flavor is smooth, tingly, very well balanced hops and malt. Palate is long and smooth. Most excellent!

Bottle… Miami Beach Spring Beer Fling ’08 … Cloudy golden ale with a mid-sized, creamy, white head. Excellent retention. Nice aroma… hoppy and herbal with additional citrus, resin and pine. Medium to full-bodied with modest carbonation. Heavy bitterness with a pinch of salt. Crisp, bitter finish. Dries way out. Muchos kudos to mgumby10 for sharing his stash! Wish I were more of a hophead… nahhh, I don’t.

Bottle: Copper in color with a thick white head that faded. The nose was filled with flowers followed by some grapefruit. In the mouth it was dry and lacking concentration in the midpalate. It is dry throughout and finishes with an ashy flavor. Not my favorite Mikkeller.

Poured from a 500ml bottle and served in a pint glass. This pale ale pourd a cloudy, glowing orange/amber hue with a lasting head of creamy beige foam. Lots of beautiful, thick lacing. The aroma of the beer was made up of fresh grapefruit, sweet peaches, oranges, and rich caramel. The flavor included biscuit, caramel, and some mild citrus, finishing with a dry bitterness. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied with moderate carbonation. A tasty, refreshing pale ale. Highly sessionable.

Bottled
It took several hours before I understood name of this beer :) Clear amber color, small off-white head. Bready, ryeish, hoppy aroma with some barnyardish notes. (I actually don’t know if it was really barnyard, but it was my first impression, also some in flavor). Bready malty and hoppy beer with alcoholic kick. Intense beer. Very bitter. Too much everything for my liking, very hard to finish whole bottle.

Pours glowing clear dark orange/amber with a fantastic very fluffy beige creamy head, great lacing. Smells of sweet honey, melon, spicy, and grapefruit. Very light delicate flavors. Sweet mellow honey grapefruit. Long lasting bitter aftertaste. Modest but true. Palate is waxy with soft but sizzling carbonation, very delicate. This beer is ridiculously underrated.

A Mes rate: Bottle during our Sunday night session.
Rich, dark amber coloured with a decent off white head and some fair lacing. What a glorious aroma! Huge hoppage with so much citrus, lemon, lime, orange, tropical as hell and just really really good. Slight earthy malt waaaaay in the background with some just about detectable but very pleasing sherbert. Flavour is not quite so good but is still a lovely blend of grassy hops and earthy malt. Tropical and citric with a slight soapy hint. Big long hoppy finish. Mikkeller can do better but this is still bloody good. Thanks to Jan and Charlotte for this.

A good implementation of an American classic. Slightly hazy amber, small white head. Great nose of citrus American West Coast hops. Taste of orange and grapefruit, pine, with adequate malt backbone. Dry and bitter hoppy finish. At least as nice as a Sierra Nevada Pale, which comes to mind after I remember the price of this one as more than three times higher. Nice beer. Probably deserves a 15 OA but I nailed it because of the price!