Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast (Speyside Edition)

Mikkeller
Formerly brewed at Nøgne Ø
Style: Stout
Copenhagen, Denmark

Serve in English pint

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(Bottle, purchased at Ölbutikken, Copenhagen, June 2010) Black colour with small, foamy, pale brown head. Roasted, malty nose with notes of black coffee, cocoa, vanilla, honey, hints of oak wood and a touch of whisky. Roasted, malty taste with strong black coffee, dark chocolate, liquorice, vanilla, honey, brown sugar, roasted oats and gentle notes of Speyside whisky. More than medium body, with some sweetness. Generous coffee bitterness in the finish, but still in excellent balance. I still like the "ordinary" version better, but this is a lovely beer.

Brown bottle, with golden wax, lot 412, brewed on 170309, best before 170313, 50 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured on Louise’s birthday 2012; eye: black, opaque, no head, no lacing; nose: roasted barley, burnt barley, whisky, woody, light vanilla, coffee, dark chocolate, light peat; mouth: roasted barley, burnt barley, whisky, woody, alcohol, light vanilla, pepper, molasses, coffee, dark chocolate, light peat, finale in roasted barley with presence of molasses, medium body, no carbonation, lightly oily texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, avec cire dorée, lot 412, 50 cl, brassée le170309, meilleure avant 170313, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 8 mai 2012; œil : noire, opaque, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : orge torréfiée, orge brûlée, whisky, boisé, léger vanille, café, chocolat noir, léger tourbe; bouche : orge torréfiée, orge brûlée, whisky, boisé, alcool, léger vanille, poivre, mélasse, café, chocolat noir, léger tourbe, finale en orge torréfiée avec présence de mélasse, corps moyen, aucune carbonatation, texture légèrement huileuse; en résumé : correct

Bottle shared at 3 Sma Rum, Goteberg. Pours black with a tiny beige head. Aroma has mellow whiskey, coffee, chocolate, roasted malts and light peat. Flavour is a little different with some hops and a bit of sourness. Body is medium to full and carbonation is low.

Bottle says brewn 17/03/2009

Head: almost none
Colour: black
Smell: roasty, chocolat, coffee, bit of smokeyness, slight sweetness
Taste: start is bitter and coffee, then slight sweetness and roasted flavours come in, slight boozey flavour and oily end, aftertaste is very rich, awesome but the bourbon version is better !

Pours dark and black, small brown head indicates lower carbonation, but so does the label on the bottle. Nose is mild smoke, big wood, vanilla, bacon grease and grass. Taste is sweet and bitter but then sour and a hint of metal. I tasted this same metal in the regular version and I think it comes from the large amount of coffee. Mouthfeel is amazing. Smooth, silky, creamy. Full heavy body with a long rich aftertaste. Great.

Bottle @ City Pub Gothenburg: Brown colour, with a creamy head. Aroma is dominated of brown sugar, fruits and caramelly. Flavor had a nice creamy mouth feeling, fruity, caramelly and coffee. Medium body, and a nice long fruity finish.

500ml bottle, batch 412, deep black color, with a simple ring of bubbly tan head, light whiskey, chocoalte, molasses, burnt wooden barrel, dark chocolate, black coffee nose, with some chocolate wafer, chocolate granola bar, mochaish, vanilla accents, and a mild roasted, chocolate, toasted malt, burnt toast notes in the aroma follows through on a full-bodied palate with a smooth chocolate cake, chocolate baking bar, moachaish, black coffee character, with some velvety, oat, caramel, chocolate, roasted, toasted malt, molasses, burnt fruitcake, burnt toast flavors, and with a mild grounded, roasty coffee bean, chocolate pudding undertone, leading towards a chocolatey, molasses, coffeeish, lingering roasty bitterness finish.

Bottle @ tasting. Aroma is liquorice, roast and laods of whiskey. Flavour starts with a thinner than expected palate, some roast and malt with huge whiskey. Beer is too thin to carry the whiskey imho.

(Bottle) Pours black with almost no head. The aroma holds roasted coffee up front with tones of green bell pepper, parsley and gravel. Subtle whisky/oak notes of vanilla and fudge. Green resinous hops. Bit citric. A light alcohol sting is present. The flavour is light sweet, light to medium bitter and light acidic. Tones of coffee, dark chocolate, tannin-driven oak and hops. The mouthfeel is quite astringent with low carbonation. Some buttery oak on the finish. Medium bodied. The whisky notes is subtle and well integrated but the beer is too heavy on the tannins.

Black, no head. Lots of peat and whisky in the aroma. Alcohol in the aroma w coffee. Taste is very roasted with lots of coffee and chocolate. lots of wood. Some roasted burnt flavors in the finish with some nuts. Overall pretty dry. Very good but not as good as the original.