4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: DEC 27, 2006 Thick black with fine brown head. Smooth & filling texture. Powerfull roasted malty aroma. Coffee. Easy smoke, chocolate and liquiorice. Great bitter lasting finish. Good bite! Mikkeller, the best in Denmark right now!
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at Horsens ølfestival. Black colour with a nice mostly lasting brownish head. Complex aroma and taste of coffee, licorice and spices. Great beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Dark brown color with fine beige head. A fine balanced flavor with liquorice and burnt malt. Bitter aftertaste.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Pours a jet black color with a ring of light brown lace. Excellent and complex aroma of coacoa, coffee, roasted malt and citrusy hops. Lightly sweet flavor balanced by light bitterness. Charcoal, mocha, ash and vanilla. Full-bodied and milky with soft carbonation. Finishes dry, burnt and softly bitter.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Almost no head. Black colour. Moderate malty and very hoppy aroma. Powerfull licorice/coffee flavor. Not too much coffee as I had feared. Creamy palate.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma is coffee and chocolate. Taste is coffee and chocolate with some bitterness.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle. Dark, dark brown. Roasted coffee beans, mocha and a light smokeyness in aroma with some piney / rasiny hops. Cold black coffee and pine flavour with some smoke and hints of liquorice. Extremely roasted and very dry. Big body.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle.
A fantastic beer which deserves to be served at special occasions. Not so smooth as the draft version, but I’m just a newcomer
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: JUL 15, 2007 Bottle (mini caffeine beer tasting).
Head is initially large, frothy, brown, mostly lasting.
Body is opaque black (flashlight tested).
Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (roasted grain, chocolate, coffee), moderately hoppy (grapefruit, resin), with a note of chalk.
Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter.
Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter.
Medium body, creamy texture, soft/lively carbonation.
Second try and still not that enjoyable; overly hoppy nose (seems more American than European) and the malt-and-coffee character is surprisingly not very compelling. Quite acidic. Awesome appearance and a very good mouthfeel, but that’s about it.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle. Happy birthday to me! Pours pitch black with the darkest head I’ve ever seen – absolutely amazing. Aroma is a great blend of ‘piney’ hops and roasted malts with coffee notes. The best attempt of this in a dark beer that I’ve tried. Flavour is somewhat sourish at first, but soothens down as it warms. Roasted and hoppy notes. Ends on a lingering bitter licorice finish with a dryish touch – great! Fullbodied and with a smooth palate. The best stout I’ve tried. Go Mikkeller! 23-10-06.
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