Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast

Bottle from City Beer for breakfast with a piece of chocolate cake - breakfast of champions! Pours jet black and thick with a big brown head that lasts. Aroma is lots of coffee, bitter chocolate, and roast. Flavor is roasted malt, heavy on the coffee, with chocolate and noticeable alcohol on the finish. Creamy palate with oatmeal and a full mouthfeel. An excellent stout. Chocolate cake pairing recommended.

Pours jet black, viscous like thick gravy and a huge brown foamy head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, malt and some alcohol. Taste is very complex, lots of chocolate and coffee flavours, and an oaty savoury edge with a malty/oaty sweet background. Finishes medium bitter and the coffee comes through more. Enjoyable strong thick beer.

Transfering from notes. Bottle, from jessup plaza. Poured a dark blackish color with a smal brown head. Aroma of roasted malt and coffee. Taste is strong coffee and lots of chocolate. Pretty drinkable. very good.

22oz Bottle from Dchmelas’ Super Six pack Shipper. A great big creamy head that was long lasting. Nice coffee upfront roasted malt strong finish. I love this stout! Thanx Dchmela! Bewwwwwww!

16.9oz bottle. Pours black with a large pillowy mocha head. Huge coffee roast aroma with hints of chocolate malt. Aroma comes through on the tongue with an excellent flavor of fresh-roosted coffee and cocoa. Medium bodied and silky smooth with lively carbonation. Nice bitter coffee aftertaste. Nothing overwhelms in this beer. A very well done coffee stout.

A good looking stout with a very thick, dense head lighter in color than cinnamon. The aroma (poured at appropriate temperature) was too hoppy. Didn’t actually smell much like Cascade hops or Centennial. It surprised me to learn those were the hops used. I think the best word to describe this brew is balance. Every aroma and flavor worked together with nothing dominating. For this price though, I was sort of looking to be dominated by something awesome (though technically I got it for free!). I think the tiny amount of smoked malts was not noticeable, to my disappointment. The oat really rounds out the flavor I think, imparting an ashy sort of greyness to the beer that I really enjoy. I could’ve used a bit more body too. The superb balance of this beer led to the overall impression being high.

Bottle, thick foamy but gently textured head that lasts. Perfectly balanced beer with a gentle bitter at the end.

March 09 I did a progressive BG tasting with Breakfast, Brunch 0ne-for-One and Brunch Weasel. Weasel was the clear winner, but Breakfast held up. It pours black with tan head. Great coffee, sweet roasted malt, and smokiness.