Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast

Mikkeller
Brewed at Nøgne Ø
Style: Stout
Copenhagen V, Denmark

Opaque dark brown, creamy milk chocolate tan head. Big green coffee bean aroma, big malty roast. Some chocolate and other sweets. Taste is lots of roasted bitter malt paired with bitter coffee grounds, and a great bitter finish.

16.9 fl oz bottle. Light and airy aroma, not as heavy on the coffee as maybe i was expecting, but definitely there, cereal malts, and some roasted black malts as well. Head on the pour looks nice, medium sized and chocolate milk in color, stays pretty nicely, and the beer itself is rather coffee like in color and in the appearance of the body. Much more coffee in the flavor than the smell, quite creamy, but not as many roasted notes as expected, also some mixed grains, cereal-like malt throughout, with a very malty malt finish if that makes any sense. The beer was very well balanced though and very full bodied to point of almost having a consistency similar to a breakfast shake. In all honesty i wasn’t all that crazy about this one, but could how certain people would rate it pretty high. This one just wasn’t exactly to my liking, but i haven’t seemed to like much of this breakfast stout style either.

Aroma: A traditional stout smell hits you right away, but as you go deeper into the glass you really begin to notice the intense aroma of (duh!) coffee beans. I seriously love the smell of dark-roasted bitter coffee and there is all kinds of it going on in this glass. Another smell and I get a nice touch of molasses and a very faint smell of roasted almonds. There is not a whole lot of chocolate in this one for me, which I suppose is just fine. Appearance: This is the color you’d expect for a stout – black. I poured rather softly and still got about two or three fingers of nice warm light brown head. A short but brisk swirl of the glass will bring back a nice little head to enjoy with the next sip. Flavor: Yep, this is really full of coffee flavors that immediately hit my tongue. Once down, it leaves behind the slightest bit of tartness, and I’m certainly not tasting the 7.5% ABV. So I guess all I need now is some waffles and bacon to wash this down. Palate: Although this is an extremely flavorful stout, I really don’t feel like it’s too heavy on the palate. The thickness is moderate. For as much intensity as it brings, it does a really nice job of moving along down your throat. Overall Impression: Beer Geek Breakfast is without a doubt the most appropriate name for this beer. If you are any sort of a stout and/or strong coffee lover, you will not be let down by this brew. Thank goodness I haven’t even made it half way through this bottle yet because I’m felling pretty happy. One thing I can assure you of is that the next time I open one of these beers, it’s going to be breakfast for dinner at my house.

Black with a huge brown head. Aroma is luscious coffee and chocolate. Flavor is great! Excellent complexity from the different malts, hops and oats. Balanced well by the coffee character throughout. Brilliant. I would definitely have this with breakfast. For the price, only worth getting every one in a while as a treat.

Thanks AgentSteve. Pours dark brown/black, coffee, roasted malts, chocolate, molasses, little dark fruits, little hops.

pitch black with large tan head. roasted nose with moderate to low carbonation. flavor is suprisingly bitter with some roasted malt and a nice lingering chocolatey finish. i let this beer age for almost 8 months and i fear the coffee flavor may have settled out because there is no way this is a 4+ otherwise

What a great pour! Thick and rich black beer with a big tan head akin to shaving cream. Thick sticky lacing. The nose is pleasant with roasted notes, coffee,chocolate, and dark fruit. In the mouth the beer is thick and powdery. It offers a hop based effervescent zing that causes pin pricks on the tongue. Flavors are coffee, chocolate, spice, and a surprisingly big hop bite that meets the malt eye to eye. This beer combines big flavors with amazing subtleties. When this beer was brewed Saint Arnold, the Patron Saint of Beer, smiled broadly. Hopefully he had a pint.

Bottle. this is a beautiful stout. pours thick and heavy. rich in coffee and malted chocolate.