Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast

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

Bottled. Pitch black in color, minor beige head, lacings. The aroma is that of roasted malt, a dry bitterness, fullfilling. The flavor is damp with alcohol, malty with a dry finis. The is an aftertaste of burnt malt.

Bottle. Pours a very dark brown, almost black with a nice deep brown head. Aroma is sweet chocolate, coffee and malt. Flavor is again sweet chocolate and roasted coffee. Nicely done.

Pour is black with a thick cocoa colored head. Maybe even a slight hint of orange in the head. Aroma reminds me a lot of Rogue Shakespeare. Complex and nice. Coffee is the ingredient of the day here, although it is well balanced with oats, vanilla, slight smoke, and chocolate as well. Very well crafted and good without the alcohol kick. Reminded me a lot of Shakespeare, one of my highest rated of the non imperial stouts.

Bottle. Pours jet black with a fizzy brown head, that took several minutes to go down. Fizzy brown lacing on the glass that quickly dissipates. The aroma is of dark malts, coffee. The flavor is full of roasted malts, tons of coffee and just a hint of baker’s chocolate. I was not overwhelmed by this one, but there is a lot of potential. I can’t wait to age one of these to see if it improves.

Poured black from the bottle with a brown head. Aroma was sof roasted/burnt malt, coffee and a hint of chocolate. Flavor was big coffee with some roased malts and a hint of dark chocolate. The finish was a coffee bitterness.

Pours dark brown with a medium size tan head. Some minor lacing as well. Aroma of coffee and chocoale. Taste is of roasted coffee, chocolate, light hops. Mouth is big, dry, and carbonation is mild. Finish is lightly bitter. Not a bad brew that would go really well with most deserts.

Thanks to akevitt for sharing. Bottle, pours an opaque, black body with generous creamy, dark brown head. Aroma of roasted/burnt dark malts, rich coffee along with hints of hops, smoke, and cocoa. Strong burnt malt taste along with a strong espresso flavor. Bitter coffee finish; thick mouthfeel.

Bottle. Pours deep black with a small chocolate milk colored head. The aroma is smoke and expresso. This is my first stout and I felt I would be initimidated by an overpowering taste. Preconceptions can be very misleading. This stuff is so silky smooth and incredibly balanced. Drank about 1/4 of it with warm brownie and ice cream, the rest I didn’t want anything to intefere with my palate. The taste is coffee with such minor bitterness that goes down so easily. It’s a great feeling to have unlofty expectations and to get totally blown away.