Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast

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

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.

bottle thanks to bullzeye. deep black pour with a thin espresso bean head. nice lacings and a great smell of roasted malts and big coffee notes. nice thickness and a great taste of coffee in the finish. the malts are definitely there but they’re definitely not the stars here.

bomber from a trade with hogtownharry. pours pitch black with a midsized tan head. perfect stout appearance. aromas are sweet roasted malt, coffee, touch of smokiness. flavours are similar with bitterness from coffee and hops. a wonderful brew. worthy of its hype. thanks harry.

Bottle. Color is really dark with a nice creamy brown head. Mouthfeel isnt as heavy as expected,a bit watery but still nice. Taste is really coffee dominated with some smokey tones and some vanilla.

Bottle. Dark brown/almost black color with a large light brown head. Aroma is dominated by the coffee together with some dark chocolate, roasted mat and smoke. Flavour is also very coffee-dominated, but there’s also dark chocolate, tobacco, liqourice, smoke and even some milky/creamy notes. Behind this dark flavours there’s some aromatic hoppy notes and decent bitterness which remains in the mouth for a while. Mouthfeel is great. Very smooth though all strong coffee flavours. Not extremely filling, but still very good. Drinkability is high for such a "dark beer" with many complex flavours. Outstanding beer.

Pours an oily black with a great creamy brown head. Fantastic espresso, tobacco, roast and vanilla aroma with some hop bite as well. Light watery but smooth and creamy with very subtle carbonation, big mouthful. A very drinkable straight-forward full-flavored stout. Perfect balance, sweet and bitter with a dry finish. Oatmeal, dark chocolate, roasted malt and coffee beans. A bit of tobacco. The hops work so well with the coffee and pinch your cheeks in. Subtle yet powerful. Long coffee finish, two sugars and a cream. [adds instant ecstasy to any dessert pastry]

500 ml bottle. Black, but lets only a little light through. Tall light beige fine-laced head. Looks nice. Juniper aroma. Lots of hops. Some roasted notes. Flavourwise there is a lot more piney hops than full-bodied malts. A bit unbalanced.

Bottle: Deep red to black colour, nice creamy head. Aroma of salt,coffee,dark chocolate, burned beens. Flavor is coffee,malts and dark chocolate in a fatastic nice balnce.. Dry choclate coffee finish. Full body, long finish. Smooth overall stout. Lucky to have found this beer.