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Mikkeller Draft Bear 3.7 323

Mikkeller Draft Bear

Percentile
95
overall
Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: European Strong Lager

Copenhagen V, Denmark

bottled
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on tap
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3233.72/5.03.7/5.08%98.8Lager glass
Commercial Description:
Brewed by Mikkeller at De Proefbrouwerij in Lochristi, Belgium.

’Fad bamse’ is a highly hopped and dry hopped imperial pilsner with a light body and lovely crispyness from the lager yeast.
A Danish pilsner is typically characterized by an alcohol content of 4,6% vol., piss-yellow colour and a sexless, slightly bitter taste. But it doesn’t have to be like this…! Draft Bear is Mikkellers interpretation of a ’pilsner’, heavyweight-style. With its powerful hop notes, high alcohol content and lovely golden appearance, the only reference to the pilsner style is the clean taste of the lager yeast.
Ingredients : Water, malts (pils, carapils and amber), light candy sugar, hops (amarillo and cascade) and lager yeast.
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 Finn (1516), Tromsø, Norway
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 30, 2008  
Bottle 0,75l. Thanks to Rune for sharing this masterpiece! Bright golden. Lot of filigrees on the glass. Fruity aroma dominated by grapefruit. Flavor in the same direction with more subtle fruits. A long fruity aftertaste. Alcohol well hidden.


 larsga (3000), Oslo, Norway
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Jan 26, 2008  
Big shiny offwhite head. Hazy orange body with carbonation. Peachy citric mango hop aroma with catty oily notes. Aroma is basically dominated by the hops. Dry-sweet mango peach hop taste with very fruity straw and grain notes. Aftertaste is the same. Very powerful, but still fresh. Excellent! (0.75l bottle from Gamle Strand, Copenhagen.)


 Rune (2863), Tromsø, Norway
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 13, 2008  
750ml bottle bought at Ølbutikken, Copenhagen last August. Shared at a Saturday night party in Tromsø. Almost clear golden body topped by a persistent white head. Nice smell of tangy orange peels. Multi-flavoured with weight on herbal hop bitterness and sweet sappy fruits. Easily my best lager so far ( 12.01.2008).


 ryan (1781), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Jan 8, 2008  
Shared by kmweaver. Cloudy pale body with a small white head. The nose is herbs grass, lemon and bread. The flavor is lightly sweet with herbs, grass, honey and dough. Medium body is soft with moderate carbonation. This was 8%?!


 jhagmar (114), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jan 6, 2008  
75 cl bottle. Thanks ekstedt. Light amber with a medium, white head. Smells of epoxy adhesive (sic!), very hoppy. Mildly bitter with a soft mouthfeel, though somewhat adstringent.


 ekstedt (2457), Göteborg, Sweden
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 5, 2008  
Bottle (75 cl) from Ölbutikken, Copenhagen, Denmark. Deep golden to amber, medium white head. Floral and piney hops, bready malts with some caramelly notes. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied. Very well balanced with a lingering bitterness.


 stobbe74 (714), Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 16, 2007  
Bottle, 75cl. Pours a nice yellow/orange, slightly hazy, beer, with a nice white head. The arome is nicely balanced hops, with american hops clearly. When tasting the beer it is very balanced and the hops are very caracteristic. The body is slightly fuller than one would expect from a pilsner, but this does not make this a bad beer. The beer has a nice balanced mouthfeel, that leaves a good experience. Overall a good imperial pilsner, with american notes.


 SilkTork (4221), Rochester, Kent, England
0.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/52/102/51/20
Dec 13, 2007  
Aug, 2007 Chris_o Shindig. Strong cereal lager with heavy alcohol. Thin fruit. Little here of interest. Very little pleasure. Difficult to drink.Quite hot and gagging sweet.



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