Mikkeller Drink Your Sorrows Away

Mikkeller
Formerly brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Copenhagen, Denmark

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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375 ml bottle @ Olutravintola Konttori.
Originally rated on 20091107.
Pours copper color with a small head. Aroma of ripe fruits, yeast, caramel malts and spices. Flavor of spices, caramel malts, yeast and ripe fruits, some toffee notes too. Decent.

Bottle from Estate Wine, Holstebro. Unclear brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, heavy caramel, dark fruit and alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish with warming alcohol. Soft, smooth and oily. 271212

Bottled. A deep red beer with a tan head. The aroma has notes of berries, grapes, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel, alcohol, wood, grapes, and berries, leading to a bitter finish. The body is powerful.

Murky dark brown body with an off white head. Strong roasted malty nutty aroma with caramel, brown sugar, dried fruits, spices. Full, highly alcoholic palate with little carbonation. Strong alcoholic flavour with caramel, bread, nuts, and a bit of dark chocolate with a light bitter finish. A great one.

375 ml bottle - heavily oxidised... bummer - notes of nuts, dates, port & madeira.

Bottle, 375ml. A clear, copper colored beer topped by a dense, finger-thick, light beige head. Malty, caramel aroma with dried fruits and a weak, pleasant oxidation. Some faint notes of alcohol too. The flavor is on the sweet, malty side, with dried fruits and caramel, and some bitterness. It’s full-bodied, smooth and lightly warming on the palate, finishing with a lasting caramel sweetness, some dried fruits and bitterness. A beer that hides the alcohol very well, and tastes nice too. 120203

37.5cl bottle, no BB date, just the ’imorgen’ which tells me nothing other than to drink it after-tomorrow. Once again, another Mikkeller beer that despite its enticing shrinkwrap is just another Belgian type beer that the price certainly does not warrant. Yes, for once my rate takes into account the price of the product because I’ve finally come to see that many Mikkeller beers beyond the gimmick-aspect do not warrant the price and more importantly the quality of what I am getting. Couleur alternant acajou et cuivré, col beige léger/crémeux. Arôme malté fruité noire, sucre brun, caramel avec ce profile très belge. Palais garde un style très belge dans son approche, sucré assez douce avec ce profile fruité noir de prune et date et un léger chocolat, le tout sur un alcool réchauffant. Encore une fois, sous un air de bel emballage se cache une bière qui ne justifie pas son prix, on retrouve ici une bière rappelant plus une triple avec un profile très DeProef.

Pours a hazy and brown beer with an offwhite head. The aroma is malt, caramel, fruit and dried fruit. The flavor follows the nose with additional alcohol. The palate is sweetness and alcoholwarmth. Overall a good beer.

(37,5 cl bottle) Pours a cloudy dark brown with little tan head that recedes quickly leaving some lace. Aroma is bready somewhat oxydised with strong notes of caramel and alcohol. Full bodied with oily texture, flat with a warming alcohol finish. Taste is mostly sweet. Uninspiring Belgian strong ale. Girlfriend says: "The alcohol is too present."

18th November 2009
Cloudy dark brown beer. Frothy off white head. Sweet milky nose! Nose carries in to the taste along with rich malt. Palate is lightly soft and frothy. Comes over as a sweet lacto barleywine. Finishes light and semi dry and with more sweet milk. A little weird but tasty enough.