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Mikkeller Hop Series Challenger

 (RETIRED)
Score
7443
OVERALLStyle
Mikkeller
Formerly brewed at De Proefbrouwerij

Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Serve in Shaker, Tulip

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 173   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.25   IBU: 51   EST. CALORIES: 204   ABV: 6.8%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
This beer is a part of a Single Hop IPA series by Mikkeller. We created this series to showcase hop varieties on their own. This gives the consumer the possibility of smelling and tasting the unique characteristics of each variety and hopefully helping to educate people about the wonderful world of hops. For each beer, the single hop variety was used in the same weight for bittering, aroma and flavor and for dry hopping. All 19 varieties of single hop beers in this series were brewed the same week and with malts from the same batches and the same yeast and fermentation temperatures. This is done to better compare the characteristics of the different hop varieties.


most recent ratings

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
omhper (17466) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - MAY 10, 2011
Bottled at Bishop’s Arms Vasagatan, Stockholm. Hazy pale amber, creamy head. Spicy nose with some tangerine and resin. Mid sweet with bedium bodied , clean, rounded mouthfeel. Lots of perfumy grapefruit, notes of marzipan. Salty finish with long bitterness. I preceive it as more bitter than the Amarillo.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Ungstrup (26251) - Citizen of the universe, DENMARK - MAY 4, 2011
Bottlled. A hazy amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of dusty hops and lacto acid? The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, malt, and straw, leading to a lightly bitter finish.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
yespr (25936) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - MAY 4, 2011
33 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a huge white head. Aroma is toasted malty and slight breadish, subdued hops. Slight bitter, caramelish malty and slight fruity flavoured. Bitter and dry finish.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Papsoe (25131) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - MAY 4, 2011
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of Ungstrup. Pours deep golden with tiny impurities and a dense and lacing off-white head. Dry and leathery aroma, some phenols come through. Medium body, sweet maltiness, a little caramel and a dry and somewhat astringent finish. 040511

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
gnoff (6320) - Mölndal, SWEDEN - MAY 1, 2011
UPDATED: JUN 25, 2011 First rating
33 cl bottle at Haket, on April 29, 2011
Hazy copper color, big yellow head. Sweet, malty, milk, caramel, fruity scent. Sweet, caramel, malty, alcohol taste. Warming alcohol. Moussy mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.
7/4/6/3/12=3.2

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33 cl bottle at Haket, Göteborg, on June 23, 2011
During a beer tasting of trying all 19 beers from this series on one night.
Hazy golden color, off-white head. Clear malty scent. Alcohol, malty taste. Bitter aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
7/4/6/3/13=3.3

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
thewolf (9860) - Kolding, DENMARK - APR 30, 2011
Bottle, bought @ LIVA, Kolding.
Clear coppery golden with a big, rather creamy, off-white head. Aroma is floral, some cucumber, light citric. Light grass. Highish carbonation, fairly light and quite dry mouthfeel. Flavour has grass, caramel malty. Fairly fat and resiny with some citrus and a bit of peach. Long, lingering, sharpish bitterness. Not the best hop, really.

1.8
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
SirLimpsalot (1611) - SWEDEN - APR 23, 2011
Fat på Mikkeller Bar 2011. Diskret doft, ganska vatnig och helt obefintlig doft.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
madsberg (8790) - Søborg, DENMARK - APR 20, 2011
Bottled. Golden coloured. Unclear. dense beige head. Aroma of flowers, light caramel, vague soap, spice and some vauge pine. Flavour of caramel, flowers, some herbs, spice and fruits. Medium bodied. Fruity and caramelly bitterness in the end.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
gyllenbock (2967) - Stockholm, SWEDEN - APR 20, 2011
On tap at Mikkeller Bar, April 2011. Clear amber with a small white head. Grass, some herbal notes. Light hops. Dry finish and not that bitter.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Labove (410) - Rome, ITALY - APR 18, 2011
Alla spina al 4:20, completamente diversa dalle altre sia nell’aroma che nel sapore. Buonissima, ma non sono così sicuro chequesto luppolo sia adatto per farci una ipa.


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