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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

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
Yorker (587) - Århus, DENMARK - NOV 18, 2012
33 cl bottle @ home. Pours golden amber with a little sediment and a white head that leaves a lot of lacing. Aroma is herbs, flowers, nuts. Flavour is a lot like the aroma with a dry finish.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Countbeer (2862) - Best of Eindhoven ohne Brauhaus, NETHERLANDS - NOV 2, 2012
Bottle: Medium to bigger sized, vast thick and sticky and slow disappearing creamy white head on top of a light cloudy amber colored beer. Smell Dutch cheese, lemonade, strawberry, some older hops. Taste hops, citrus, grapefruit, growing bitterness, grass, floral tones, dryness, some malts, hint of liquorice malts, pretty clean and some floral herbs. Aftertaste is bitter, grassy, floral hops and some grassy fruit tones. Low to medium carbo, soft mouthfeel, medium body and a creamy texture.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
LinusStick (2618) - Moon Twp, suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - OCT 23, 2012
Decent beer, though I wouldn’t label it an IPA. Aroma and flavor were identical. Strong caramel flavor, almost milky, with a sweet sticky sugary finish. No hops present, this beer almost tastes like a sweet lighter barley wine. This could almost be a sweet after dinner desert. Nice carbonation.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
espenra (764) - Kurland, NORWAY - OCT 21, 2012
33cl bottle. brewed 2012-04-11, best before 2014-04-11. No batch info. dark orange colour with a medium big white had that settled down fast. Aroma is weak and mostly missing. Can’t really find notes of anything. Some floral notes. Flavour is subtle and foreign again. Small amounts of dry bitterness and tropical fruits. Some malty notes. Short aftertaste.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Davros (1484) - Melbourne, AUSTRALIA - OCT 13, 2012
Pours orangey amber with a small head. Nose shows orange marmalade, earthy and herbal hops along with some caramel in the background. Flavours include some earthy, spicy hops with a fair bit of sweet clean malt underneath. Could use a lighter body.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
harrisoni (10950) - Ashford, Kent, ENGLAND - OCT 2, 2012
Tap at Craft London. Hazy orange brien colour lasting beige head. Hop and toffee caramel aroma. Like a lot of mikkeller beers i ended up liking it.

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
oh6gdx (18576) - Vasa, FINLAND - AUG 17, 2012
Draught@Cask Pub & Kitchen, London. Amber colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is fruity, sour wood and a bunch of butterscotch. Flavour is butterscotch, some fruity, sour wooden and earthy. Need to try to find this again to rate a proper version of it.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Vaiz (2681) - Den Haag, NETHERLANDS - AUG 14, 2012
Bottle. Hazy deep orange pour. Aroma is sweaty, floral, spicy, yeasty and fruity. Flavor is slightly bitter, slightly fruity, a bit yeasty, slightly funky and with ’t IJ like yeast.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
deanso (3201) - the Hague, NETHERLANDS - AUG 14, 2012
Sample at de molen monthly tasting. Decent white head. Clear amber pour. Nice citrus bitterness.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
dEnk (2640) - Den Haag, NETHERLANDS - AUG 14, 2012
Bottle @ 2nd tuesday tasting @ de molen. Aroma is flowery and candy like hops. Flavour is dry bitterness with relative smooth hop notes. Nice.


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