Mikkeller It’s Alive! (White Wine Barrel)

Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Copenhagen, Denmark

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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750 ML bottle Clear orange amber color. Big, fluffy white head. Soapy lacing with a persistent head. Oak, brett, white grape skin, white wine, peach, and apple. More fruit driven than funk driven. Taste again is fruit driven. Lots of apricots, peaches, apple, grape, oak and white wine. Some funk, no sourness. Some bread and caramel in the finish. Medium bodied, light carbonation. Might need a bit more though to pick this up. Interesting enough

Hazy brownish orange. Small soapy white head, lasting. Yeasty, Brett, Funkalicious, woody, grape skins. Light body, soft, lively. Starts sweet/tart. Finish is smooth-woody-dry...what a transition! Some lasting funk left over. Lots of accessible character is here.

Aroma is sour, tart, maybe a little apple. Tastes sweet, yet a little sour. Or tart, tart may be more appropriate. Fruity. Very light and sweet.

375ml bottle from binnys downtown. Pours amber with tan head. Grape and honey aroma. Peach and melon with a bit of a tart taste.

375ml bottle from Brewdog online shop. Pours a clear orangey amber colour, frothy white head leaving some lacing and aroma of lemon, pineapple, white wine, oak, brett. Taste is sour with brett, white wine grapey, vanilla, fruity notes and alittle sweetness. Medium bodied with lively carbonation and a warming dry sour finish. Nice, very drinkable.

Color: nice clear amber beer with small carbonization and medium white head. Smell: sour sensation, fruits, grapes, apple. Taste: sour, fruity. Aftertaste: fruity and sour.

375mL bottle, pours a cloudy dark orange with a large off-white head. Aroma of white wine barrels, brett, and some lightly tart lighter fruits - quite complex. Flavour brings out loads of brett upfront, followed by white wine barrels, and perhaps some slightly tart light fruits, but the tartness is barely detectable. Quite a wild, lightly funky character that characterized this one. Complex and highly drinkable. Loads of depth, with no hint at all of the ABV. Delicious stuff.

Slight Brett funk; sour notes, along with some sweetness is noticeable in the aftertaste.

Bottle. Copper with a tall, fluffy tan head. Aroma is strong funky yeast, white wine, grape skins, sour fruit, damp wood and earthy notes. Taste is equally funky and tart with more earthy notes, wet wood, damp earth, tart berries, light leather wine notes and grape skins. Body is medium with a moderate, creamy carbonation. Slightly dry finish. Ends with more funky yeast, earthy notates, barnyard, leather, tart fruits, wood and wine notes. Delicious!

Bottle at cardinal. Tapped 2009. Amber orange with medium white head, Nose is citrus, some mature pineapple, oak and apricot, sharp dried fruits. Taste is Some pepper, pine, alot of mature fruits, Also a fruity aftertaste with some piny notes and a nice oaky finish.