 bhensonb (2861), Woodland, California, USA
May 4, 2008
500 ml bottle. Aroma of citrus and pine. Unexpected. Dark mahogany color with a multifinger beige head. Medium body with coarse carbonation. Piney hop instantly followed by a lot of coffee. A little light stone fruit slips in, then it’s back to hops and coffee. Suddenly some chocolate is noticeable along the edges of my tongue. It’s very pleasing in the mouth. Expensive, but ya gotta pay what ya gotta pay - just not every day. The finish doesn’t quit - the flavors stay until the end. This is hop conquering malt, but in a refined, gentle manner. Lot of hop though.
tarjei (1154), Bryne, Norway
Aug 29, 2008 66 cl bottle. Hopheads´ tasting 22. august. Brown reddish color, nice beige/tan head. Aroma is lots and lots of malt and hops. Flavor is sweet malty and hoppy, coffee and chocolate. Well - this is one of the reasons why I love Mikkeller!
tuqueboy (21), toronto, Canada
Aug 26, 2008 Lovely brownish-auburn colour. Nose of chocolate, nuts and a bit of hop resin. Flavour is somewhat similar. Taste is slightly sweet and chocolatey at first, but finish is very bitter. Perhaps it’s just because I had this shortly after a Fuller’s London Porter, but this reminded me of a porter with amped-up hops, rather than a brown ale.
BBB63 (3795), La Porte, Indiana, USA
Aug 26, 2008 Bottle and served in standard pint glass: Beautiful mahogany hue with a fluffy off-white head and good lace. The aroma has notes of anise, coffee, bakers chocolate, walnut, charred and crystal malt, and some grassy hops. The taste is shockingly bitter with the coffee and hops attacking the palate with nonsensical brashness. The softer sweet malts and light handed spices are very much a bit player in this act. Dry ashy and chalky finish, like sucking on the husk of walnut shell.
I dunno, part of it is good to very good but that finish is not exactly what I want in my beers unless there is more sweetness to counterbalance the bitterness.
nbutler11 (135), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Aug 24, 2008 Pours a dark mahogony from the bottle with a cascading head of tan foam. Plenty of hops on the nose with faint licorice. The taste is of burnt espresso beans, dark cocoa, and copper. Silky mouthfeel that ends like you’ve been sucking on a penny. Very distinct brew that’s worth revisiting.
Jblauvs (154), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
Aug 22, 2008 Dark Redish brown pour, offwhite dissipating head. Hoppy, Roasty aroma. Resinous hops overwhelm at the beginning, followed by some bitterness and malt backbone, some subtle coffee roast at the end sneaks up on you. A good offering from Mikkeller.
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