Mikkeller Monks Elixir

Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Copenhagen V, Denmark

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 3   Light Brown(1)->Dark(5) : 3   Ruby : XX   Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 3
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 3   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 2   Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 4  
Yeast : 4   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Esters : 2   Banana : 4   Phenols : 2   Leather : XX   Perfume : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX
Malt : 4   Biscuity : XX   Toast : 3   Caramel : 2   Toffee : XX   Maple : XX   Molasses : XX   Nuts : XX   Candy : 5   Pumpernickel : XX   Cereals : 4   Fruits : XX   Chocolate : 3   Coffee : XX   Vanilla : 3   Grapes : XX   Blackberries : XX   Dates : 2   Cherries : XX   Plums : 3   Figs : XX
Hops : 3   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : 1   Floral : XX   Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Spicy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes :   Earth : 1   Wood : XX   Cloves : XX   Smoke : XX   Pepper : 1   Ginger : XX   Peach/Pear/Apricot : 3   Candi Sugar : 4   Anise : XX   Vinous : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Sourness : 2   Bitterness : XX   Complex : 3   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 4   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 5   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : 3   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Complex, yeasty and estery ale with a sugary strength that moves towards bubblegum and avoids banal spices. Foamy and candied. Massive yet smooth.

Draught at Copenhagen Beerfestival 2007. Brown clear colour with a nice white head. Aroma of dried fruit, caramel and little yeast. Great tasty fruity flavour of Dried fruit, caramel, yeast. The alcohol is well hidden. Very nice endeed.

Bottle shared by Crosling at Logan’s Pre-GABF party. Dark and cloudy pour with a nice head. Sweet dark fruits on the aromas. Malty flavors too. More dark dried fruit on the flavor. Some bitterness on the finish as well. Very good.

(Bottled, 0.75l) Murky dark brown with a small, partly lasting head. Raisiny, plummy aroma with smoothly grainy-sugary chocolate and anise hints. The flavor is almost the same as St.Bernardus Abt, with plums, dried fruit, some yeast and grainy maltiness - but with added Rocheforty anise and flowery hoppiness. Medium to full-bodied with medium carbonation. A pleasant and well-made St.Bernardus clone with added Rochefort feel. Good stuff!

Near black colored, cloudy appearance. Little light brown head. Rich and interesting aroma: strong berries with strawberry dominating, some spices also here with obvious alcohol. Medium to full bodied. These strawberries also dominate in flavor, more yeast and spices come up here. Alcohol is also obvious in aftertaste, maybe even too much. Mild sourness lasts. Rather one-dimensional for Quadrupel.

Courtesy of after4ever and shared with after4ever and bitbucket. Pours deep somewhat opaque amber with frothy light tan head. The aroma is really fruity with apples, pears, plums, sweet raisins, brown sugar and coriander. The flavor starts sweet with brown sugar and then pears, apples, plums and then raisins appear. As the fruit forward flavors fade some coriander spice shows up to add further depth as well as roasty malts and mild tannins. It ends with a lingering dark fruitiness of prunes, raisins and dates as well as mild tart tannins. No sense at all of the ABV in the nose or taste.

750, baled, plastic cork. Thank you Maria, you rule! Pours luminescent rubied opaque mahogany body with a thick, moussy, bubbly, grayish head. Sheets of bubbly lace. Big apple, strawberry, almost yogurty nose. Moderately substantial body, soft and tight carb. Delectable fruit and caramel mid-palate. Soft yeasty, bready, and vanilla notes. Very mild finish.

<Draught at Ølbaren> Even after all the christmas brews, this one was still powerfull. Absolutly amazing vinouse nose of alchohol tons of begian yeast transformed into darkfruits, some brown sugar and caramel aswell. Bubbling texture and a nice intense mouthfull with sweet fruity notes and a very plesant warming alchohol.