Mikkeller Monks Elixir

[Another century celebrated with a Mikkeller beer - this time 8600] A deep red beer with a thick but collapsing rocky brown head. The aroma is sweet spicy with notes of brown sugar, yeast, malt, caramel, alcohol, and some berries and fruit, leaning towards being over ripe, the spices include cloves. The flavor is sweet malty with a very complex mix of candy sugar, caramel, yeast, fruit, alcohol, spices (cloves and cinnamon), berries, prunes, and some over ripe fruits, I even find light notes of chocolate - very complex like a Quad should be. At first you are hit by the great complexity with overwhelming power, but then the alcohol gains in strenth and really makes itself known, giving it a great body. The complex flavor lasts for a long time before a dry slightly yeasty and woody finish sets in and lingers for even longer. I also had it on draft, but like the bottled version better - it’s a bit more complex.

(On tap) Pours a beautiful, warm, hazy, reddish brown with a dense, creamy, beige head. Vinous aroma with some dried fruit, marzipan and yeast. Very full-bodied with lots sweetness, roasted malts and dried fruit. The finish is full f warming alcohol. Excellent. 110507

Bottled at Københavnske Øldage. Hazy copper colour, average head. Intricate aroma of caramel and strawberries. Sweet and fruity, full bodied. Chocolate and almond mixes with syrup. There is also a strange burning chilli-like sensation. Complex and very flavourful.

CBF07 sample from bottle and tap (not good). Bottle, specifically as the tap version was a month too young. Pours amber clear with a good head which leaves a nice lacing. Citric to sour aroma into a very nice malt blend and slight smoked. Flavour is caramel malty with a nice hops blend. Sweet to dry finish.

Draught @ Københavnske Øldage 2007 in Copenhagen. Clear medium brown color with a large frothy good lacing mostly diminshing beige head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, moderate to heavy yeasty, dry fruit, banana, alcohol. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is moderate to heavy alcoholic.

Bottled. Reddish amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is spices, yeast, alcohol, malts and toffee. Flavour is caramel, candy, alcohol, some spices cookies and yeast. all in a really nice balance .

Draught at KØ07. Clear brown colour, very small head. The flavour starts off rather dry, then turns malty and finishes quite peppery.

Bottle. Cloudy orange brown coloured with an off white head. Aroma of dried fruits, fruits and spices with notes of alcohol. Flavour of dried fruits, fruits and spices with notes of caramel and alcohol. Warming alcoholic finish.