Mikkeller Santas Little Helper 2007

Lightly laced with an obsidian black pour. Not too carbonated, just right. A blast of malt in the aroma. Dark fruits are forward in the palate with a wonderful dark malt and yeast base. Alcohol nicely hidden. It is a barrage of spices and dark fruits including dates and figs with cocoa and molasses and treacle. What fun! The finish also has some finesse with a touch of honey and vanilla. Really impressive. Mikkeller strikes again.

Shared the bottle with a friend who likes his stouts and wanted something dark. "Well, this is a quad, so it probably won’t have coffee or chocolate in it." Ironically, I was wrong. Dark brown pour, nice pillowy head and decent lacing. A winelike aroma was detectable. The flavor was lots of molasses and dark fruit figgy/plum fruit (which I’m not overly fond of), but a surprisingly roasty mocha-like finish. Not really creamy or rich and a little acidic. Better as it warmed, but still not something I’ll be rushing out for again.

From bottle : Pours a dark color, with a big 2 fingers of light brown head, and sticky lacing all over the glass. A nice spicey, sweet, dark fruit aroma. Taste isnt as spicey as the smell, but it does have some spicey bit, dark fruits, prunes. Very nice taste. Medium to thin body, with a smooth feel all the way through. Aftertaste is sweet, and lingers. Cant catch any alcohol. Nice belgian.

Thanks to Mikkel himself. Black of color with a nice beige head.An aroma with notes of port, spice, prunes, dark fruits and weak sweets. A flavor with notes of port, raisins, dark fruits, spice and dark fruits.

wow not what i expected but wow very nice!!! dark black with little head, nose is sweet raisins and dried fruit , molasses.Flavor is similar sweet malts dried fruits some belgian spices. very nice very smooth, maybe a little woody but soo good.