Mikkeller Santas Little Helper 2010 (Barrel Aged Rum Edition)

Mikkeller
Formerly brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: American Strong Ale
Copenhagen, Denmark

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle 375ml.

Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good - fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, berry, tart, acetone, cask wood, moderate alcohol - rum, aceton - vinegar. Flavour is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, alcohol, berry tart. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic - aceton. [20111123]

Bottled. A dark red beer with a dark brown head. The aroma has notes of acetone, malt, christmas spices, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of acetone, malt, spices, caramel, and alcohol, leading to a dry woody finish.

37.5 cL bottle. Pours dark amber to brown with a huge tan head. Aroma is wooden, acetone and phenols. Rather chemical - my wife gave up on this after a few sips. This malty, persisting chemical and ethanol dense. Light raisin sweetness beneath. Acetone and sweet malty finish, light pine touch way underneath. Difficult.

Bottle 37,5 cl. Pours a very dark brown - close to black - with a creamy beige and lacing head. Odd acetone aroma, there’s really heavy paint thinner here! Solid body, some sweet overripe fruit but the acetone overpowers everything. No real traces of rum though. Something went seriously wrong here! 131011

Bottled. Deep rubyish brown colour, small off-white head. Aroma is sweet malts, hopds, mild gluelike stinging sweetness as well as some wooden and vanillaish notes. Flavour is alcohol, rum, some wood, sugary sweetness along with some fruity hops. Overly sweet.

Bottle at Jannik. Black coloured with a creamy beige head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, dried fruits, oak and rum with notes of vanilla. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, rum, vanilla and oak. Fruity finish of oak.

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty sweetish spicy rum aroma. Sweetish malty spicy yeasty barrel flavor with hints of rum. Has a fruity sweetish malty spicy rum finish.

Courtesy of Jens, thanks a lot!
The color is dark brown, almost black, with a nice creamy head, beige, reducing to a collar. Some smell of paint thinner, that covers the roasted malt, and is persistent. Good body strength; flavor of roasted malt, some dark chocolate, some spices, and strong, burning alcohol; also some chemicals, paint thinner, very light acetone.
Boozy and chemically challenging.

Bottle from Voldby. Huge creamy head with excellent duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, fruits, rhum, caramel, alcohol and hops.

(375ml bottle) Pours an opaque black body with a small tan head. Aroma of rum, wood, caramel, and toffee. Flavor of wood, rum, chocolate, vanilla, dark fruit, and spices.