Mikkeller Single Hop Warrior IPA

Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Copenhagen V, Denmark

Bottle served in a tulip. Burnt orange with the monstrous off-white head I’ve become used to from Mikkeller IPAs. Seriously, 2/3 of the glass. Great retention and lacing. Aroma is soft and tough to decipher. Ahhh, when it warms there is spicy notes and earthy elements. Medium body, resiny and very dry. Moderately bitter flavor grows a bit on the finish then lingers on and on.

Bottle. Copper colour with a medium white head. Aroma and flavour hops, citrus, grapefruit, pine and spice.

33cl bottle, drunk on 26 July 2009. Copper colour. Slight haze. Quite spicy aroma. Lots of orange zest notes on the palate. Very succulent hops. Bitter in the way of Seville oranges and marmalade. Warrior is not a hop variety that immediately springs to mind in relation to an IPA but it certainly seemed to work well here. Excellent stuff.

Pours a slightly hazy copper color with a fluffy tan head. Aroma is spicy, earthy, slightly citrusy, toast, caramel, and some mint. Flavor is caramel, toast, earthy, minty, and a bitter spicy finish.

Hazy amber orange, frothy white head. Aroma of pine, caramel, and grapefruit. Taste is sweet grapefruit and bitter resin. Good balance for one hop.

11.2oz bottle via secret santa trade. pours a hazy copper with a bit of sediment and a creamy white head with solid lacing. aroma is very nice with citrus hop notes of grapefruit, lemon zest, and pineapple along with sweet, fresh floral notes, hints of dry pine and herbs, bready malts, and and a bit of caramel. flavor is quite good as well with very bitter, citrusy hop notes up front with a spicy, herbal, and white pepper presence coming through mid swallow with a hint of sweet, candied malts. palate is medium bodied and highly carbonated giving this an almost airy/tonic water kind of texture with a long, bitter finish. overall, another solid single hop ipa from mikkeller.

Bottle courtesy of Blazer06. Poured a hazy copper color with a thin off white head. Nose is grapefruit , pine, bread, and slight spice. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Flavor has a somewhat spicy Belgian yeast note balanced with a caramel malt sweetness with citric, piney, floral notes. Finishes bitter-sweet.

Pink-orange under a fine, persistent cream lid. Rose, mandarin, orange liqueur, pollen, herbs (rosemary?) and dark choc in aroma. Stinging and floral; leafy tea notes joining the grapefruit and tonic water attack, bit of lavender, honey, old ladies’ draw liners. Nutty malt, quinine afters. Tangy and floral with plenty of IBUs and malt thickness to carry it. Ripe, savoury and good.