Mikkeller Stateside

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

Bottle purchased from bottletrek.com. Denmark continues to amaze me. This "american" style IPA beats most IPA attempts here in the US. Pours orange with a big creamy head and a lot of lacing. Aroma of citrus and pine. Flavor is similiar with a nice balance of caramel malt. Nice hop bite and finish. Medium mouthfeel and carbonation. Excellent IPA and expensive.

Bottled. an unclear dark golden beer with a big, creamy and persistent beige head, leaving laces on the glass. Terrific appearence. the aroma is hoppy with fruity (mainly grapefruit) and flowery notes, Some vague hints of caramel in the background. The taste is very hoppy too, with clean flavours of grapefruit and a good amount of malt taht give the necessary sweetness. Medium body, average carbonation, with the mouthfeel that maybe is not so soft, but a really fantastic aromatic aftertaste that is really bitter, dry and long. This is a beer I could drink evry day. I love IPAs and i love this beer.

Bottle: Finally got my hands on a Mikkeller. (The bottle says this is an APA not an IPA.) Pours a cloudy orange with a a lasting, thick, frothy white head, strong aroma of American hops, hoppy taste but well balanced with a very smooth finish. Good stuff but not worth the price I had to pay to try it.

Whoa, this is a straight up IPA? I was thinking it got into double IPA territory. Oh well, either way, it’s pretty good coming from those Danes. Where’d they steal all the american hops from? Retardedly good aroma. Green apple, pine, citrus. Flavor is subtle and could have a little more depth. At least the hops don’t overpower your pallete. Color is a clear reddish orange. Minimal white head and lacing. Smooth finish with a slight bitter bite at the end. Well rounded and well done.

500mL bottle, no date. Clear slightly dark orange with a 1 1/2 finger off-white head, good retention. Aroma of either rose or iris petals, light grapefruity hops, sweet caramel malts and light honey. Not exactly a ton going on here or very strong, but what’s here is definitely nice. Flavor adds a pine car freshener element that’s sweet--I realize that doesn’t sound good, but it is. Otherwise, the flower petals and grapefruit, honey and caramel are all there. Bitterness peaks at a 5. Moderate creamy carbonation, light to medium body.

500ml bottle from tytoanderso; nose of flowery hops with a little pine and some caramel maltiness; clear copper with a small. quick disapting straw head; flavor is light hop bitterness with some lemon and caramel.

Bottle (50 cl) from Ølbutikken, Copenhagen, Denmark. Wonderful reddish amber with a huge off-white head with a yellow hue. Fruity aroma with peaches, mango, and apricot, along with floral and piney notes of hops. Medium bodied with smooth mouthfeel. Long bitter finish. A great IPA.

Bottle from Sam’s Blue Light in Durham; poured a nice orange copper with medium to large off white head. Aroma was very nice with grapefruit, pine and caramel. My initial reaction was indifference; however it did grow on me a bit with time. Initially malt is the centerpiece, but the hops slowly emerged. Citrus and pine finish. Some general sweetness up front. Was a little thin. To me I think that this is slightly overrated.