Mikkeller Stateside

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

This beer has a very nice hop smell to it. The hop aroma is very intense. I love the balance in the taste between the malts and the hops. This beer actually has a great balance between the malts and the hops. This beer also has a nice caramel gold color The beer is almost too thin. I wish it had a creamier consistency. I love the fact that the beers bittering hop is nice and noticeable. Overall, great balance between hops and malts in the flavor, a great and long lasting hop taste. A wonderful hop aroma. Just love the hops in this I.P.A.

Pours amber with a strong white head. Nose of fruity citrus hops, floral and sweet. Lighter carbonation, not as lively on the palate. Good balance, didn’t try to go the kicking bitterness way. A bit thin overall, but still a nice beer. Tastes like a lot of other IPAs in this market at a much lower price so it probably won’t do well here even though it’s well made.

Bottle sampled. Pours copper with a good size white head. Aroma of floral hops, slight fruit, and citrus. The flavor is slightly sweet fruit upfront, citrus, and a bitter pine finish. Good brew.

Bottle. Best imported IPA I’ve ever had, but doesn’t touch some of the West Coast IPA’s I’ve sampled. Maybe some of the hop edge was lost in the trans-Atlantic trip.

Courtesy dsnowden. Pours a mostly clear amber with a soapy thin off-white head. A lot of sweet caramel on the aroma, but a healthy helping of earthy hop is present. Medium-bodied, lightly carbonated. Taste starts with a nice blend of malt and grassy hops; the malt yields in the finish, but provides a bit of spice for the hops to ride over. Finish is dry. Nice.

Sampled at Mikkeller tasting at West Lake View Liquors. Pours a glowing orange with a small head. Nice nose of caramels, citurs, earthy, floral and pine hop notes. Light caramel flavors and floral citrus. Balanced well with a dry finish. Light body but tasty.

Bottle form Green’s in Atlanta, GA.
Pours clear. On the copper side of orange. Off white head. Nice lace.
Very subdued aroma. I can pick out the aggressive chinooks and grapefruity cascades. I also find some toasted and light caramel malts.
This is a nice exercise in balance. The toast and light cara malts are blended well with a nice hop flavor and pleasant bitter finish.
Medium body. High carbonation. Dry finish.
Not really up to par with most American IPAs, and the price is sort of crazy.

Well, a fine, tasty beer. Not as big on the citrus as I expected but we can’t all get candy (not that I’m always a fan). This actually did remind me of some older versions of West Coast IPAs that I have been sitting on. Very well balanced. The malts are intricate and marry well with slightly resiny hop flavors. The nose has a nice element of cold biscuit dough and some sweet malt that happily doesn’t turn into dessert. As it warms and my snifter rolls, the palate continues to improve. This is a little more of a thinker than many domestic examples. The only gripe? The ridiculous price I paid. Rather thought an indecent picture should have graced the underside of the label. Oh well.