Mikkeller Stateside

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

This is difficult for me. I love the brewery, I love hops and I love IPA. However, this beer doesn’t quite do it for me I’m afraid. Objectively I can taste it’s a complex and interesting beer, but I find the hops to be bordering on too soapy. I don’t mind a bit of resinousness, or a bit of soapiness from the hops, but here the finish is like I didn’t rince my glass and left a wad of washing up liquid in the bottom, (which I didn’t I may add!) Aroma is great, serious hops, fruit, citrus, classic bitter orange from the Amarillo, classic citrus tang from the cascade. Touch of soap on the nose, bit of sulphur, resin/sap. Looks a delight to behold, slight haze, lovely inviting glow, light amber orange in colour, thin white head. Palate is just right for the style, soft but persistent carbonation. Flavour is of more citrus with orange pthy-like qualities, even some orange peel in there for good measure. Spiciness, some malts hidden underneath with caramelized/burnt sugar, a bitterness that reminds me of wormwood in proper Absinthe. The beer is growing on me more but I just feel there is an astringency to the hops that takes away from the overall beer, if they had been treated to be fruitier or fuller then I’d probably fall in love with the beer, but they just come out strong and a bit hollow in a way, like a lot of flavour that some how feels a bit empty. Oh I’m all at odds, great beer but it has problems. The perfect gal, but one with psychotic mid-night tendencies that just seem to put you off a little. Maybe with a bit of counselling we’ll work it through...

Légèrement brune, cette traditionnel IPA est très bien houblonnée. On peut, en finale, facilement percevoir les notes du malt caramel. Elle n’apporte rien de bien différent pour une IPA, mais elle fait le travail.

Bu au Mondial 2009, le 3 juin (#7). Beige vaseuse (fond de bouteille, peu de collet. Arome d’houblon sucré et crèmeux, pas beaucoup d’amèrturme. Goût d’houblon peu amère, malte caramelisé, avec une finission un peu sûrette. Peu-être c’est le fond de bouteille mais c’est crèmeux?!

Bottle @ Mondial de la bière 2009. Amber with fluffy white head. Aroma is resinous hops, grapefruit and citrus. Some sweet notes also. Taste is mainly resinous hops. Medium bitterness during the long finish. Lost of grapefruit. Quite sweet. Very tasty brew. Would have it again anytime ! Re-rate 091119. Bottle from IPB. Aroma is piny, resinous and floral hops. some sweetness. Taste is hoppy and bitter. Citrusy and hoppy. Gets much less hoppy at the end. Some malt.

Bottle. Caramel brown color. 2 inch lacey, lucious head. Apricot, orange, tangy hints. Hoppy in aroma and taste; gives me that good citrus bitterness I crave in an IPA. Exquisite mix of hops, fruit, toffee. Like drinkinga Jolly Rancher candy. Very nice and worth searching for.

Bottle.Light brown with a small head,heady pine sap with hops apricot and peach aroma,taste is hoppy with resin and some pine alc burn,bitter and lovely.

bottle at Fort Wayne tasting - Pours slightly hazy copper with an off-white head. It has a big citrus hops aroma with grapefruit in particular coming to the fore. The flavor features lots of citrus accented hops. There’s some mild malt in the background that maybe could have had a little more character. The balance works alright. The hops finish is crisp and enjoyable.

Bottled at BH, Pori. Light amber, staying pale head. Aroma has basic good citric fruity hops, little sweetish pale maltiness. Flavor is sweet toffee malts, honey, fruitiness. Grapefruit zesty finish. Too sweet to be refreshing. Medium bodied, softly carbonated mouthfeel, could have little chewiness in it. Good, but very typical pale & sweet IPA.