Mikkeller Stateside

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

Copper color with a medium head. Nice citrusy and pine aroma. Dry malt taste. Definitely hoppy, but not screaming with hops and certainly a bit on the mild side for bitterness. More hop taste than punishing alpha acid. Some citrus on the finish.

Hige thanks to Mullman for bringing this to my party last month. Pours a hazy deep orange with a frothy sticky lasting head. Aroma is cascadey citrus with some light metallic hints, grapefruity, and orange with a sticky sweet malt background. Tacky sticky sweet flavor with some pine, caramel, orange, and more grapefruit mouth-puckering bitterness. Nice finish- good IPA.

First rating
(Bottle at Ølbaren in Copenhagen, Denmark.)
Shady orange color, tan to white head. Hoppy ester, a bit butter scent. Bitter taste, almost about to be overwhelming, but it’s still ok. Smooth palate and high bitterness.
7/2/7/3/12=3.1

Second rating
(From bottle at a Mikkeller beer tasting held at Brewpun Köpenhamn)
Nice orange color witha fluffy tan head. Lots of fresh hoppy american type scent. Fruity and sweet hoppy bitter taste, very very nice. Smooth mouthfeel, high bitterness.
7/3/8/4/16=3.8

Fresh bottle consumed on 5/28/07
Really like Tiggmtl’s rating of this and I couldnt agree more....a very dark IPA (surprisingly), I was expecting a pale, San Diego style IPA. But the conditioning/bottling is wonderful as usual, leading to a large beige head and plentiful lacing.
Assertively hoppy in the nose, but well-caramel malted leading to the typical lychee, red grapefruit and candied orange notes. Gets very bitter and challenging on the end, with lemon/lime rind and moderate tea-like astringency. A bit of breadiness as it warms and actually reminds me somewhat of the Nogne 100 I just had, though this one shows more balance and some fruitier, more playful hops. Strong aroma as well, with no flaws or alcohol.
Sugary caramel malts are immediately noticeable, yet there is an earthiness that also simultaneously dries the flavor out as citric and fruity hops provide plenty of juiciness and flavor. It gets very bitter, perhaps a bit excessively so, towards the end, with some earthiness and light toffee making a reprise on the finish. Fresh yeast and a very expressive carbonation, though not overdone. I liked the single hop IPAs better, but this is still a very well-made ale. Thanks for lettin me try another Mikkeller, one of the best brewers in the world, Olivier.

500ml bottle (Angleterre, Helsinki, IPA weeks 2008)
Cascade fruity aroma. Sweet toffee mouthtaste, with some melon and orange. Some lightly soapy stickiness, but not offensive or astringent. Long sticky hop finish, similar to the aroma. Decent malty body in combination makes this very well balanced for a hop-bomb.
Rerate of (6-3-7-3-13=3.2)
500ml bottle (SOPP2007, Helsinki)
Quite reminiscent of an English ESB. Pretty tasty, but maybe a little sweet. Really not worth the price (14 Euro), that’s for sure.

Bottle from Cave Direct (Beer merchants), many thanks for tipping me off about these beers Phil L, cheers mate Corking IPA really lovely, had this last week. Good punchy hoppy nose some pine, some floral but plenty there. Nice bittersweet taste, clean fresh but very hoppy, nice citrussy flavours in particluar I get some nice sweet tangerine, good tanginess, a very nice beer.

(22oz bottle) Sampled at at a gathering at TiggMTL’s place in Vancouver on June 30, 2007. Bottle courtesy of TiggMTL. Nose is nicely balanced with strong malt base. Nice legs. Good flavour though a bid too malted and sweet for me.

Bottle. Amber hazy colour with a nice creamy head. Aroma and taste of cascade-hops. Good IPA.