Mikkeller Stateside India Pale Ale / IPA

rating #900!!! Dark amber, a very nice color for a good IPA. Nice frothy head, a nice sticky lacing. Outstanding hops aroma. Loads of citrus, grapefruit, oranges, lemons, and limes. There is also some really nice piney resin notes. The aroma is so crisp, and clean, with that great pine ending. The flavour is again, very very hoppy, but the caramel malt really comes through, and brings it alll together. The finish is obviously quite bitter, but its a nie bitterness. This is easily one of the best highly hopped IPAs that is still very well balanced.

Pours with a large, thick, off-white head with good lacing, covering a clear, copper-orange body (sort of peach colored). Aroma is nice, with floral and citrus hop notes with some earthy undertones and a bit of sweet caramel malts. Taste is of bitter hops common in small IPAs, a bit thin.

Very nice. Very different tasting hop profile than other IPA’s I’ve had. Nice and dry, but not too much. Not so bitter either, but has a full, fragrant and tongue drenching hop flavor and aroma. Nose has spots of pine, lemonade (?), candy, and a slight cannabis note. Pours hazy orange with minmal head. Very good IPA.

(from notes) High price comes with the imported and "rare new ticker-friendly brewery" territory. Typical appearance and aroma for a C-hop ipa. Flavor is decent for a hops-forward citric ipa, with some wierd malt character in the middle. Easy drinking, somewhat oily and seperated on the palate. One of the better offerings from the northern european craze, but nothing amazing.

quite nice and mellows well. slick yeasty and substanial in flavor and in the palate. a bit harsh at first but mellows revealing a really good sweetness like caramel. i like to actually let it warm out a bit. at that point you get a sense of a superior brew especially in the balance. touch of malt is straw in a bit of vanilla. ballsy of them to pit the pine and citrus hop profile in confronation like that and still hop spice it up as well. very good alcohol.

A Mes rate: Bottle at weekend of tarts.
Lovely dark Mikkeller blonde with a very good white head. Damn these guys know how to do hops. Straight forward hopfest but I love it. Long bitter finish with some slight sweet malt under that balances it out perfectly.

Thanks as always Martin, always wanted to try this one.

$9.49 for a 16.9oz bottle...ouch. That being said, this beer is quite excellent. Fresh hop fragrance. Bitter mouthfeel, with a solid malt backbone. Generously hopped. Really well balanced beer, with some nice caramel malt tastes to even it out. Top notch stuff.

Bottle. Average size, off-white head that disappears quickly. Clear, medium amber body. Floral aroma with notes of grain and citrus, especially grapefruit. Hint of caramel. The flavor is lightly sweet and moderately to heavily bitter and lightly acidic. Medium body with a smooth texture and lively carbonation. The balance leans heavily toward the bitter leaving little room for anything else. Not much finesse in this beer. Which makes the price of this beer very steep, indeed. Not a good buy.