Mikkeller Stateside India Pale Ale / IPA

[Yet another century celebrated with a Mikkeller beer - this time 6100] My version is the first batch and it is bottled. An unclear dark orange-red beer with a huge dense orange head - I also had it draft from one of the newer batches which was totally murky, this would be a 2 in appearance. The aroma is lovely grassy with loads of grapefruit and flowers. The flavor is sweet and starts out fruity combined with caramel, but quite early the hops comes into play giving it notes of grapes and grapefruit, which in turn gives way to notes of grass. The end is long lasting deleciously hoppy bitter and with notes of grapefruit lingering for a long time. I like the single hopped MIkkeller IPA’s better, but I think this suits the broader market better, and it is still a very fine beer.

(Bottle 50 cl) Pours a hazy amber with a creamy, yellowish beige head. Fruity, hoppy aroma - some pineapple perhaps?? Fat and oily mouthfeel. Good, full body with some sweetish caramel accents -but I really miss some grapefruit notes here. A very decent IPA all right, but not as clean, crisp and fresh as some of Mikkellers single hop IPAs - Chinook for instance. 050506

[Draught at Købehavnske Øldage] Cloudy amber, rich head. Sweaty melon and pineapple aroma. Medium sweetness up front, drier towards the finish. Medium bodied with pleasantly soft mouthfeel. Dominated by the aromatic hops.

50 cL bottle. Orange/red with very little head. Very flowery aroma of chinook, cascade and amarillo. Sweet and hoppy taste with a long lasting bitterness. The balance is this beer is fantastic, I assume it is 3 malts that is making this happen.

Draught at Købehavnske Øldage] Cloudy amber, rich head. Sweaty melon and pineapple aroma. Medium sweetness up front, drier towards the finish. Medium bodied with pleasantly soft mouthfeel. Dominated by the aromatic hops.

Bottled. Hazy orange colour, small white head. Aroma is flowey hops. Flavour is flowry hops along with caramel and malts. Typical US brew. Well done by the Danes.

Draught. Citrusy hop aroma. Very cloudy dark copper colour. Nice, stable creamy head. The flavour has a good, uncompromising bitterness along with some aromatic hoppiness. The aftertaste gets a little yeasty.

Bottle. Hazy orange coloured with a medium sized off white head. Aroma of malts, caramel, hops and pine needles. Dry flavour of malts, caramel, hops, pine needles and grape fruits. Dry hoppy finish. Very balanced. Fantastic IPA !