Mikkeller Wet Hop Kellerbier

Mikkeller
Formerly brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
Copenhagen, Denmark

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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(Bottle) Golden colour, slightly hazy, with rocky white head, leaving traces of lacing. Malty, fruity nose with bready malt, honey, tropical fruit, canned peaches and fresh floral hops. Malty, fruity taste with notes of tropical fruit, bread, honey, grass and fresh floral hops in a finish with a fairly short and quite balanced bitterness. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Feels more like a perfumy premium lager than a kellerbier, but it’s quite enjoyable.

pours a golden colour with a fairly big head. This is a fairly lively brew with hoppy flavours. Light body though. Nothing that Mikkeller touches disappoints.

Bottle, Brew Dog, Newcastle. Slightly hazy golden pour with a middling white head. Grassy hop, sweet malt and citrus notes in the nose and flavour. Plenty of malt in the flavour in tandem with some robust hop bitterness. Tidy balance .Smooth , crisp and very drinkable. An excellent take on the style.

4th February 2012
Hazy gold beer, good pale cream coloured head. Dry airy palate. Dry lagerish malt, nutty and creamy. A little bitter orange hop on the backend, marmalade as well. Dry finish with minerals. Bitter linger. Interesting!

Draught at The Rover dec-11-ish Clear golden. Creamy white head. Grassy, mashy aroma. Soft and smooth mouthfeel. Oaky toffee in the flavour.

Bottle From Toft Vin Islands Brygge. Hazy amber body, big white head. Aroma of cereals, grass and lemon. Taste of citrus fruits, straw and vanilla. Thin body, good dry bitterness.

0.33 l bottle at hotel room in Copenhagen, thanks Rauno! Golden color. Herbal and citrusy aroma. Herbal, oaky, bitter, honeyish and slightly citrusy flavor. OK, would be better with less oak.

Poured from a 330ml bottle into a German 0.3l handled glass (drank Feb ’12). Pours a crystal clear blonde/light amber in colour with a big big frothy white head. A lot of aroma to this beer! I got mushy peas, wasabi/mustard, hops and malt roughly in that order. Most unusual smells! Flavour wise, grassy hops, a little citrus and some nutty/wood tones to it. A crisp bitter-dry aftertaste. Medium in body and moderate to low in carbonation. On OK take on a Zwickel but perhaps trying a bit too hard to be ’whacky’ and different when there isn’t a need to! The smell was something way out! Nothing like (nor as good) as the many kellerbiers I’ve drank in Deutschland!

Bottled at PBF. Cloudy pale golden, small head. Slight floral nose. Dryish with fairly light body and clean, hard mouthfeel. Mildly hop aromatic, but with shallow malt character. Mid bitter finish. Very far from Franconian kellerbiers and far more superficial.

Bottled 330ml (PBF)
Slightly hazy yellow color, big creamy off-white head, lace. Grainy, pale malty aroma. Light to medium-bodied. Malty, a bit grainy, grassy hoppyness. Cracker flavors. Perhaps closer to a Belgian pils than a German beer.