Mikkeller X-mas Porter Fra Via Til (From Via To) Bourbon Barrel Aged

Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Copenhagen, Denmark

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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From a bottle at home in Skövde. Black beer with a beige head. Smokey and a bit oakbarrel and some vanilla. Tastes dill(?), old dark coffee and some chocolate. I didn´t like this at all, sorry...

375 ml capped bottle. Poured a good lookikng pitch black body with a HUGE foamy dark beige head. Aroma is coconut, vanilla, bourbon, spice, cherry juice, light cocoa. Body is lighter than expected with only a medium feel with light small bubbly carbonation, lingering burnt notes. Flavor of light bourbon, vanilla extract, super burnt toast, dark chocolate that is slightly burnt, some dark fruit.

Bottle. Cola-black body, medium tan head. Aroma is moderately sweet, vanilla, peat smoke. Taste is moderately sweet, vanilla, Bourbon, some smoke, alcohol burn. Medium body, low carbonation, some stickiness.

Bottle 375ml.

Clear dark black brown colour with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, cask wood, alcohol - bourbon. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111031]

Bottle. Pours black with a big beige head. Aroma of coffee, wood, roasted malt and chocolate. Flavor is sweet and malty with some vanilla, caramel, roasted malt, oak and soy sauce.Medium to full body, average carbonation.Nice beer.

375 ml green bottle poured a clear dark reddish brown nearly black with a small lasting rown head. Aromas of bourbon, prunes, dark chocolate, roasted malt, oak, vanilla and spice. Palate was medium to full bodied and smooth. Flavors of bourbon, roasted malt, bitte chocolate, spice, oak and dark fruit with a smooth lingering chocolate finish.

375 ml bottle from Wine and Cheese Place. Pours a deep, dark, opaque brown color with a finger of dark tan head that lasts and laces. Aroma of chocolate, bourbon, plums, black cherries, vanilla, caramel, peat, and oak. Flavor of coffee, bitter dark chocolate, roasted malts, charred oak, peat, bourbon, winter spices, and caramel. Medium-bodied, with a super rich, roasty mouthfeel with some bitterness and medium carbonation. Very roasty; bourbon leads the nose but takes a backseat to the malts in the flavor.

37.5 cl bottle. Pours pitch black with thick hazelnut head. Aroma is warm notes of wood, chocolate, caramel comvined with a surprising freshness (the bourbon effect?) and even soemthing medicinal/eucalyptus. Flavours of roast and soy sauce in the finish. Quite fresh and crisp for a porter.

Bottle from Beer Ritz, Leeds. Thanks to Matt for fetching over. Black as santa’s belt with a thin lingering tan head. Aroma of choc, spices, roast, dark fruits, barrel and of course bourbon. Flavour was sweetish with notes of dark chocolate, charred malts, vanilla, booze and bourbon. Slight lick of sourness followed by some bitterness in the finish. Enjoyable stuff.

12.7 oz bottle. Dark brown with clingy tan frosting; lace spots remain. Nose is coffee, bourbon, molasses, cocoa and allspice. Medium body but feeling a bit thinned by the barrel. Carb adds a mild sting. Taste is earthy chocolate and coffee with the bourbon adding bitter and sour notes. Dull spicing, maybe some nutmeg, build on the bitterness, getting vinous. Interesting brew but quite muted.