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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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]

Bottled. A black beer with a huge dark brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, over ripe fruits, alcohol, and bourbon. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, alcohol, over ripe berries, and wood, leading to a dry, roasted, and alcoholic finish.

UPDATED: NOV 11, 2011 37.5 cL bottle. Pours hazy brown with a small chocolate brown head. Aroma is fruity and slight bourbon touch. Fruity and roasted dark malty. Roasted malty, vanilla, light ashtray touch. Bitter, dark malty and dark liqourice finish.

Bottle 37,5 cl. Courtesy of Ungstrup. Pours an opaque dark brown with a small brown head. Heavy dark fruits and roast in the nose - and for sure Bourbon. Medium body, dry ashy roast, peppery, dark pruney fruits with an ashy finish. Quite some alcohol showing. 311011

Bottled@vPBF2012. More or less pitch black colour, small brown head. Aroma is liquorice, wood, mild whisky, some earthcellar. Flavour is earthy, dry wood, some liquorice, mild wood and some slight alcohol. Ashes in the finish.

Bottle at home. Pitch black coloured with a medium sized brown head. Roasted aroma of dark chocolate, oak and orange peel with notes of liquorice. Roasted flavour of dark chocolate, oak and berries wth notes of liquorice and hops. Dry roasted finish.

Bottle. Pours a black color with a longlasting tan head. Has a roasted malty spicy bourbon aroma. Roasted malty spicy bourbon flavor with hints of chocolate. Has a sweetish malty spicy bourbon vanilla finish.

Bottle @ Vinens Verden, Odense. Pours black with a small creamy white head. Heavy bourbon, hard roast and chocolate. Smooth and oily. A bit too simple, young and the bourbon is not perfectly integrated. Still a decent effort for Mikkeller standards.

Courtesy of Ungstrup
Black color, with generous, compact brown head. Aroma of cardboard, roasted malt, dark chocolate, cake and cookies; some alcohol. The roasted malt character is very strong, while the body strength is medium, and the mouthfeel quite dry and ashy; a lot of dark chocolate too; it gets a boozy character from the barrel; the sweetness is almost absent; the final is just about burnt malt and some alcohol. Unbalanced on the ratio roasted-to-sweet.

Bottle. Huge creamy head with excellent duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are bourbon, vanilla, coffee, chocolate, roast malt and hops. Nice and smooth finish.