Mikkeller Yeast Series: US Ale

Mikkeller
Formerly brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: American Strong Ale
Copenhagen, Denmark

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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The beer pours a yellow-orange color with a white head. The aroma is citrus hops with some caramel malt and yeast notes. The flavor is caramel malt with some fruit, which I can’t identify. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Not bad, but not as good as the lager or brett beer from this series.

On tap at KØ-10. An almost clear beer, golden in color and topped by a small off-white head soon disappearing. It’s hoppy on the nose, tropical fruits do a lot of the work, some pale malts and alchol blends in. The flavor has tropical fruits and sweet malts, pine cones and a fine bitterness too. Full body. Bitter finish with sweetness. A bit fruitier than the lager, else much the same. 100506

Alright, third one. Orangish redish pour with white head. Aroma of hops and fruit. This one seems to make a lot more sense than the belgian or lager. Mostly citrus hops and marachino cherries in the aroma. Flavor is actually really good. Cherries, citrus hops, light pine. Basically tastes like a nice american ale. Alcohol and strong hops in the finish. Easily the best one so far.

Draught at Sycamore. IPA. Sweetish. Malty. We get a solid IPA, almost English in style. Not too different from Pilsner in this series.

A Sim rate (tap at Copenhagen Beer Festival): Sweet & hoppy aroma that’s not overly citric. Golden with incredible head & lace. Such a complex flavour. Fruit, citric and very hoppy. Nice and so fresh.

(Draught at Mikkeller Bar) Poured reddish brown and cloudy. Head was medium sized, long lasting and white. Aroma contained fruitiness and hops. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, hops, fruitiness, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet and bitter. No clear yeast flavour which is, in my understanding, typical to US Ale yeast.

Bottle. 3rd of 5. Pours orange unlike the first two, with a smaller frothy white foamy white head. O, so this is what this beer is supposed to taste like. Aroma is fruity, orange, vanilla, hoppy, clean, nice fermentation characters. Flavor follows, sweeter than the first two, cleaner too, orange and vanilla, light grass, lightly chalky bitterness, some bubble gum, light candy sweetness, lightly fruity, touch of cat piss, tasty and clean. Medium/light bodied, well attenuated, just above off-dry, softer sizzling carbonation. This is actually quite good.

Flaske 0,33l delt med Rune 26 Mai 10. Vanvittig skumdannelse. Kremaktig skum som fester seg til glasset.Mørk gylden på farge. Aromaen er preget av sitrus. Veldig innbydende. Smaken er litt anonym. Litt frukt og bær. Svakt syrlig ettersmak.

Sampled @ Mikkeller bar. Dark golden body with a diminishing off-white head. Aroma is citric fruity with malt and caramel. Flavor is malt, some caramel citric fruity and quite bitter. Refreshing and balanced, probably the one from the yeast sample with the best balance. Still too much hops and flavors to really be able to present the whole specter of nuances in the yeast profiles.

Amber amber and clear. Has a white head, mostly diminishing. Good aroma, lots of hops, citrus and passionfruit. Moderate sweet flavor and moderate to heavy bitter. Flavor is harmonic, and nice soft. Dry creamy texture.