Struise/ Mikkeller Elliot Brew - (Struise Mikkeller)

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99		93
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Brewed by De Struise Brouwers
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Oostvleteren, Belgium

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 889 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.79 IBU: 150 EST. CALORIES: 270 ABV: 9%

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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
RateBeer Special Release:
Behold the second of RateBeer.com’s Worldwide Masters Series! This request edition ale is the crafted alchemy of a party of some of Europe’s finest brewers, Mikkel Bjergsø and Kristian Keller of Mikkeller (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Urbain Coutteau, Carlo Grootaert, Phil Driessens, and Peter Braem of De Struise Brouwers (Woesten-Vleteren, Belgium).
Both breweries have attracted considerable international attention for their artful interpretations of traditional ale styles enlived by a rich sense of invention. And both are also very highly esteemed by the RateBeer.com international community of beer tasters. We hope you enjoy this unique little treasure.
Struise Mikkeller -- the product of master brewing and friendship. Celebrate this sense of camaraderie by sharing this bottle with your good friends!
- Joe Tucker, RateBeer.com

Struise-Mikkeller is as we said in the past "Best of two worlds". We delivered an IPA with 130 IBU (Batch I), 150 IBU (Batch II), 163 IBU (Batch III), but a bitterness hidden the Struise way, counter balanced by maltyness, alcohol and rest sugars.

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3.5

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20

SimonRoller (273) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - MAY 22, 2012

Tap at CBC. Pours amber with medium head. Aroma is tropical fruits, candied fruits, sugar. Taste is like aroma. Sweet.

4.3

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20

fugitive (846) - Athens, GREECE - MAY 20, 2012

Bottle. Color hazy amber with big white head. Aroma sweet, spicy, hop, citrus, yeast. Taste sweet, spicy, coriander, hop, citrus, alcohol.

4.1

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20

zacgillbanks (183) - Tyne & Wear, ENGLAND - MAY 19, 2012

Bottle from Coppers in Newcastle. A dark brown beer with hints of sourness and candy sugar, red fruity flavours and a warming bitter grapefruit, woody and burnt toffee finish.

3.2

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20

tommann (1430) - Dudley, West Midlands, ENGLAND - MAY 16, 2012

330ml bottle. Pours a very dark, reddy brown with a large head. Aroma is very faint, some toffee, chocolate and banana. Taste is very bitter throughout. Some banana and a little mango on the finish. Just brutally bitter.

3.6

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20

Stephanos (845) - NORTHERN IRELAND - MAY 16, 2012

vintage 2011 (sm #12) "216 ibu" bottle from trembling madness, york Pours a lively dark amber with pillowy off-white head. candy sugar and earthy spice nose, gentle carbonation, dry bitter malt and very bitter finish.

3.8

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

RedSox2004 (802) - Pacific Palisades, California, USA - MAY 12, 2012

Almost clear amber orange with a strong one-finger head, bright white head and outstanding lace. Candy sugar, pale malts and earthy hops on the nose. Flavors are similar, and include some pineyhops in the finish. Medium to full body, lively carbonation, creamy/sticky mouthfeel, and a crisp bitter finish.

3.3

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20

The_Bish (137) - - MAY 1, 2012

Syruppy pour, thick. Then the alcohol hits with the taste heavy. Too heavy, little disguise.

3.8

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20

madmitch76 (6052) - , Essex, ENGLAND - APR 29, 2012

31st July 2009
Cloudy chocolate brown beer, frothy tan head. Frothy palate, a little dry. Tart fruit, seamlessly blended with creamy malt. Then some serious hops, smooth though. Very well joined up tasty beer.

2.2

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20

Onenote81 (896) - Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA - APR 23, 2012

Originally reviewed: 9/30/09. This beer exploded with foam when I popped the cap. Poured into my glass, the head just kept rising and rising. Took a few minutes to pour the whole thing out. Great retention though, and it left beautiful sticky lace all over the glass as I sipped. Smells like toffee, caramel, and warm syrup. The citrus/pine I was expecting is absent. Huh. The mouth was a little flat and under-carbonated. The explosion on opening may have lessened this characteristic. This is a very syrupy beer, almost chalky. The bitterness was very dull and grating, but it was big. No citrus flavors at all. Just a sugary, syrupy, weirdly bitter mess. Wow. I had huge expectations for this, but it let me down big time.

3.9

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20

Hudspart (520) - Hudsonville, Michigan, USA - APR 20, 2012

Bottle: Pours amber with a small fizzy head. Sweet hoppy aroma. Very thick. Flavor of hops and sugar. Meduim thickness. Good, but not $7 for 11oz good.

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