Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast

Mikkeller
Brewed at Nøgne Ø
Style: Stout
Copenhagen V, Denmark

I do not know where this bottle came from but it was dropped off to me at my store. Pours black with thick, huge dark chocolate head. Aroma of fresh coffee, strong dark roast, chocolate, as well as a dark roast bitter. Flavor is dry, just pure, clean dark roast & coffee, baking chocolate with a sharp dark roast and coffee bitter. Mouth feel is smooth, creamy, has a medium-heavy body with low-medium carbonation. Overall, damned good beer, has some character....

500 ml. Very deep brown color, full brown head. Appealing roasted malt flavor with hints of smoke, oak, vanilla and coffee. Smooth dark chocolate flavor with notes of coffee and hops. Full body, medium carbonation. This is a very nice brew indeed.

Jet black pour, small tan head that laces up nicely on the glass. Aroma holds large amounts of oat, dry roasted malt, chocolate, espresso, caramel, and a light touch of smoke. Flavor is excellent; great way to start the day. Full and rich notes of chocolate, coffee, oat, and roast. Some subtle hop character also comes through, particularly some light citrus from the Cascades. Palate is full bodied, with a nice combination of the sweet chocolate and dry roast creating a complex and enticing mouthfeel. Absolutely top tier stout, worthy of its score; another great brew from Mikkeller.

Drank for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning. Obsidian pour with a one finger brownish tan head. Aroma is flaked oak, dark roast coffee, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, molasses, caramel, and charred roasted barley. Flavor is a heavenly concoction of roasted espresso, oat sugar, peat, bitter chocolate, hints of dark fruit, and a beautifully balancing hop bitterness. Palate is rich, thick, full, creamy, and velvety with medium caressing effervescence and a chalky roast oriented finish. A delicious Thanksgiving breakfast...

All one could home for in an oatmeal stout! Outstanding flavors of coffee, excellent balance of everything else. Aroma is tame but enjoyable, great beer!

I can’t remember a better looking beer in the glass. Pours very dark brown/black with a with a very thick, fine brown head. Spectacular. The aroma is almost as good with dark chocolate, fresh ground coffee, and ash. Right up my alley. The flavor doesn’t disappoint either, but somehow doesn’t quite match the previous categories. It’s very roasted and dry with flavors of oats, coffee, dark chocolate, and ash. There’s some pretty intense hops in there buried under all the roast. Frothy mouthfeel and an extreme ashy finish. Overall, one of my new favorites.

From the bottle, this poured deep chocolate brown with plenty of sticky brown foam in no hurry to disappear, light lacing. Plenty of oats and chocolate in the aroma, a little dank and just a bit of booze; sharp coffee high notes come out as it warms. It’s just the best mocha I’ve ever tasted. It’s got just a bit of hop tanginess in the back, intense dark chocolate bitterness with sweetness that stands up well. It’s thick, a bit oily as it coats the palate. The carbonation is soft but adequate; well balanced flavor and feel. Proof that God loves me :)

Bottle from Crown#6. Pours midnight black with 1 finger tan head. Nose is sugar cookie, molasses, chocolate malt smoothness. Taste is much more coffee than the nose, with roasted malt and brown sugar. More molasses and some dark fruits come through. Very excellent beer.