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Mikkeller 黑 / Black

Mikkeller 黑 / Black - Imperial Stout

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 Percentile 
94
overall
Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Imperial Stout

Copenhagen V, Denmark

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3673.68/5.03.66/5.017.5%49.7Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Brewed by Mikkeller at De Proef Brouwerij, Lochristi-Hijfte, Belgium.

The strongest beer in Scandinavia. This imperial stout is the craziest, wildest, strongest beer from Mikkeller to this date. Not for sissies.......! Sample it fresh or store it for many many years to come!
Ingredients : Water, malt, roasted barley, dark cassonade, ale yeast and champagne yeast.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 awiseman01 (318), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/55/103/513/20
Sep 23, 2008    Updated: Apr 14, 2009
Bottle, shared w/ and compliments of danielcurtis81. Doesn’t take long for the 17.5ABV to hit your throat. This one is strong and heavy, and I swear it tastes like Mesquite Merinade, just not quite as thick. Truly interesting and truly different. Wow is all I can say, and I’m still not sure if it’s a good wow or bad.


 FatPhil (3444), Espoo, Finland
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/53/101/55/20
Sep 21, 2008    Updated: Feb 15, 2009
Shit.
Bottle (EBF2008) - thanks M0rhi!
Boozy and burnt. Over-burnt. Over-boozy. A pitiful victim of the inane ’some is good, therefore more is better’ syndrome. I’d rather chew on a lump of coal and mainline turpentine than take a third sip of this complete freakish disaster. (Yes, I took a second sip to make sure that the train-wreck I witnessed on the first sip was real. It was.) This may be big in some people’s eyes, but it’s about as far away from being clever as it’s possible to get. Shit.


 thebeertourist (2750), Oslo, Norway
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Sep 20, 2008  
Bottle. Completely black with an uneven brown froth. Vanilla, chocolate and hints of coffee in the nose. Alcoholic, too. Complex flavours, strongly alcoholic, vanilla is dominant together with chocolate and that touch of roast. Full-bodied and smooth. One of a kind, but one bottle is enough. A bit too alcoholic in my opinion.


 stobbe74 (655), Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/56/104/515/20
Sep 20, 2008  
Sampled at EBF2008. Pours a pitchblack beer with a chocolatebrown head. The aromna is soft roasted malts, coffee, licorice and notes of alcohol. The flavor is alcohol and roasted malts. The mouthfeel is bold and sharp from the alcohol. Overall this beer has a nice aroma, but in the flavor and the mouthfeel the alcohol is a bit overpowering.


 jfm (1694), Holbæk, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/517/20
Sep 20, 2008  
Sweet light chocolate or coffee aroma. Sweet body with a light alcohol note. Sweet coffee palate with a nice alcohol warmth. Very nice.


 Vac (2389), San Diego, California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 18, 2008  
This beer was not nearly as good as I expected. It poured with a black body topped by a thin to medium thick head with a little lacing left on the glass. This beer hits every part of the tongue, but, I think that’s what I don’t like about it. It starts out sweet and fruity then it gets bitter and hoppy then it’s salty and peppery and it’s al mixed with strong alcohol notes. Full bodied, dry and hot.


 danielcurtis81 (879), San Diego, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/101/56/104/516/20
Sep 18, 2008  
Bottle. Wow this beer has some punch. Pours a pitch black mystery to revel a green bottle (why would you but a beer this thick and black in a green bottle?!). Oak flavors fill the nose. Tastes like you are drinking BBQ sauce, the most delicious BBQ sauce you’ve ever had but BBQ sauce none the less. Doesn’t taste that strong on the tougue but it hits you half way down and leaves lingering burn. Perhaps better with age but worth the try. If not for the price tag it would be fabulous to cook with!


 baggio (195), norrtälje, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Sep 16, 2008  
Draught@Pegasus, Copenhagen Appearance: Black, almost no head. Aroma: Cocoa, Molasses, Alcohol, Ripe fruit. Flavor: Licorice, Chocolate, Ash, Alcohol, Vanilla, Dark caramel. Palate: Thick and very sweet with low carbonation. A sipper for sure! For a beer this strength, this is quite interesting. I found it to be quite pleasing to sip away at during an hour or so. Could use some aging tho. Worth a try!



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