Mikkeller 黑 / Black

Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Imperial Stout
Copenhagen V, Denmark

Had at the Seattle International Beer festival. Pours very dark black with dark brown fizz film that lasts. Aroma dark chocolate, burbon, licorice. Huge alcohol presence that burns considerably for first 2-3oz of drink. Mellows as you drink so you can begin to taste sweet chocolate beginning, but alcohol dominates this one. Needs more balance.

Flaske: Kulsort med intet skumhoved. Absolut ingen karbonering. God duft af sukker og en smule humle. Smagen er faktisk også vældig god i betragtning af den høje alkohol procent. Hvad der derimod er utilgiveligt og gør øllen udrikbar er at den er komplet flad. Virkelig skuffende

12.7oz corked bottle. This has bee in my beer fridge for a while. I thought it was black glass, until i peeled away the foil and noticed it was green. The synthetic cork came out with a quiet, unimpressive pop. Pours pitch black, with a few brown bubbles. Intense aroma - alcohol, dark chocolate, molasses, and burnt caramel are the predominant flavors. Initial flavor is bakers chocolate. The first sip ended with unpleasant charcoal and ash, but this calmed down for subsequent sips. Overall, the flavor exhibits a big chocolate malt backbone, along with soy sauce, ash, rubber and mild hops. The flavor is incredibly intense, but not very enjoyable. I have another bottle; it needs to get lost in the back of my cellar for at least 10 years.

Thanks AgentSteve. Poured very black, smooth, alcohol, roasted malts, dark fruits, dark chocolate, coffee, little molasses.

375 ml bottle corked and caged. from my secret santa ( summer 08). best before 12/12/17. im assumng this is pretty fresh. pours black with a short lived tan head. aromas; coffee, chocolate, anise, alcohol, sweet black malts, alcohol. the flavours is similar but man this has a hot finish. i guess i should have cellared this in the hopes that the 17.5% abv would have been somewhat hidden. as is i love it but the continued sacrafice of my sobriety on the second brew of the night is somewhat discouraging. oh well i knew what i was getting into! thx santa!!

bottle from cloud skipper. A little sweet and very hot with oak, smoke, oatmeal, and bitter chocolate undertones. Nice, but a little too much.

Finally got around to sample this one. As black as can be with a somewhat bubbling short lasting brown head. Also looks like the thickest beer i’ve ever seen. The aroma is completly overwhelming, on one hand its vinouse and full of alchohol, like a good quad. But on the other hand it has all the character of an impy, tons of aroma hobs, smoke, roasted malts and loads of suger. Flavor is a huge mix aswell, but overall i think the molasses is the dominating ingridient giving is a very syrup like texture and honneylike sweetness. Behind all the molasses is a sharp alchohol burn, and tons tons tons of malt and hob notes numbing your tastebuds. I loved the experience this beer gave me, but after 20 cl i’ve had enough for the time being. I think i could spend a whole evening on one bottle, and when done i could taste it all night. Definetly gonna buy a few to store years to come.

A 0.375L bottle from Alko. Brownish head. Alcoholic and coffeyish nose. Dark brown black colour. Sweet and soft chocolatey taste at beginning. Bitter coffeyness. At the end hoppiness and warming alcohol. Some licoriceand burnt malts too.