Mikkeller All Others Pale

Mikkeller
Brewed at Ørbæk Bryggeri
Style: American Pale Ale
Copenhagen V, Denmark

Bottle at home purchased from Cave Direct Beer Merchants (Mixed case of Mikkeller Beer) Pours orange amber with a wonderful clarity, off white head. Tasting hoppier than the Struisse Mikkeller beer had earlier, hops very fresh and zingy. Pithy and resiny hops, finish is quite dry, very good beer.

17-Jun-08 (500-ml bottle: Purchased 02-May-08 for $8.99 at Holiday Wine Cellar in Escondido, CA) A gorgeous beer in the glass, the hazy, deep-amber body is capped by a generous, off-white layer of foam that shows superb retention. The sweet aroma of caramely malts are framed by a bouquet of sweet citrus, grapefruit, pine, earth and dust. On the palate, the entry shows a nice balance of moderately sweet, caramely malts and a complex hop profile of citrus and pine, but the beer soon exhibits far more earth, dust and resiny pine in the evolution and finish. The aggressive, hoppy bitterness builds over a few sips and quickly becomes unbalanced and unrelenting. Medium to full bodied on the palate with moderate carbonation, a crisp, bitter mouthfeel, and a very dry, almost astringent finish. This is a hop monster in the West Coast style, but the fact that it’s made in Denmark shows that even European brewers are embracing the aggressive use of hops. But for my tastes, it’s a bit too resiny and bitter.

Bottle. A clean dark golden brown color with a big foamy off-white head. A wonderfully hoppy bouquet with citrus and mild sweetness. Earthy and dry on the palate with well balanced malts, honey, and citrus flavors. Really nice! It is a step above a great West Coast APA, but at $12/bottle it would be hard to return to this one.

Date: 08/02/08, 50 cl. bottle courtesy of CelticBrew, and shared with him, Doboy, and Steve E.

Aroma - Honey, light fruit, citrus, pine, spice

Appearance - Creamy off white head over a hazy orange pour, stringy and sticky lace

Flavor - Grapefruit comes through quickly over the light maltiness and fruit flavors, leading to a long, bitter finish.

Palate - Medium body, light carbonation, mildly resinous, quite dry

Overall - I thought this was bit unbalanced, with the hops being too assertive relative to the malts. Still, it’s a good APA.

Amber and clear. Has a fine head, mostly lasting. Odd aroma, chalk. Hoppy notes too. Medium to full body, soft carbonation.

50 cl bottle from Bieropholie, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. JN 30/08.

App.: Clear medium-copper with a large light tan foam. Aroma: A nice shot of C-hops and sweet, gooey caramel, light cherries and berries, some dark dried fruits. Palate: Medium+ body, soft carbonation. Flav.: Lots of big chewy, gooey malts, also lots of C-hops, nicely balanced, some fruitiness; off-dry with good bitterness, light resinous hops and a touch of fruity malts.

Very true to style, all the way from Scandinavia!

A fine afternoon had by Steve, CelticBrew myself and DrBayern and his traveling Flea Circus! I liked this one! It starts with a nice hoppy aroma. Pours with a stickyyet lacy head. It had a hazy light copper hue. They great hoppy flavor was incredibly well balanced.

Yep, another good one shared by Steve at his place, we’re all still here and enjoying it. Another treat for me as I have been wanting this beer for a good while. Poured from bomber a hazy dark, medium amber. Formed nice white foamy head. Aroma of pine resins, hops. The flavour was hoppy with a nice pine bitterness that ended dry. A wonderful example from our friends in Denmark of an American Pale Ale.