Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch One-for-One

Brewed by Mikkeller
Style: Imperial Stout
Copenhagen V, Denmark

Dark brown to black in color with a nice tan head. Smell is roasted malts, coffee, and chocolate. Roast smells great. Taste is dark malts. chocolate, roastiness, coffee, and some dark fruits.

Very small Sample at RBESG 08 ... Deep black ... roast coffee nose ...nice roast malts if a bit overroasted with slight burnt tones. little chocolate...3.9

Tk2 Bottle at Fins ... Thanks to Fin for a great weekend and some Real intersting beers ... Deep black ... big coffee and deep roast nose ... quite a lot of rough spirit ... loads of roast malt and too bitter for me.3.4

Bottle (RBESG 08): Very dark amber coloured, mid-sized tanned head; tobacco, dried dark fruits, chocolate and also wine in the nose; full dry bitter flavour, quite full bodied as well; roasted malt, chocolate in the long, warming finish. ´Great..........

Bottle, 10.0%. Vinous and very hoppy aroma, grassy and citric. Black colour, seems muddy. Very small dark brown head. Good roasted flavour at first, a little smoke, distinct bitterness. It has a good mouthfeel, probably because of the nice sweetness. Coffee aftertaste.

25 cl.Bottle.Black colour with medium beige head.Aroma is rosted with taste of licorice and dark chocolate.Flavor is oily and with some note of dry fruits.Well balanced and well done beer.

A Mes rate: Bottle at home with Sim thanks to my favourite Danes, Jan and Charlotte.
This... is a very good beer. Could not be any blacker and has an incredible creamy, milky brown head that is just a joy to behold. The aroma is incredible. This is how Beer Geek used to be before it was brewed ’offsite’. Massive peppery hops hit first, rushing into the sinuses and clearing the way for the deeper ingredients of joy that lay below. A dark blanket of chewy malt bringing forth a slew of brutal alcohol and rich chocolate sauce, freshly revealed from the centre of a crispy chocolate pudding. Buttered bready malt carry everything perfectly well. Flavour... GOD this is good. This brings back thoughts of my first Beer Geek. A total assault of blackness and bitterness that seems to be shot from a pistol. Huge in every sense. The coffee, chocolate and spice give it an incredible bitterness but they also bring forth the darkness. The top end hit is easily enveloped by thick inky malt that is full as hell and pleasingly chalky. The finish is an insane hit of alcohol, pepper and resinous hops that strip your tongue of all feeling then it is instantly caressed back to life by the amazing lingering cappucino. Amazing length and development. My god. It’s a long time since I have been stopped in my tracks like this. Thanks so much to Jan and Charlotte. Mikkel we really, REALLY need more of this.

Flaske. Fantastisk aroma af kaffe, på denne smukke kulsorte øl. Smagen er brændt men overraskende balanceret i forhold til sin lillebror. Der er et smæk til allersidst på tungen men ellers er det en kraftfuld mundfyld der faktisk er meget behagelig. Alkoholen kan smages, men igen på en yderst komplimenterende måde. Fantastisk øl.

(6/29/08) Bottle sample at RBESG08 grand tasting in Plzen. Black-colored with a brown head. Aroma is very roasted, quite burnt, with a big espresso character. Slightly sweet flavor at first with some burnt malt, coffee and light alcohol. Finishes bitter. Medium to full-bodied.