Mikkeller Black Hole

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

12.7oz bottle, corked and caged, from CBX. pours an oily, very dark black, with hints of mocha at the edges, and a thin, dark tan head with solid lacing. aroma is fantastic and slightly sweet with big notes of dark chocolate, toffee, mocha coffee, black licorice, roasty malt, and soy sauce with a hint of booze. flavor is unbelievable with huge, sweet flavors of brown sugar, toffee, and chocolate up front backed by dark coffee with cream, caramel, vanilla, smoke, dark fruits, and hints of Ouzo. palate is full bodied and oil slick with low carbonation and a long, smokey sweet, licorice finish. overall, this is a huge, complex, and delicious imperial stout.

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Pitch black with a thick mocha head with good retention and lacing. Aroa is sweet, with a ton of chocolate, roasted malt and caramel. Flavor is chocolate, cream, caramel, vanilla, roasted malt, alcohol, hops and a bitter finish. Full body with a creamy mouthfeel. Excellent!

Toncatchers 2. Nose is rich dark malt. Vigorous pour resulted in no head after no pop from the cap. Taste is sourness and alcohol. Sharp afters. Gooey in the back of the mouth. Smooth sweet vanilla started to show as it warmed. Alcohol ending.

Poured a dark black with a tan head and some floaties. Big aroma of chocolate and roast coffee. Vanilla notes, sweet, with mild bitterness.

Bottle at the Nashville BA tasting. Pours black with a wisp of a brown head. Aroma of molasses and licorice. Chewy mouthfeel. Flavor of molasses, brown sugar, anise, and a small hint of smoke countered by just enough bitterness to keep it in balance. This is on the sweet side, but I kind of like it that way. Good beer.

Boozy nose, almost vinious, but mostly rubbing alcohol. Dark beer with brown at the edges. No head. Harsh, burnt and wrong malty flavors..almost chemical. Roasty notes start coming through strong too along with some dirty dish water type flavors and all this ends unpleasantly bitter.

(Bottle, purchased at Ölbutikken, Copenhagen) Pitch black colour with brief, foamy, brown head. Heavily roasted, malty nose with lots of liquorice, strong black coffee, cocoa, soy sauce and hints of asphalt, tar and ashes. Very intense aromas. Malty, roasted taste with notes of liquorice, black coffee, cocoa powder, tar, ashes and a touch of smoke. Citrussy hops lurking in the heavily roasted malt. Long, roasted, bitter finish with loads of liquorice. Fairly sweet with warming alcohol (doesn’t feel like 13% though). Full body, oily texture. Seriously heavy stuff. More complex than balanced. Excellent beer.