Mikkeller Black Hole

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

Bottle. The aroma is strong, coffee , malt and dark chocolate. A nice smell. The head is nearly non existing, brown and fizzy. The body is black. The taste is bitter, strong and malty. The duration is very long. Not much carbonation, the body is strong, heavy and dry-creamy. Nice Stout.

Dark tan head good carbonation very dark stout head to mild cover aroma coffee caramel malty perfume aroma pine chocolater fruit notes very smooth flavour fruit rich bitter right on coffee mocha caramel smooth chocolate mild fruit is like intense raisin or berries perhaps figs a nice taste confusing but great sweetness is great this is a superb IMP the thirteen percent is outdone by the flavours finish great body malt bitter fizz grittyness nearly faultless stout

On tap ølbaren March 20.Pitch black and oily.Huge tan head.A VERY complicated beer.Chocolate and fruit with a roasted woody taste.Wonderful beer.

Aroma is coffee and cocoa. Nice very black appearance. Seems like a big imperial. Excellent flavor, very drinkable beer. I usually do not like stouts that much because they are so bitter and sharp. This beer is really just sweet enough to keep me engaged while being just sharp enough to keep me entertained. I really like it a lot.

this is a hard beer to review. first it has a all the right components to for a perfect Imperial stout, but that where the faults is. the real problem is that the beer is too sweet. the cocoa and coffee is too over saturated with molasses that it makes it hard to drink. however the after coffee flavors is very good. still I think its worth a try.

The aroma is great with espresso, chocolate, heavily toasted malt, and dark fruit. The appearance is black with a tan head. The flavor is not good. It’s like the aroma but too sweet with a burnt coffee finish. The palate is average for the style. Overall it’s not one I would buy again.

375ml bottle: poured very dark brown if not black. Light wisp of a dark beige head. Big aroma of sweet dark fruits, cocoa, a touch of nuts. Flavor is sweet, very sweet and too sweet for me. Lots of chocolate and slight coffee but with mostly a dark/over ripened fruit sweetness to it. Five minutes after that sweetness subsides, a slight bitterness gives way. Sitting in a hottub drinking this would most likely put me in a coma.

Bottle into snifter. Pours viscous, opaque black, with no real head at all. Nose is roasty, big cocoa, with a sweetly vinous quality that comes through as rich sweet dark fruits and some alcohol, bit of tar. Bit nutty even. This is not your run of the mill RIS nose. But good - intriguing. Taste is big and sweet - vinous, sour even. I think this one is a bit off. Nonethless, you still get a peek at the beer underneath - rich, some cocoa and espresso peeking through. But the odd lactic sourness - well, that doesn’t seem like it’s supposed to be there. Lots of berry flavors. Finish is vinous, bitter, lots of sickly sweet dark berry, sour. Mouthfeel is thick and viscous. This one’s like oil sliding down. Could have used a notch more carbonation, but the huge body makes it just fine as it is - if only it tasted right. Drinkability I can’t even comment on. I finished maybe half of the 375 ml bottle.