Mikkeller Black Hole

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

Black as the night with allmost no head. Very strong aroma of dark chocolate, coffee, tar and also some hops. Taste: pretty sweet, chocolate and syrup is dominating, but t is balanced with a high bitterness. But it seem a little unbalanced to the sweet side. Long warming alcohol aftertase, but othervice the alcohol is pretty well hidden. Low carbonation.

Outstanding! It’s a big beer, but doesn’t carry the bite of a big beer. Is sort of on the sweet side, but still has a little of that bitter finish to it. A very great imperial stout.

375ml bottle, black dark color, with a tan-colored head, good roasted, black, chocolate malt nose, with some spicy liquorice, anise accents with some coffee, molasses, dark dried fruit notes of burnt raisns, plums, dates and a floral hop coniferous, pineniddle, resinous, grassy aroma follows through on a full-bodied palate with a yeasty, roasty, black, chocolate malt, flowery hop leafy, minty character, with some liquorice, molasses,brown sugar sweetness, black coffee flavors, and some coniferous, cedary, piney notes, leading towards a warming, liquorice, big roasty bitterness finish.

Pours a headless black with a fantastic butter-tart aroma - burnt raisin and brown sugar. Tastes quite astringent, acidic Arabica, ash & burnt. Body is thin and pinched, lightly effervescent. Lovely lingering espresso aftertaste - more tart Arabica. Very tasty but wish there were a tad more body & head.

Poured a syrupy black. Nose is of molasses, raisins, smoked peat, and sugar. Taste was very disappointing. WAY too sweet, it was thick and syrupy and just way too sweet. lacked most positive distinguishing characteristics of the style. I cant help but think its incredibly high rating is because its distribution reaches areas that good Imperial stouts dont.

Thanks to savvy1982 for the share! Pours a very dark brown in colour. The head is tan in colour, fairly small, but retains and laces very well in my snifter. The aroma has a tun of coffee, with milk chocolate, plums, soy sauce, and licorice. The taste is an excellent balance of bitter and sweet. There is a tun of flavor. Roasty malt and loads of residual sugar. The hops are there and round out the flavor. Excellent.

Wow.Just wow. This is as big and burly as it gets without decending in to farce. Everything you want from an IRS and then it gets up and slaps you in the face a little more for good measure. I took a couple of points away for being a expensive ($19AUS for a small bottle) and at 13% the alcohol is quite evident at times. Otherwise this is as good as it gets IMHO. I will be looking to score some more of this ASAP.

wow i loved this beer. great, dark body. smell of chocolate and coffee. was lacking a little bit of carbonation but otherwise tasted great! nice balance. long and enjoyable finish. great complex beer, if you like the style you will love this one