Mikkeller Black Hole

[bottle] Potent toasty malt aroma with some vanilla, light coffee and port wine notes. Also quite a bit of pumpernickel in the nose. Oily thick opaque black with tan wisps and ring. Rich, velvety roasted barley with not a small amount of hops flavour and a significant bitterness that attempts to balance quite a bit of residual sweetness. Vanilla, bourbon, pumpernickel, coffee. Excellent, if a bit on the sweet side. Medium to full body, low carbonation, lingering bitterness that is not exclusively from black malt.

Bottle. Pretty good imp. stout. The alcohol is hidden very well. Aroma and flavor of chocolate and coffee.

Bottle. It’s stout Jim but not as we know it. This pours black as its namesake with a brown head that is short-lived but leaves a good amount of lacing. On the nose are coffee beans, roasted malts, soy sauce, yeast with an underlying saltiness, a bit like the ocean. Smooth and oily on the palate, it has flavours of liquorice, sugar, cloves, more coffee and a little bit of alcohol. The guys at Mikkeller are doing great things with stout. Adventurous and delicious.

My word this was a powerful brew! Bottle from beermerchants.com. Pours a deep black with a head that doesn’t last very long. Aromas of dark chocolate, coffee, roasted malts. Hell of a lot going on in the flavour with raisins, sultanas, dark chocolate, coffee, more coffee and lots more I can’t put my finger on! The mouthfeel attacks you with alcohol and a certain sweetness. Finishes big and bold and full of warming alcohol. Definately not a session beer!

From the Bottle at Chris O’s, GBBF Week 09/08/2008 Big roast and coffee aromas. Small beige head. Black and very strong in alcohol with a little dryness in a bitter and fruity warming coffee roast finish.

Pours black with an oily thin beige head. Aroma is ripe fruit, raisin, spicy alcohol. Flavor is rich roasty malt, raisins, soy sauce, coffee, and a bit of chocolate. Alcohol becomes very present as this warms.

12.7oz bottle - Have you ever had a mixed drink with waaaay too much liquor in it? That’s what this felt like to me. Nearly no carbonation, and a distracting amount of booze to body. DNF

Bottle. Pours a thick black with a very this tan head. Aroma is strong with coffe, burnt malts, and alcohol. Notes of dark chocolate and sweet fruits come out as well. On the palate, it is intense. There is a warm alcohol burn. The flavor brings out the maltiness at first, but it gives way to chocolate, and finially, more alcohol. Very strong beer, a little overpowering, but I enjoyed it.