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Mikkeller Black Hole

Mikkeller Black Hole - Imperial Stout

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 Percentile 
99
overall
Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Imperial Stout

Copenhagen V, Denmark

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6633.97/5.03.96/5.013.1%87.3Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Finally……! Black Hole is what Mikkeller is all about. Daring, vulgar and extreme. From the very beginning Mikkellers goal has been to push the limit and with this warming, intense imperial stout, a new chapter in the Danish beer history has been written. The high bitterness from the hops and the sweetness from the malt and alcohol, creates a good balance which makes Black Hole an explosion of nuances, but also leaves a feeling of a perfect and complex beer – in the heavyweight category.
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 mirjukka (695), LOHJA, Finland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Apr 8, 2008  
bottle at home GLRBF 290308 color:black bit bubbles no lace or head Scent:bit alcohol, coffee ,fizzy Taste: quite heavy multi flavor and coffee attacks, most sticky. Quite nice aftertaste after all . Anyway please I want my coffee from mug not mixed into beer!


 Immy (1912), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Apr 7, 2008  
C&C 12.7oz bottle from unclejedi - thanks! Jet black with a dense brown head. Lots of coffee, dark chocolate and grapefruit in the nose to start, some acetone scents come later. Full bodied, drippy lace. Very grapefruity flavor - far too much grapefruit, really. Behind the citrus wall is some coffee and chocolate, some roasty/burnt flavors and something like cigarette smoke. Burns down the gullet all the way to the gut, hard to say if it’s a hop or alcohol burn. I’d love to try this without all the grapefruit, but as it is I’m not too impressed.


 railcat1 (578), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Apr 6, 2008  
This was black as night with a strong ABV as it warmed with a lot of roasted malts and chocolate with a syrup type finish and thickness a real sipper and enjoyable.CHEERS!


 jimmack (1221), Nutley, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Apr 4, 2008  
Bottle. Dark brown, nearly black color with a small creamy tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, roasted malts, rich espresso and a bit of ash. Flavor was molasses, soy, chocolate, some vanilla and a strong alcohol presence on the finish. Very rich texture, but a bit cloying. Very good, but not really my cup of tea.


 StewardofGondor (1934), Washington Heights - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/517/20
Apr 3, 2008  
Slightly translucent and blackened chestnut in color with soda bubbles and popping oysters at the surface. Aroma paves the way for greasy, oily chocolate to saturate the nose, echoing fervently with buttery mocha beans, lactic and dense almond fudge and slightly burnt pumpernickel bread soaking in dark chocolate cocoa pools. Flavor allures a vibrant complexity, foremost with cocoa chocolate oats sticking at the bottom of a milky, espresso laden café concoction. Oily body with mere traces of carbonation makes the mouthfeel subside less enthusiastically than the expectations that the palate has for the liquid. A trace of alcohol rears its head as the syrupy coffee flavored lozenge gets torn apart through diffusion across the tongue. A charcoal flavor with burnt molasses and heavily roasted mocha beans hangs around after the sticky, coffee flavored syrup extends itself down the hatch.


 CapedBrewsader (260), Brasschaat, Belgium
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 3, 2008  
37.5cl bottle at De Kulminator: Pours black with red-brown edges. On top lays a thin but very creamy dark mocha head. Aroma is a wonderful bold blend of roast coffee, roasted barley, hops and a deep deep chocolate. Alcohol does make itself known on the nose. The boldness continues in the mouth. A deep dark roasted black hole with some creamy toffee, hops, a touch of mint, and alcohol all running for their lives. Finishes with rich espresso sprinkled with. Bold flavors without being thick.


 Sparky27 (1559), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 1, 2008  
375ml bottle. Pours a pitch black with minimal tan head. Nose is alcohol, black coffee, more alcohol and dark chocolate. Palate is black licorice, salty soy sauce, cocoa, coffee and a bit of a hop bite at the end. Finishes very dry. Alcohol is surprisingly hidden a lot more than I anticipated from the aroma. On the thinner side on the mouth feel. An interesting Impy, but not among my favorites.


 ruggedman (613), Portland, Maine, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Apr 1, 2008  
Dark super dense stout. Nice brown head. Hugely dark roasted malt aroma and flavor. Very strong alcohol flavor also, not for the faint of heart! If you like dark roasted malt this beer is for you!



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