Mikkeller Black Hole

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

(3/4/08) Bottle at Kulminator in Antwerp. Best before 8/11. Completely opaque black with a brown head. Aroma of lots of coffee and roasted malt. Flavor of malt, caramel, some chocolate and espresso. Finishes with a lot coffee and a bit of alcohol. Rather full-bodied. Very good but I didn’t find it that impressive.

Bottle at the shack of party banter tasting. Alround rating: Possibly one of the sorest drinks i encountered over the weekend. Roasty, packed with alcohol, really difficult to drink, i could only manage 3 sips before giving it to someone else.