Mikkeller Black Hole

(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.

Bottle at Magic dave6’s disco dance tasting. Dark brown, thin bubbly brown head. Nose is burnt malt, some alcohol, some malty stock cube. Mouth is heavily burned malt, molasses, worcestershire sauce. Rubbery end with some spirit burn. Rather good, just needs toning down a bit.

375ml bottle. Shared by Mirjukka - thanks!
Jet black. Fizzy head is brief. Very alcoholic coffee aroma, some ginger too. Tingly in the mouth - with hot chilli and alcohol. Also fizzy. Drying and coffee-like, burnt and harsh. Odd, I thought I wanted a beer, why did you add coffee to it? Good brewers get a coffee taste just from the malt. Nothing really selling this beer to me. I hope this inane trend to lace beers with coffee beans is a short one, it’s getting terribly boring. Give me coffee in a coffee cup, and a decent unadulterated beer in the beer glass.

Shared with DocHop. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma is hops, roasted malt, and what I want to say is roasted peppers. The initial sweetness moves to that roasted pepper/hops flavor. Never tasted anything quite like this. Surprisingly little coffee flavor. I can tell it is really well made, the finish is extremely clean and the ABV is very well hidden, but I’m not fully in love with the unique roasty flavor. Other than that its a great beer.

12 oz bottle. Black as can be, espresso colored head. Flavor is dark chocolate, espresso, cocoa powder. Thick bodied, chewy. Sweetness is well balanced by a nice dry roast. Slight alcohol burn at the end. Smooth like butter on the palate. This is quite a beer.

Pours a very dark brown (black hole it is indeed!) with thick dark tan head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is sweet roasted malts and notes of cocoa/dark chocolate. Flavor is like chewing chocolate covered espresso beans to a tea, and done perfectly. It is so smooth that it goes down without bitter notes. Chocolate, sugar, malts and coffee combine perfectly. Body is just above medium with light carbonation. A delicious beer to sit back and enjoy. Will definitely be getting another.

Nov. 2007 - Thanks to eaglefan538 for sharing. dark as night pour with decent head and even some lacing. Strong coffee aroma. Flavor was strong coffee with serious fruit and vinous notes that I didn’t find overly pleasant. The coffee, roast and chocolate were really nice, though, even though this was a bit too sweet. Nice beer.