Mikkeller Black Hole

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

I really wanted to enjoy this beer, but the flavor is a bit too sweet for my liking. Served cold from bottle. Pours black with a tiny tan-colored head. Aroma of dark roast and coffee. Flavor was coffee, chocolate and soy sauce. Thin and dry. Like I said, I wanted to enjoy it, but was left underwhelmed.

bottle as a bonus thanks to GMCC2181. poured black with a tan head that left some spotted lacing and had some decent legs as well. aroma of caramel, dark roast, coffee, honey, and licourice. flavor followed the nose as well. had a nice slick body with no carbonation. a solid brew but i guess i was expecting more. it just didnt wow me.

Pours black with a small light brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, and notes of flowers. Flavour is roasted barley, coffee, chocolate, liquorish, some blackberry, and a very dominating alcohol.

Pours from the bottle completely flat, absolutely no head whatsoever. Smells like tootsie rolls and coffee, I wouldn’t call it pleasant, it actually kind of make my stomach turn, alcohol is heavy on the nose. Consistency of hot bottled water and soy sauce. Tastes like soy sauce and semi-sweet chocolate. Possibly better with carbonation or age, but right now, its pretty bad, almost undrinkable, which is sad because I’m normally a huge stout fan.

Bottle shared by Leems. Pours black as the depths of hell with a moderate brown head. Aroma is a nice roastiness filled out by coffee and booze with some light chocolate. Flavor is much the same, it’s decently boozy and the roasted malts and coffee flavor really balance each other out. Very pleasing brew, I like what I’ve been having from Mikkeller.

Bottle thanks to ericandersnavy. Pours a rich black with tan/chocolate head. Aroma of obvious alcohol with strong dark roast and strong coffee. Flavor of rich dark roast, coffee, is sweet, alcohol. Mouth feel is heavy body, low carbonation. Overall, It is a sipper, it’s tasty, but something about this one just didn’t strike me as GREAT....would make a very good winter brew though....but overall, just didn’t do it for me....

first thing i think of to sum this up is, mint and strawberry. it’s what i smell, it is what i taste, along with booze, chocolate, red grapes and a burning dryness. pitch black pour, thick brown head. this hurts my fillings a bit, i need to brush my teeth, except it already tastes like i did, this mint like lingering flavor is not pleasant for me. a bit thin for me. very boozey, and with a barrel note, not woody, but boozey barrel notes. could maybe use some barrel aging to and vanilla, and smooth it out with a well rounded alcohol bite. the ripe fruit here is just not appealing to me. i do like the citrus hop flavor that sits atop everything. 5 5 4 2 9

Pours a med dense dark-chocolate brown, espresso tan "black hole" head and chestnut highlights. Aroma is dark fruit over dark roast malt, with evident alcohol and a little hops and coffee. Taste is bright but not abrasive hops over silky rich malt that is seriously set off by dry, winey dark roast coffee of decent quality, and a hoppy-chocolatey bitter finish. Feel is a little dry but rewardingly liqueur -like with fruits, chocolate and coffee impressions. Dryness hangs on the palate. I like the balance yet am astonished how desensitized I am to beers that present like complex wines, such as Black Hole does. Perhaps not an easy beer for some. Hole-y stout, I am in fact drinking this warm...