Mikkeller Black Hole

12.7 oz into snifter. Synthetic cork... wack. Minimal to nonexistant pop with the cork. With a very agressve pour I managed to stir up a nice half inch creamy khaki head sitting above a black body. Aroma is nice - roasty, molasses, tobacco, smoke, dark chocolate - but a bit of sweet soy holds it back from being 8 or 9 on the aroma. The flavor is very smililar. Again, lots of good notes (same as aroma) but with too much soyish sweetness. To many dark malts here. Full bodied with minimal carbonation on the palate, but not as thick as the abv would suggest. Overall: this is a great example of when a brewery could have made a great beer but took it just a bit too far, crippling the whole thing. Not bad though. If you dig traditional european Old ales and soyish Imperial stouts (and I know there are plenty of you guys out there), you might very much enjoy this one.

Yet another nice enough but overall moderately disappointing Mikkeller. Tastes like Abyss with two sugars.
It looks fantastic - the bottle is beautifully presented (except the plastic cork!) and the beer looks beautiful. Really dense tan head. Aroma is very good - clear woody, milk chocolaty, straightforward roastiness, very faint minty hop aroma if any and no real esters. Squeaky clean. Tastes much the same but it’s really quite sweet. It’s not really out of balance, the roast just hangs in there but like a dessert wine is technically balanced it’s still sweet. No real bitterness, balance seems to come entirely from roast. Sweetness and clean booziness gives the mouthfeel a cough medicine type impression. Really clean and well-made, without the sweetness I’d really go for this, though it might be a little bit 1D. I can brew better than this.

Black body with ruby tinges and good size, tight beaded, tan head. Coffee notes on the aroma then a strong whiff of smoke then chocolate. Chocolate and coffee in the taste although it is a little like a baltic porter with loads of alcohol.

Poured black with a dark brown head. Rich strong aroma of roasty malts and dark fruits, an interplay of bitter and sweet. Flavor is surprisingly sweet though not intensely alcoholic as I expected... with strong notes of chocolate, vanilla, and dark fruits with a slight roasty hop kick. More drinkable than I initially gave it credit for, and a nice imperial stout overall.

Black pour with very little tan head. Sweet milk choc. aroma with apricot, alcohol, smoke, and hop spice. Alcohol is strong in the taste then there is chocolate, plum, and roast bitter. Pretty crazy stuff.

Bottle. Love this beer. Pure black, with almost no head. Molasses, dark chocolate, roasted coffee, oily, thick body. Amazing beer.

Pours with an oily black body and no head to speak of. Nose has smoke, coffee roast, dark chocolate and vanilla with residual sweetness detectable. Palate has huge depth and power but maintains great balance. Rich choc makes way for honey sweetness before coffee roast comes into play. The sweetness masks the power of the dark malt quite well and stops it from being overly bitter/sweet or astringent, but still has plenty of power & presence. Finishes with a combination of dark choc fudge, coffee, vanilla and lingering honey sweetness. Absolutely awesome beer, great complexity & impeccable balance despite big abv and general profile.

Bottle from Parti-Pak Liquors (Indianapolis, IN). Pours a dark muddy and murky black with no head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of booze, wood, smole, ripe dark fruits, molasses, brown sugar. Flavor is roasted and malty with notes of coffee,booze, bourbon, vanila, wood, smoke, some light floral hops in the background. Generally medium to full body with a pleasing roasted malt finish.