Mikkeller Black Hole

Thanks kiefdog for the share. Pours dark brown with an almost nonexistent off-white head. Nose is roasted malts, coffee, dark chocolate, and some booze. Does not come across as 13% ETOH at all. Flavor is sticky coffee, dark roast, and some slight booziness. Medium bodied and lingering with cafe con leche. Tons of yellow lace on the glass, and a nice medium-full bodied beer.

Bottle. This is dark almost black in the glass with a thin tan head. The aroma is leafy green, full of hops with some chocolate, dark coffee beans, wood, a vague sourness. The mouthfeel is thick and a bit syrupy: really quite nice. I taste more leafy hops with plenty of bitterness, dark roasted coffee, dark fruit, some burnt wood, more bitterness in the finish.

Stellar beer. Had been looking forward to opening this beer all weekend and I was not disappointed. Dark pour with coffee and chocolate notes that hit your nose as you pour. Coffee with slight chocolate notes on the tongue. Brilliant.

9/22/09 Rerate: Bottle. Black pour. Significantly better than the last bottle. ABV well hidden, flavor is intense but fits together. Original Rating: Bottle. Decent stout, had a hard time finishing this entire bottle due to the abv, which isn’t hidden but at 13+. its hard to do entirely. Give it a try might need to try it again, definitely not my favorite mikkeller or imperial stout. 3.2

Can’t believe I have not rated this one yet, this is one of my all time favorites and I always have a few around. Pour Is black with a thin quickly diminishing head. Aroma is slightly off in a pleasing way: chocolate, lurking sourness, coffee, roasted malt, pine hop, black licorice, tobacco, dried fruits, and faint alcohol. Flavor is brown sugar malt, chocolate, slight sourness, coffee, dried dark fruits, tobacco, and a late acohol bite. The finish lingers forever and is much like the initial flavor: sugary sweetness balanced by pine hops, coffee, tobacco, faint sourness, and happiness. The flavor lingers for so long that I only need a sip every 7-10 minutes to keep me satisfied. Tastes just as good now as it did 18 months ago. Ahh, so good.

Pours a murky brown with tan head. Aroma of coffee, cocoa. roasted malts. Taste more of the same. Sticky mouthfeel. Very nice

Bottle shared at the 6th Cellar Reduction. Very dark brown with reddish highlights and minimal ring of tan head. Nose is chocolate, and hints of alcohol. Very large warming quality on the finish, but still hides the abv pretty well. Very vegetal in the flavor. A little thin on palate. Chocolate covered expresso beans. Again, way too expensive. I really think this one is very overrated.

Butters 6 millionth cellar reduction tasting extravaganza. Coffee, dirty earth aromas. With green fruit. Reminds me of a Carmenere in wine. Smoke and rum soaked fruits. Tasty. I like Mikkeller a lot as a whole. But I couldn’t drink a lot of it.