Mikkeller Black Hole

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

Thanks to Christian (Mkkeller) for bringing this one from Denmark! This bottle lost half it’s contents on the hopper flight from Atlanta to Nashville. No bottle number. Pours opaque black with no head. Cocoa, vanilla, and dark roast coffee mix in the aroma. Complex tasty brew that completely hides the alcohol.

Bottle, with many thanks to after4ever and hogfodder - I’m not sure which one of you came up with this bottle! Pours opaque blackish brown with a thin but lacy tan head. Pine and coffee aroma. Medium body and light carbonation. Chocolate, vanilla and fruit taste that gives way to the coffee. Dry espresso finish with a touch of pepper on the exit.

I also finally found this beer,and i had hige expectation for this beer.Black with creamy dark beige head.Aroma is of licorice and hops feels really oily with sweet finish.Really strong warming alc.

Poured form a bottle a deep dismal (in a good way) black body. Opaque with a thin wispy brown-gray head. Nose of sweet, bitter and mildly sour grittiness. Far from cloying. Big on the coffee aromatics. Toasty and lactic in the finish. Peaty smokiness present. Earthy and rather complex. Not as thick and luxurious as I would have liked, but classy and rich all the same. Alcohol is hidden craftily and this beer is better and better as it warms and unveils its true genius.

C-Bus 7 Bottle with a huge thanks to madsberg: Pours black with a tan head. Aroma, some coffee, vanilla, chocolate, roasted malts, brown sugar. Flavor, chocolate, coffee, some dark fruits, roasted malts, with a nice bitter finish. Full bodied, great stuff.

Bottle courtesy of Ty5592. Thanks!
Pours dark black with some light brown tones during the pour. Medium but quite short lived tan head for an Imperial Stout. Smell is quite obviously nicely hopped for the style, with a nice dry roastiness coming in as well. Some alcohol in the nose as well as a bit of aspirin. Taste is dark and roasty, somewhat dry chocolate like and hoppy as well. The alcohol is slightly noticeable but it comes off more like a minty freshness in the mouth and warming in the chest than hot alcohol. Quite pleasant for 14% and very drinkable. Carbonated a bit more than average for the style aiding in drinkability. As it warms, I definitely get a bit of the aspirin like chalky medicinal bitterness too from the hops. That definitely detracted a bit and kept it from being a fantastic beer, yet it is still good.

A black hole pour with very little head or lace. Aroma at first is boozy and chocolate. As it warms a tad it turns to a hint of chocolate as well. The flavor is a warm almost mediciny coffee flavor with a very nice bitter. It also comes through with a hint of fruitiness as well. A nice full bodiedness that because of the abv seems to thin as it warms. Overall a very good beer.

Deep black in colour with a lingering thin tan head, good lacing. The aroma is very sweet, lots of alcohol, vinous, some molasses, fruit cake and burnt fruits. The flavour is alcoholic, lots of dark fruits, roasty, very vinous, lots of cake and just very malty in general. Very warm mouthfeel, medium body, moderate carbonation. Finishes long, very warm and malty.

It’s now 1 year old and this is starting to round out. I’m sure that it will take a bit longer but the alcohol has mellowed some.

375ml bottle obtained in a trade with TheEpeeist, thanks Chris.
Opened on October 21, 2008.
Best before August 14, 2011.