 Mes_and_Sim (4495), Highgate, Greater London, England
May 17, 2007 Updated: Aug 10, 2008
A Mes rate: One of the original hand sprayed bottles during Ølfestival.
I, don’t know who popped it open, but I can make a guess. However I have to say a huge thanks to Jens for making sure I got some and also that I got a good photo! I’ll admit to drawing breath when I noticed this most rare and impressively labeled of bottles standing on the bar. Sim appeared perfectly in time clutching an empty glass and Jens poured us a very generous serving. We were both absolutely gobsmacked. Appearance is about as good as I can imagine and then some. It’s beyond the radar. Black, just below oily thick and beautifully red at the edges. Unreal black coffee aroma with that special hit of Mikkeller alcohol. Heavy, heavy alcohol. Trust me you have never smelled anything quite like this. Flavour is nothing less than equally impressive. Very little in the way of finesse but really who cares? Look at the ingredients list, it’s all there. Not just in abundance, more like Jesus produced enough of each to feed the 5000 and then crammed it all into one bottle just for me. So very very hard to do this rate without swearing. Plop the effing bed its amazing. Finish is of biblical proportions, I swear I can still taste it days later. This is not a beer it’s the devil on crack cocaine and I love him. Mikkeller pleeeeease make more of this. My favourite bottle of all time and easily one of my favourite beers.
Naven (729), San Diego, California, USA
Oct 12, 2008 Deep rich, dark pour. Smelled like coffee, soy sauce and dark malts. Flavor was much of the same: Soy sauce, chocolate, coffee and malts. Incredibly strong. Overdone, sweet and just too much.
Not a Mikkeller fan, sorry.
Whiskeyjack (10), , Massachusetts, USA
Oct 4, 2008 12.7 oz bottle. this may be one of the most inspiring beers I’ve had the pleasure to drink. It starts with a smokey sweet fragrance with coffee and roasted barley scents. The only way to describe the appearance is darker than night with a full dark head. It sips like liquid gold. It has a flavor of coffee with an almost honey taste. It has virtually no bitterness yet despite that it is both well balanced and overwhelming in a good way. Find it and enjoy a singular beer.
ketchepillar (279), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Oct 1, 2008 Aroma is quite good; very full, quite a bit of alcohol; crystal & caramel malts; toffee. The flavor starts sweet and chocolaty with lots of toffee, then morphs into a lot of coffee in the finish with some good roasted bitterness. Liqueur like alcohol. Some sips it feels just too over the top and some sips it’s wonderful. Very rich, yet the high ABV keeps the palate thin. Very chocolaty, lots of coffee.
crowderm (182), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Oct 1, 2008 Deep black pour, no head. The aroma is licorice, coffee, chocolate and booze. Lots of chocolate and coffee in the flavor, a bit of licorice, salt, caramel, and alcohol. Nice thick mouthfeel with a bit of alcohol warmth. Quite good, but a little too much of everything. Not a huge fan of the salty bitterness either.
hillfiiiiire (211), Atoka, Tennessee, USA
Oct 1, 2008 Pours pitch black with no head whatsoever. Aroma is alcohol with chocolate and coffee coming out if you swish the beer around for a bit. Flavor is a little tart with licorice and coffee coming through most heavily. The finish has quite an alcoholic burn to it. Medium bodied as well with a hint of warming to it. Not too impressed.
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