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Mikkeller Draft Bear

Mikkeller Draft Bear - European Strong Lager

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 Percentile 
95
overall
Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: European Strong Lager

Copenhagen V, Denmark

bottled
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3123.72/5.03.7/5.08%98.8Lager glass
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Commercial Description:
Brewed by Mikkeller at De Proefbrouwerij in Lochristi, Belgium.

’Fad bamse’ is a highly hopped and dry hopped imperial pilsner with a light body and lovely crispyness from the lager yeast.
A Danish pilsner is typically characterized by an alcohol content of 4,6% vol., piss-yellow colour and a sexless, slightly bitter taste. But it doesn’t have to be like this…! Draft Bear is Mikkellers interpretation of a ’pilsner’, heavyweight-style. With its powerful hop notes, high alcohol content and lovely golden appearance, the only reference to the pilsner style is the clean taste of the lager yeast.
Ingredients : Water, malts (pils, carapils and amber), light candy sugar, hops (amarillo and cascade) and lager yeast.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 nearbeer (1833), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Sep 6, 2008  
750 ml. Clear orange-amber with a large head that settles down to a lasting ring, leaving cobwebs behind. Aroma similar to an IPA: citrus, resin and flowery honey. Flavors are similar and well-hopped. Slight additional hints of dryish lager yeast, grass and alcohol that linger in the aftertaste. I would swear this was an IPA if it wasn’t labeled otherwise. Light-medium body is lightly carbonated and finishes dry.


 DrBayern (1135), Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/516/20
Sep 2, 2008  
Date: 08/30.08, bottle from CelticBrew, and shared with him, Steve E., and Doboy.

Aroma - Grainy, some hay, and some nice spicy hops

Appearance - Sparkling clear gold under a billowing, creamy, white head that leaves sticky rings of lace

Flavor - Light malty sweetness of hay and grass, balanced quickly by a refreshing bitterness tjat ushers in a welcome dry finish.

Palate - Medium body and carbonation, smooth and creamy, dry palate

Overall - Nicely balanced, flavorful, another well crafted beer from Mikkeller


 BBB63 (4199), La Porte, Indiana, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/59/104/516/20
Sep 2, 2008  
Corked bottle and served in my big Karmeliet tulip:

A slightly hazed golden hue with a big fluffy head with left very nice lace upon the glass. The aroma has notable continental hop vapors, lightly fruity and herbal along with a biscuity and dusty ester. The taste is a wonderful balance of crisp clean hop bitterness and properly done pale malt additions. Hint of earthy and herbal notes around the edges. The best part is that the alcohol does not get in the way of the flavors like a few other "Imperial Pils" that I have had. Lively and refreshing, dangerously drinkable considering.

This is a VERY WELL DONE BREW! I am honestly surprised by this beer, in a good way. Worth the money IMO and that is saying something at $12 a bottle.


 dmac (1420), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Sep 1, 2008  
750 ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy orange body with lots of visible carbonation and a lvely bubbly white head. Very fruity and grainy aroma with some crisp hop notes. Medium bodied with very lively carbonation. Flavor was grains and fruit with a bitter finish. This one left me feling ripped off for the price I paid.


 doboy (175), Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 31, 2008  
Celticbrew comes through with another winner, that he shared with Buddy Steve, myself and the Truely Comedic (Loved the Pig Joke) Drbayern! This was a great beer! Loved the hoppy aroma upon pouring. It was clear, light yellow, with a nice off white head that held wonderfully. The mouthfeel was wonderful. The bittering made me want for more! Mikkeller can’t seem to do wrong!


 ucusty (1871), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 28, 2008  
Bottle from Knightly Sprits in Orlando! Thanks Solan! Hazy gold pour, big fluffy head, and excellent lace! Grainy aroma with hints of saaz hops. Crisp and clean flavor consisting of fruit, malts and hops


 CelticBrew (676), The Crystal Coast, North Carolina, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Aug 26, 2008  
Poured from 750 ml a golden hay or straw color, a bit haz. Aroma of hops, field grasses, and malts. Formed huge foamy head. Lacing was incredible with each swig. Flavour smooth with malts and hops, perfectly balanced. Spices, along with pines come through making this a wonderful college of flavour that says "this what a beer should be like". Bottom line, Mikkeller does it again, a beer to be experienced. Behold it, as it sits it your goblet, for it is truly beer!


 GonZoBeeR (2156), ste-Eulalie, Quebec, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 24, 2008  
Aroma:good american hops aroma.. Appearance:deep golden,good head.. Flavor:fruit hops,light malt...



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