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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
common

on tap
unknown

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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?  
 kyzr (1119), Belgrade, Montana, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/513/20
Aug 23, 2009  
Dark gold pour with decent white head. Fruity nose with a touch of hops and added sugar. Flavor is candy coated orange zest fortified with alcohol. Medium body with a warm clean finish.


 IPAaLLtHEwAY (136), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/513/20
Aug 17, 2009  
Bottle. Pours with a clear golden body and a rocky bone colored head. Aroma is hoppy with fruity notes caramel and table sugar. Taste is lightly bitter, floral and fruity. Medium to light carbonation. Good beer.


ErikTheViking (76), Oslo, Norway
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Aug 11, 2009  
22 July at Cardinal. Extremely complex and tasty beer, and quite good after a while, but very expensive too.


 Beer2000 (1775), Kristiansand, Norway
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 9, 2009  
750 ml bottle@Cardinal. Dim orange body with a big, foamy off-white head. Strong hoppy aroma, grapefruit, orange, caramel and grass. Flavor is fruity, refreshing, orange, malt, spices and relatively bitter. Nice body, feels heavy at the same time as it’s easy drinkable. Amazing good balance and no sign of the big alcohol. Dangerous!


 Tmoney99 (4655), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 8, 2009  
Bottle at wine, cheese and beer store in Livingston, MT. Poured clear golden color with an average frothy white head that was lasting and produced good lacing. Good moderate to heavy hoppy and sweet malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth sticky texture and soft carbonation. Moderate to heavy bittersweet flavor with with a moderate bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Nice find on this trip.


 BMan1113VR (2756), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Aug 6, 2009  
Bottle. Pours with a clear golden body and a rocky bone colored head. Aroma is hoppy with fruity notes caramel and table sugar. Taste is lightly bitter, floral and fruity. Medium to light carbonation. Good beer.


 CheersMate1 (766), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/516/20
Aug 4, 2009  
25.4 oz bottle picked up at Greens on Ponce De Leon. A little expensive, and hopefully, well worth it. I was planning on saving this for a get together this Friday, but I couldn’t resist. Anyways, orange/brown appearance with a very fluffy head that SLOWLY fades away. Damn good looking beer. Very aromatic hop aroma. Very aromatic beer. There is this subtle fruity/sweet aroma. Slight yeast smell coming from the beer as well. This is a very nuanced beer, in terms of aroma. Sweet caramel/fruit taste at first than the hops take over. Very nice hop flavor that fades away, and leaves a semi-sweet somewhat bitter taste in your mouth. Very nice beer. Not incredibly smooth, but an average palate. Nice beer.


 Ober (1161), Bommelerwaard, Netherlands
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jul 6, 2009  
A hazy yellow/golden colored beer, with a thick foamy white head. The aroma of bitterhops with fruits like citrus. The taste of bitter American hops with fruity sweet in a pleasant way. well balanced. The aftertaste is sweet with a lot of bitterness.



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