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Mikkeller Draft Bear

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

Copenhagen V, Denmark

bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3143.72/5.03.7/5.08%98.8Lager glass
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.
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 joss (3654), Garching b. München, Germany
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/102/514/20
Sep 8, 2007  
Hazy green golden, off-white head. Light citrus & peach aroma. Citric and peachy hops dominate the flavor as well. Sparkly mouthfeel - feels lighter than it is. Very nice.


 Stefano (1326), Esbjerg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 6, 2007  
Golden of color with an off-white head. A fruity aroma with some notes of malt, citrus and grass. Hoppy, pine bitter flavor with a citric fruity note again balanced with some malty sweetness. Very well balanced.


 cgarvieuk (4171), Edinburgh, Scotland
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Bottle RBESG 07 ... SLightly hazy amber ... nice very fruity hoppy nose ... lots of fizz ... tart hop ... nice hop fruits lots of juicy character.


 Sigmund (2275), Hafrsfjord, Norway
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Aug 31, 2007    Updated: Mar 14, 2009
Bottle, at RBESG 2007 in Glasgow, Grand Tasting. Hazy golden colour. Nice aroma of hops - spicy, oaky and fruity. Unfortunately I drank it too warm, but the flavour was still spicy and quite OK. Rerate, 750 ml "champagne" bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 8.0%. Deep golden colour, slightly hazy, with a big and slightly off-white head. Lovely aroma of Amarillo and Cascade hops, with spicy and fruity (citrussy) notes, also hints of caramel. The flavour is spicy and zesty, with grapefruity hops but it is not too bitter. Hints of candi sugar and oak, but the beer is not sweet. Dry and slightly astringent finish. Alcohol is noticeable, but the beer is still dangerously drinkable for its strength. I’m upping it a point. In danger of repeating myself: Well done (again), Mikkel!


 M0RHI (1067), Luxembourg, Luxembourg
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Aug 30, 2007  
Bottle, RBESG Grand Tasting 07. Hazy golden, thin white head. Nose is fruity hop, some dusty hops too. Mouth is packed full of fruity hop, some malty chocolate too. Really really nice.


 rlgk (3377), Vĺrgĺrda, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 30, 2007  
(RBESG 2007, Glasgow. Bottle) Golden color, white head. Malty, bready aroma but most of all hoppy. Hoppy flavor that also brings some spices.


 KnutAlbert (3123), Oslo, Norway
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/515/20
Aug 29, 2007  
Bottle, rbesg 07. The hoppy smell fills my nose. A lvely, refreshing pilsener with an amazing dryness. A crate of those, please!


 Magicdave6 (5490), London, Greater London, England
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Aug 27, 2007  
Bottle thansk to Jens, rbesg07. Im not going to f about herem all my notes say is saaz saaz sazz, its hot hot hot! What i will say is that its the only beer i had 3 glasses of at the entire tasting.



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