Mikkeller Draft Bear

Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: European Strong Lager
Copenhagen V, Denmark

A huge amount of quinces in the nose. Decent but nothing too spectacular. Nice hop profile. Good balance. Sweetish, yet very drinkable. Good finish.

from crackedkettle.com - hazy dark blond-orange colour with a little white foam; aroma of quince, pear and honey; good malt body but not heavy mouthfeel, fair and rounded bitterness, long flowery aromatic hoppy finish with more honeyish touches - very drinkable and pleasant

pours a murky yellow amber .. . come on darling, stiff upper lip ... .big healthy white rocky head .. . pretty tasty, light sweetness, some sugar pill dust .. . pretty clean finish, feels good in the kisser ... lacks complexity, but enjoyable and easy to drink .. .

750ml corked bottle. Pours rusty orange with a frothy beige head. Lots of carbonation. Aroma is of hops, citrus, tobacco, sugar, malt, and mild alcohol. Taste is of sweet hops, citrus, tobacco, sugar, and malt. The whole beer tastes extremely earthy, with lots of dirty malt and sugar. Mouthfeel is light, almost fizzy from all the carbonation. Very drinkable, but needed more of an alcohol presence. Good though.

750 ml corked bottle enjoyed@Olympen, Oslo. A hazed orangey-golden body topped by a massive, frothy offwhite head. Strong and inviting citric and floral hop aroma paired with a light peppery, caramellish and deliciously sweet malt scent. Taste has light sweet, well prononced, yet soft malt base, balanced by a grassy and fruity hopbitterness. Notes of mild spices and pine. Well-bodied. Smooth. A fine bitterness in the finish. Powerful, clean and balanced. I like this beer a lot.

750ml corked bottle. BB 13/12/09 Served chilled in pilsner glass. After two consecutive games of soccer, I feel like I earnt this! Pours a picturesque deep, slightly hazy, golden body with a sizeable, dense white head leaving clumpy lace on the way down. Nice nose packed full of fruity hops. I get some honeydew, peach, bitter orange and grapefruit along with plenty of grass, pine and peppery spice leading onto a backdrop forged of rich caramel maltiness. Full body that hardly gives a thought towards the strength, good soft carbonation, smooth job all-round. Excellent balance of bitterness and malt sweetness. Resiny hops upfront on the palate; bitter orange in bucketloads, unripe tropical fruit, pine and cedar, earthy spice and pepper. Malt body makes its presence heard towards the finish, that lingers with orange and spice and a thirst quenching bitterness. I wouldn’t know what hit me if I were to quaff one of these bad boys without prior knowledge. Good balance, plenty of flavour, without being cloying or sharp. Very nice!

Pours a light amber gold with large white head. Quite hoppy, with bready malt, toast, sweet caramel, and pine. Overall it’s alright and drinkable, but nothing special.

Yeah yeah yeah. I’m rating a beer. From a 750. Beer is light-to-medium orange-amber colored. Head is initially very large, light beige/white, frothy/creamy. Mostly lasts as a thick, creamy skim. Bare tree branches of lacing cling low in the snifter. Lazy pin-prick bubbles trail a bee-line to the surface. Aroma is straightforward; pleasing. Malty with moderate notes of toasted bread, lighter undertones of toasted cereal, caramel cookie; Hop aroma is moderate/heavy pine resin, trace of strawberry; Yeast is present as just the faintest trace of sweat; Miscellaneous trace of white pepper. The flavor is moderately bitter in a lean/dry way, just a trace of sweetness to an otherwise lightly bitter/dry and long finish. Hint of astringency accompany piny retronasal aromas. Aftertaste left is sticky and resinous. The body is medium, the texture is watery/creamy and the carbonation is moderate. Bit piny to be a session beer for me and wouldn’t fill the bill if I were craving a straight up pils, but all-in-all it’s a fairly engaging variation.