Mikkeller Draft Bear

[Another century celebrated with a Mikkeller beer - this time 8400] A slightly hazy golden going for amber beer with a huge bubbly white head. The aroma is very hoppy with notes of hops, grapefruit, pollen, caramel, and some malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel to start off with - seeming very ordinary at first, but then when the beer start running along the tongue things pick up. The powerful hoppiness really unfolds with notes of grass, grapefruit, flowers, alfa acid, and what not, leading to a crisp and very bitter finish which at first runs along and tickles the sides of the tongue, but at last leaves a bitterness on the tongue - craving another sip. Mixed into it all are light notes of caramel and pilsener malt. A really crisp, refreshing, and quaffable beer.

But be warned - this is no lawn mower beer, since the 8% ABV will creep up on you unnoticably and will impair your ability to operate machinery - or is it just, that it is so good, that you forget your duties and rather just have another?

(On tap) Clear, deep golden with a creamy, off-white head. Fruity or perhaps rather floral aroma. Medium body with a solid base of pale pilsener malts and then a distinct, floral hopping. Very fresh and not harshly alcoholic as other beers of this style. 110507

Draught at Københavnske Øldage. Deep golden, creamy head. Grassy nose. Dryish with fairly slim body. Powerful grassy hops dominates. The slender body struggles under the weight of the hops. Lingering very bitter finish. Like a polish Mocne, but much more bitter. I believe it’s impossible to achieve pilsener like characterics at 8%.

CBF07 sample from tap. Pours hazy orange with huge white head. Aroma is sweet malty and very flowery hops. Flavour is soft malty, slight sweet and fruity hops. Finish soft hop floral, leveled well off by the malt.

Draught @ Københavnske Øldage 2007 in Copenhagen. Dark golden color with a fizzy fair lacing white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, citrus, fruty. Flavor is moderate sweet and heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium with a dry texture, texture is watery to oily , carbonation is soft.

Bottled. Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is honey, fruits alcohol and some slightly hayish notes. Also some leather. Flavour is grass, honey and some slight notes of earth and hay. Big grassbombflavour. Not that amazed by this brew.

Draught at KØ07. OK hop aroma. Very bitter flavour, almost puckering. A bit too much hops for me. I seem to get a little berry flavour in the finish, perhaps also from the hops. Good mouthfeel and soft carbonation.

Draught. Clear golden coloured with a white head. Fruity aroma with lots of hops and pine needles. Hoppy flavour of pine needles with fruity notes. Dry hoppy finish. Lacks some complexity.