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Mikkeller Draft Bear

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

Copenhagen V, Denmark

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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3163.72/5.03.7/5.08%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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 johndoughty (2156), cheslyn hay, West Midlands, England
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/514/20
Mar 22, 2009  
Bottle. Yellow with a medium head.Pleasant aroma upon opening.Bitter but not overpoweringly so. Full bodied and well balanced. Dangerously easy to sup.Nice.


 bager (2121), Copenhagen N, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Jun 5, 2007  
On tap at Řlbaren. Semi clear and golden coloured with a medium sized fizzy head. Nice maltyness with notes of flowers, citrus, hops and caramel. Very well balanced.


 mkobes (2104), paramus, New Jersey, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/515/20
Sep 23, 2008  
Bottle at Maxs in Balt more. Deep golden in color with a nice fluffy white head that left a nice laciing on the glass. Hoppy floral light malty aroma. Caramel earthy notes. Hoppy caramel malty aroma. Floral grassy notes. Sweet tasting. Finish was bitter. Very well hopped beer. Very enjoyable. Full bodied. Very drinkable.


 SSSteve (2071), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
May 31, 2008  
hazy orange, little lacing, and a large frothy white head. hoppy, citrus aroma. the flavor is sweet and tropical(pineapple) citrus(orange). caramel malt backbone. dry. very hoppy for a lager.


 OleR (2061), Oslo, Norway
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Apr 2, 2009  
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.


 vyvvy (2044), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 18, 2008  
More gratitude to the STL guys for sharing another choice beer. Pours golden / amber with a light off-white head. The aroma has lots of pils malt, grassy hops, cream, smoothness, some sugariness, light onions and grapefruit. Medium crisp body with normal pils style carbonation. The flavor starts more pils-like than most of these impy pils beers. It is grassy with lightly sweet pale malt ans spicy. The finish remain grassy and is very clean. Nice beer.


 SpringsLicker (2043), Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jan 12, 2009  
Pours a huge white head over a deep orange body. Sweet malt aroma with a hint of hops. Sweet with a light bitterness.


 bitbucket (2034), Kirkland, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 27, 2007  
750, thanks to after4ever. This beer seems off-style for a European Strong Lager, but I’m OK with that. Sort of an Imperial IPA done with lager yeast - a Baltic IPA? Pours a hazy bright copper with a fluffy white head. Nice pineapple and grapefruit nose. Taste of citrus over caramel. Building bitter finish.



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