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Mikkeller Draft Bear 3.7 318

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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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3183.72/5.03.7/5.08%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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 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
May 25, 2008  
Date: 05/10/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: hazy orange, wispy off white head, streaks of drippy lace,
Aroma: sweet crystal and caramel malt aroma with lots of floral and earthy hops,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, nice caramel sweetness, lots of earthy hops provide good balance, touch of spicyness, long lasting bitterness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4


 Oakes (8115), Kowloon, Hong Kong
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
May 7, 2008  
Cloudy golden-beige. BIg hoppy, saazy kind of nose with light but rounded malts. Full pale malt character is smooth and rounded, with a heavy hop bitterness.


 fiulijn (7420), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Aug 12, 2007  
Draught at Københavnske Øldage 2007
Hazy golden color. Strong, dry, malty flavor, still some sweetness. The aroma shows some German hops and fruitness, as well as the flavor, with a bold bitterness, well aromatic. Excellent.


 KimJohansen (7132), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Feb 10, 2008  
[Draught @ BrewPub, thanks for sharing faroeviking] Clear golden with medium off white head. Hops hits the nose acompanied by fruits. Sweet fruity flavor with lovely hoppy bite. Ends bitter. Delicious.


 argo0 (6978), Washington DC, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 2, 2007  
(750ml bottle, thanks kmweaver) Small white head atop clear amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, floral/orange, grapefruit, light honey. Taste is medium sweet, straw, grassy, some grapefruit. Medium body, light acidity.


 TBone (6844), Pori, Finland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 27, 2007  
Bottled 75 cl (BB 10/2008)
Hazy dark orange color, good thick creamy off-white head. Fresh pinewood-hoppy aroma: Amarillo hops. Is this pilsener? (yes technically, lager yeast used) Reminds me about Stadin Amarillo IPA - very nice American style hopping, lots of chewie malts. Not overly hoppy, beer is also enjoyable drinking despite of high ABV - I would say also that not too many IBUs. Not much to do with pilsners but really excellent brew!


 harrisoni (6830), Ashford, Kent, England
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/519/20
Aug 10, 2007    Updated: Oct 13, 2008
Bottle at Chris_o Shindig. Gold, lasting beige head. Hoppy strong European lager. Lots of hops in the PNW imperial pilsner style. It’s very in your face. Good or bad? Nice hop, very silly, but I do like those grapefruity piney hops even if it is crude. 4.0/5.0 re-rate Bottle from Beer Merchants.com. For ages I couldn’t tell why I liked this so much. Yes it reminded me of 3 Monts, a big blond. The cascade and amarillo hop aroma is outstanding. Strong, but not too mcuh. It has the drinkability of a pilsner, some really good smooth creamy mouthfeel and then porper bitter on the finish. I can’t believe it’s 8%.


 Maria (6309), Thisted, Denmark
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
May 16, 2007  
Københavnske Øldage 07. Draught. This Imperial pilsner has a beautiful, golden color and a nice, huge, creamy head. The aroma is wonderfully hopped and fruity with lots of citrus. The mouthfeel is oily and the flavour has loads of wonderful hops, fruit and citrus (mostly). The hops are dancing on a nice, mellow bed of caramel. Yummi, what a treat! 2109



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