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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
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
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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 Cobra (1061), In a van, down by the river, Maryland, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/515/20
Mar 17, 2008    Updated: Mar 18, 2008
750 ml. brown champagne bottle. No freshness date seen. Caged & corked with a fake wax cork. Poured out a dark, hazy, yellow color, with a sticky white head. Aromas are of piney hops, citrus rinds, sweet malts, some spices. Flavors are piney hops, sweet malts, sulfurous yeast. Medium mouthfeel, decent body. Alcohol is dangerously well hidden. Hell of a beer overall.


 chicagodri (1046), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Pours a fuzzy gold with a large white head. Nice light hoppy aroma. This is a pretty drinkable beer. Nice balance of hops and malts, I would try this beer again.


 austone (1039), Turku; Pori, Finland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 20, 2008  
Draft at EBF. Murky orange, firm pale head. Sweetish, bubblegummy aroma, passion fruity hops. Nicely hoppy, mango and citric fruity flavor, bubblegum, very smooth maltiness. Medium to full bodied, round soft carbonation. A good beer, nothing to do with a pilsner though.


 probstk (1034), Nepean, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 21, 2008  
750 ml bottle from Bieropholie, served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. AU14/08.

App.: Clear, deep golden, large rocky froth. Aroma: Grapes and apricots, peppery-spicey hops, toffee, quite fruity. Palate: Medium+ body, soft carbonation, smooth and full. Flav.: Still fruity but more hops comes through – peppery, spicy and piney, somewhat resinous, some toffee; a bit of alcohol, off-dry with fair bitterness.

Great stuff with a nice kick!


 gunhaver (1025), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/514/20
Mar 31, 2008    Updated: Jun 5, 2008
Merritt Island Throwdown ’08: Bottle, courtesy Beerlando. Pours a hazy straw yellow, with a medium filmy head, with good sheets of lacing. Hoppy aroma, with vanilla and caramel in the malty background. Spicy on the tongue, with a distinct hop profile. Sweet, and some slight citrus. Not really lager-like. Medium-bodied, easy drinking. Surprisingly balanced.


 Defreni (1003), Frederiksberg, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 9, 2008  
Flaske. Rřd orange let uklar. Fantastisk skumhoved, der fortsatte i en uendelighed. Duft af citron, humlen slĺr virkelig igennem, nćrmest en IPA lavet pĺ undergćr. Smagen er kraftigt humlet med citron og en anelse mango i slutnoten.


 armando629 (985), Budapest, Hungary
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/518/20
Aug 21, 2008  
When i opened the bottle, the floral hop perfume slapd me...Nice amber body with a brutal, stable, foamy lacing head. Aroma of hop, pine, resin and malt, after a while goes some yeast. The flavor is about the strong hop, the resin-taste dominates the flavor. Smooth mouthfeel with the hop, fine fruity body, sweet malt, some caramel and some shifty yeast. Dry aftertaste.


 blklab2007 (962), Connecticut, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Nov 21, 2009  
bottle poured an orange amber in color with a thick foamy off white head. aroma has caramel malt, light citrus, bitter hops, fruit, and flowers. mouth feel is medium an there is plenty of frothy carbonation. flavor has a sweet malted base, creeping bitterness, flowers, honey, light citrus, and some yeast. all the flavor do go well with one another.



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