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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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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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 esox (272), Oulu, Finland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 19, 2009  
75cl bottle. Hazy orange to golden and slightly hazy beer. White head is huge, rocky and white in colour. Enormous amount of fruity and floral hops on the nose is something to experience: peach, lemon, sweet orange, honey and fresh pine needles. Toffy and caramelly maltiness give balancing sweetness. Clean and crisp pilsner-malty finsh. The alcohol is totally absent. Some pea soup-like off flavor appears when it gets too warm. The taste is dry and very bitter, but the amount of malts used cuts the sharpest edge. Palate is medium bodied and surprisingly smooth. Long and bitter finish. Top-class drinkability. Delicious, dangerous...


 trapez (840), Hilleroed, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 29, 2009  
Bottle. Aroma with plenty of hops and malt. Notes of grass and flowers. Unclear amber colour with beige head. Very nice bitter hoppy flavour, very much lika an IPA. Well balanced with malt. The bitterness does not continue but a sweet malt flavour is left in the aftertaste.


 buzzoven (333), Japan
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/58/105/516/20
May 4, 2008    Updated: Jun 10, 2008
Popped opened the cork and peered into the misty mouth of the bottle. My first Imperial Pilsner. Pours a nice rose-lemon colour with very little nose, but a nice cloudy head that lasted the full pint. Retains a stable malty taste with hints of bitterness and a gentle feel on the pallete. Low in carbonation...always a good thing and finishes with a crisp, peppery sensation with some more of that zesty bitterness lngering. Would certainly drink again.


 aplusbreaks (330), , Colorado, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/516/20
Aug 22, 2008  
750ml Pours a golden, almost amber, with a big peaky frothy head that lasts... some great lacing to boot. Aromas of fresh hops and some fruit and malts. Flavor is quite appealing for a euro lager, which usually is not my cup a tea. Some pine and resin and a smooth hop finish, very well balanced. A+ for a lager.


 Nordcore (290), North of, Norway
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 23, 2009  
Bottle 75 cl. Amber with some Yellow, hazy with a big light yellow head. Aroma; Very nice hoppy, fruity, juicy. Flavor; Hoppy, again nice hoppy and some yeast, the alc is well hidden. Good!


 Bov (5508), Bienne, Switzerland
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 12, 2009  
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


 Oakes (8142), 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.


 Radek Kliber (3986), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Dec 18, 2008  
Bottle 750 ?ml, Appearance: murky amber with large presentable head (medium density). Some lace on side. Aroma: gentle aromatic hopping , flowery side with mild smooth sweetness , barley and alcohol. Flavor/Palate: full bodied, mushy ,grainy. Oats with bitter hopping following drying alcohol. Interesting unfiltered character with potency hop spiced. Very drinkable , clean strong lager. Solid, world class brew.



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