Mikkeller Drikkeriget GIPA

Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Copenhagen V, Denmark

Bottle from Ølbutikken, Copenhagen. The pour is moisty pale yellow with a sky risin white fluffy head. The nose is fresh and sweet. There is notes of pepper, some sour fruits, almonds and hops hops hops. Now we have been dragged through all thinkable american hops that has taken us through one blooming field after another... so of cause he is changing lane now. Here is something else...but still violently hopped. Its is fresh whith a dry and crispy palate. I taste a lot of hoppes and I think of the Nelson Sauvign (even though the label says that here we are talking about Tomahawk and Tettnang.) The taste is bitter with some notes of melon and bread-crums.The finish is smooth with a heavy but fading bitterness. So drinkable - grab a few - one is not enough. Lovely

Flaske: Flot lysegul uigennemsigtig øl. Fantastisk duft der er meget karakteristisk krydret. Knap så megen bitterhed hvilket gør den meget drikbar påtrods af den megen krydderhed også i smagen. Dejlig øl.

Bottle from Cracked Kettle. Bold golden body. Lasting rocky head. Sumptuous hoppy nose. Mellow and subdued fruity taste. Hops comes on strong in middle. Then a dry and light finish with grapefruit bitterness. A very nice beer. Perhaps my first German IPA. Well done.

Pours out a pure yellow/gold, a feisty bugger with a whopping head, might have been my inept pouring as well as the excitable beer. On the nose that lovely pine resin/cut grass waft with a little citrus, you can almost smell the bitterness. Just a lovely body, very full and rounded, you actually get a hit of searing bitterness straight away & then there is a slight richness in the mid palate with ever so slight toffeed barley. There is a nip of citrus in there & then the long finish is bitter hops & resin in a good way. Well crafted flavours, I’m very happy supping this

Picked up from Bacchanalia, Cambridge 03-10-09, consumed the following day at home. Pours orangey colour with haze. Nice creamy white head, tiny bubbles. Nice feel in the mouth. The sweetness from the malts combine with the sweetened grapefruit and lemon. Good lemon on nose and possibly some sherbert. Bloody lovely stuff. A7 A4 F8 P4 Ov15 3.9

Bottle @ HJ Hansen, Odense. Pours a cloudy golden with a large and full egg white head and lacings. Nose is grassy and fruity floral hops. Medium, smooth and very dry palate. Crisp. Lots of peach and grass. Basically just a quality product.

Bottle. Frothy white excellent mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty heavy hooopy aroma. NIce orange/citrus notes. Heavy bitter flavor. Long nice heacy bitter finish. Creamy palate. Great experiment.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of Theis. Hazy golden with a dense white head leaving laces. Fresh and intense flowery hop aroma. Medium body, malty and fruity sweetness with an amazing flowery hoppiness that leave a solid hop burn. Amazing stuff that really shows the depth of German aroma hops. 300809