Mikkeller Funky (e)★ [fung’ke e’st r] (Funky Easter)

Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Copenhagen V, Denmark

Beautiful red brown color with a lasting beige head. Fine laces. Aroma: Yeast, caramel, some fruits, a spicy note too. Taste: The brett is present, bitter hops too, rather dry. Good one.

Bottled. Pours a clear amber with a frothy off-white head. Low sweetness. Malty aromas of caramel. Mellow fruity aromas of abricots. Some residual sugars. Medium to light bodied. High carbonation. Hints of brett. Tiny hints of alcohol.

Bottle at BCTC. Pours a hazy brown. Candied fruit and minty candied grapefruit. Light brett funk. Tangy. Finishes clean with more drying brett.

bottle @ BCTC 2009. Courtesy of ???? Copper colore pour. Somewhat spicy & funky & that definite Mikkeller affinity for big juicy hops, somewhat dry finish. Another good offering from Mikkeller

A 0.75L bottle tasted at Pikkulintu. Hoppy nose. Pale amber colour. Fresh and fruity. Soft and tasty wellbalanced beer.

Corked bottle at Plan B, Copenhagen
Beautiful copper color; big frothy head. Delicate funky spicy and hoppy aroma. Medium body, dry malt flavor, yeast spicyness, strong bitterness, light but pleasant ending Bretts. Interesting, solid, good.

A Mes rate. Bottle shared with Grant, J and Scott, chin chin guys.
Damn this is bloody brilliant. It’s so close to Orval but I don’t want to do it the injustice of that comparisson. Beautiful orange red amber with a supurb off white head and lace. Amazing snowstorm when swilled. Simply sublime yeast on the nose, glorious citrus (mainly orange) but the hops, my god the hops. Big tropical notes, is this NS? The flavour is equally brilliant. The body is superb, it sits just right on the palate and the flavour delivery is quite exceptional. There is sooooo much going on here. Lime, liquorice, so much fruit of many different varieties, and a stunning malt base. The brett is just an undercurrent. I really wish there was more of it but it’s obviously just starting to sing. It gives it an amazing dryness and balances everything out perfectly. Give this some time to age and I’m sure it would be even better. As it is, it’s amazing, just amazing. This as much as anything I’ve had from Mikkeller proves what magnificent brewers they are. I’m guessing this was not particularly easy to make and it would be so easy to make a total mess off. It’s fucking excellent. Sorry but it is. I love Mikkeller.

Corked 750ml bottle. BB 16/12/14 Served at 13 degrees (Yeah, I had a temperature probe handy!) in a goblet. Creamy white head that clings lazily to the glass, atop a lightly hazy copper body. Bitter orange hopiness on the nose, biscuity malt sweetness, touch of earthy spice and sharp citrus-like yeasty twang. Suprisingly lean body for the strength, moderate yet racy carbonation, light creaminess about the texture that dries suggesting a well attenuated body and a slight warmth alludes to the big underlying abv without being overt. It opens out far more on the body, complex with the slightest bit of funk; pepper, orange, vanilla, biscuity malt, lemon meringue, grass, cinammon, peach, ginger. As the flavour lingers notes of sour mash grains, grapefruit, hay and salty sweat seem to appear, though i’d say you have to be looking for it, otherwise it just comes across as an ’odd aftertaste’. Finish is relatively low bitterness, dry, and the alcohol could very easily escape detection...if I could stand up properly! Quite enjoyed this one. Very reminisant of Orval at times. Maybe not as complexly orange-peel-like and horsey as the last Orval I had, but there’s comparisons in the flavour, and oddly the body, which is quite remarkable considering this is a beast of a much more robust nature. Either way, i’d be tempted to put one of these away just to see if any underlying rogue yeast creates some extra funk and jive, which would really lift this beer into another dimension!