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

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

Entered to celebrate my rating number 13,700. Bottled. A slightly hazy amber beer with a huge, fluffy, and collapsing tan head. The aroma has notes of sweet malt, spices, brettanomyces, and a bit of hops. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of spices among them cloves and coriander, as well as notes of malt, Caltha palustris (smørblomst), caramel, and lime, as well as light notes of brettanomyces, leading to a dry finish.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Clear amber golden with a dense off-white head leaving some lacework. Light yeasty aroma. Medium body, fruit, nuts and yeast while the Brett is hard to detect. Finishes rather bitter. Pleasant as it is, but the funk hasn’t really developed yet. Perhaps by Easter-time next year? 200309

RB#9000: 75 cL bottle. Pours slight unclear golden orange with a one finger thick and dense almost white head. Dry hoppy and light yeasty aroma. Sweet malty yet with a distinct hoppy dryness and nice crisp fruity hops notes coming through. Mild yeasty and hoppy finish. Nice and easy.

Bottle 75cl.
Light light unclear medium orange color with a average to latge, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, straw, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, moderate yeasty, medicine. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, light light fruity acidic and moderate to light heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090320]

Bottle, 9.39%. OK fruity aroma, weakly funky. Hazy orange colour. Small stable white head. The flavour has a mild caramelly maltiness. Hint of pepper and faint yeast note. Mild, but good fresh hop flavour. Very well-balanced, especially considering the brewery.

Bottled@Timo A tasting session, Tampere. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is hops, caramel and quite much berries and fruity notes as well. Flavour is quite much the same along with some hints of alcohol. A rather nice weird brew with some twisted notes. Might need some aging, but already welldrinkable.

Bottle. Cloudy amber coloured with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of yeast, earth, hops, pine needles and grass. Fruity flavour of yeast, earth, grass, hops and pine needles with notes of alcohol. Hoppy and warming alcoholic finish.

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.