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Mikkeller It’s Alive! 3.64 316

Mikkeller It’s Alive!

Percentile
94
overall
Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Copenhagen V, Denmark

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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3163.66/5.03.64/5.08%84.1Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Brewed by Mikkeller at De Proefbrouwerij in Lochristi, Belgium.

It’s Alive! is Mikkellers answer and tribute to the trappist beer Orval. It’s Alive is an easy-to-drink beer, with a lot of hops. The color is amber, the foam is high, white and dense. The potent Brettanomyces culture makes It’s Alive continue to develop in the bottle.
Ingredients : Water, malt (pale and cara), light candy, hops (hallertauer and styrian goldings), yeast and brettanomyces.
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 tronraner (1933), Seymour, Tennessee, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 10, 2009  
Bottle at nearbeer’s Spring Cleansin’. Pours orange with beige head. The aroma is tangerine, horse, ginger, a little bit of must, and wood. The flavor is wood and slight funk, some Asian spices, some woody notes, and exotic yeast. It has this iffy celery note that I get from a lot of Danish beers that turns me off a bit, but still it isn’t all that bad.


 nearbeer (1854), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Mar 10, 2009  
750 ml. Orange-amber with a small, lasting head. Aromas of caramel, oak and leaf. Flavors of spicy caramel, vanilla, slight leafy funk, and an oaky finish. Light-medium body is smoothish and finishes dry. Crunchy lace left behind.


 Travlr (769), Washington, Washington DC, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Mar 10, 2009  
Golden amber color, aroma of anise and spring flowers. Very bready flavor with a background of spice. Bitter finish. Very drinkable.


 lithy (1750), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 10, 2009  
nearbeer’s Spring Cleansin’. Sample from a bottle thanks to nearbeer. Lightly hazy orange with a finger of off white head. Sticky lacing. Fruity esters, a bit of musty funk, dust, and ginger. Taste is more fermented fruits, ginger, yeasty must.


 alexsdad06 (1096), Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Feb 28, 2009  
750 ml bottle shared by Tmoney99. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a medium sized off white head. The aroma is funky, floral, herbal, with a mix of fruits. The flavor had a more malty presence than the nose would indicate. Moderately sweet, herbal, spicy, and more fruits. The alcohol appears as it warms. Dry finish; good, not great.


 goldtwins (4084), Nesconset, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Feb 26, 2009  
Poured a hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Herbal and minty aroma with notes of tea and dust. The flavor too was herbal and minty. Moderately bitter dry finish. The beer had a medium body.


 Schroppfy (1813), Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/57/103/517/20
Feb 25, 2009  
I’ve had this beer twice, 4 months apart. It is still developing. The aroma is pure fresh flowers, stalks, and melon - brett intensity plus hopping. Unbelievable - top 25 smelling beer ever. Reminds of the tropical mango sweet freshness of Pizza Port’s Synergy. Finely conditioned, very airy and light initially. The body is nice - a little sticky as it warms. The flavor is strawlike, with some sweet malt bread and touch of tartness. Very good, I must get some to stash. Thanks for opening it upon my near insistence (!) JSturm.


 Oakes (8108), gone rambling, Cambodia
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 25, 2009  
Pours a fairly bright orange-amber colour with a loose head. The aroma has a herbal funk that recalls Orval and a saison. Dry, leafy herbaceousness wit a bit of caramel. The flavour veers away from that paradigm, however, towards a full, rich malty character. Caramel, earth and just a hint of brett influence this, with a shade of herbal hop. The dry finish shows a little bit of alcohol muscle.



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