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Mikkeller It’s Alive! 3.64 318

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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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3183.66/5.03.64/5.08%84Trappist 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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 Skyview (4076), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Nov 19, 2008  
Sampled during Minnesota first annual Sourfest and shared by EddieB. Pours a hazy copper amber brew with a heavy and lumpy off-white head that has some nice retention and excellent lacing. Aroma of dark pitted fruits, oranze zest, some barnyard funk, and some bready malt, Taste is medium bodied, some carbonation with flavors of tart dark fruits, yeast, some dry biscuits and citrus zest. Finish has a mild earthy spice aftertaste that even has a light vanilla and yeast flavor. Not too bad!


 HonkeyBra (1360), Lemont, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 19, 2008  
Pours amber with a big head. Great funky, sour nose, a bit oaky. Flavor is a bit sour with a dry, smokey, oaky aftertaste. I wish it had been more sour. Mouthfeel is good. It’s pretty good, though, I kind of expected more.


 Maria (6309), Thisted, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 16, 2008  
It’s hazy, beautiful, orange-red with a huge, creamy and lasting head. The aroma has notes of fruit, oranges and more sharp citrus, malt light sweetness and barnyard. The flavour has sweetness and notes of hops with notes of fruit, citrus in a sharp kind of way, spice, malt and barnyard. I expected it to be more brett-like, but it’s the sharp spicy/hoppy alcohol-bit that bothers me the most, but I could be fooled into thinking this, it might be the doing of the brett...


 after4ever (2806), Brier, Washington, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 2, 2008  
750, corked, baled, and foiled. Thanks, BVC! Slightly hazy medium amber with loose sudsy tan head. Plenty of steady rising carb. Huge green apple and spice nose. Crisp, almost prickly fizzy body. Beautiful nut, caramel, and biscuit base under a lovely green apple and spice mid-palate. Mild spicy finish. Clearly a tripel, and clearly delicious. Awesome beer.


 unclemattie (2432), Georgia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/516/20
Nov 1, 2008  
750ml, caged and synth-corked. Deep hazy copper. Soapy off-white head. COMPLEX! Aroma has some tart fruits, lots of dough, yeasty, malted grain, and some resiny hop. Big woodiness flavor. Very dry. Lots of bread. So much going on. The more it warms, the more seems to come out of the glass.


 ATLBeerDog (280), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Nov 1, 2008  
From a 22oz bottle - Pours a somewhat cloudy orange/red color with small quickly dissipating head. Average carbonation. Smells super sweet with plenty of bread and fruity yeast notes. First sip is very bready and biting with mild tartness. Extremely tasty. Great and welcomed bitter finish. Nice medium bodied.


 DocHop (278), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Oct 29, 2008  
Beautiful slightly hazy amber with a very large off-white head. The aroma is a fantastic smell of cherries, Belgian yeasts, slightly bready, and sweet hops. The taste is very dry and highly carbonated. The taste is a very withheld sweetness at first with a bready body and a slightly tart dry finish that lasts for a long time. Interesting flavors and a strange wild feel.


 Vas19 (299), Maryland, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 29, 2008  
Pours amber with a thick off-white head. Aroma of yeast, funk, diapers, hops, and a hint of lemon. Strong toasted malt flavor with a touch of yeasty funk on the finish. Somewhat dry and bitter. Really crazy flavors overall.



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