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Mikkeller It’s Alive! 3.64 319

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
3193.66/5.03.64/5.08%83.9Trappist 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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 Fin (3481), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 12, 2008  
Bottle at home 12-08-08 purchased from Cave Direct Beer Merchants (Mixed case of Mikkeller Beer) Orange amber pour, strange aroma that is not unlike cats piss mixed with some cheap perfume and Loz says it reminds her of a hot summers day smelling cow keck/parsley. Perfume in the mouth along with some citrus , shy spicy sweetness and alcohol that sits below waiting to entrap the glug monster, some yeast starts to show, I like this and yet reading my rating you would have never thought it, its strange difficult to categorise but very nice.


 pnista (1008), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Aug 11, 2008  
Shared by Yaniv, thanks. Warm orangy amber with haze and thin dense light tan head. Sweet lightly oaky caramel with a little vinous grapey astringency. Clean and light. Light creamy, higher carbonation. Sweet vinous grapey oaky astringenyc. Creamy light caramel. Tannic. Not a lot of sour though. some vanilla. Lingering tannic astringency.


 fonefan (11891), VestJylland, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Aug 10, 2008  
Bottle 75cl @ the Horse school WSF-08 afterparty in Opstal.
Clear medium yellow amber orange color with a large, frothy, good lancing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, grapefruit, orange, moderate to light heavy yeasty. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (240508)


 JFURYCAT (792), East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Aug 9, 2008  
Good mix of sweet and sour tones with a musty backdrop and some woodiness in the mix. I enjoyed this one even if it had a bit of funkiness in its end. Nice dry palate with some body to it. From the NEPA case club.


 DSG (1515), Tel Aviv, Israel
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 9, 2008  
(6/29/08) Bottle sample at RBESG08 grand tasting in Plzen. Cloudy orange. Aroma of hops, some oranges and grapefruit and a bit of caramel. A rather bitter flavor with hops and some citrus. Medium-bodied.


 HenrikSoegaard (4430), Randers, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/56/103/513/20
Aug 9, 2008  
Bottle. Frothy white fair mostly deminishing head. Amber colour. Heavy malty and moderate hoppy sligtly acetic aroma. Sour moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate. Messy beer.


 zeke626 (303), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/55/103/513/20
Aug 9, 2008  
Bottle, pours a slightly cloudy burnt orange body with foamy, off white head. Aroma of belgian malts with hints of barnyard, citrus, and hops. Flavor is more of the same. Bitter hop finish with aspirin/astringent aftertaste.


 ratman197 (3266), Arvada, Colorado, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Aug 6, 2008  
750 ml corked and caged bottle poured a clear amber with a lasting ivory head. Aromas of carmel, spice, fruittiness, light funk, some floral notes and a hint of leather. Palate was light to medium bodied and crisp with a smooth dry finish. Flavors of carmel, spice, light fruittiness, some light funk and a hint of leather with a smooth dry lingering bitter finish.



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