Mikkeller It’s Alive!

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

750 ml brown bottle. Corked & caged. Fake cork was excessively long, and hard to remove. Poured out a deep, muddy, copper color, with barely a whisper of a head. Aromas are sour cherries, Belgian funk, horse blanket, fresh cut hay. Flavors include sour cherries, oak wine barrels, sour grapefruit rind, lime rinds as well. Medium mouthfeel, decent body. Slightly sour on the finish. Decent effort on this beer.

Pours a cloudy dark golden amber/chestnut brown with a tick one finger foamy yellowish beige head. Decent retention, slowly fades into a lasting ring. Not much lacing. Bready/yeasty aroma with subtle light fruit notes and earthy tartness. Hints of apple and pear as well as a grassy straw character compliment the earthy brett. Very yeast medium body with slight roasted malt, peppery spiciness and a sour/tart earthy dry finish. There is some slight crisp light fruit character but this is overpowered by the funky tart brett flavor.

Bottle shared by kmweaver 6/28/08: Pours a transparent copper orange with a stringy-lacing white head. Aroma of lightly sweet toasty malts, orange citrus and peppery spice notes. Body starts lightly sweet and well-spiced with some earthy black pepper and clove notes before a bready toasty finish. A pretty interesting and well-balanced brew.

Medium coppery amber, initial chill haze, then clears. Pillowy white head is constant, small, and attractive. Aroma is gentle candy sugars and musty pine hops. Would have thought they were American almost. Flavor is caramel accented malts and bitter hop finish. The funk is very, very muted. Perhaps a young bottle? Enjoyable, but it didn’t summon Orval for me.

750 ml bottle. Dark amber. Very tall white creamy white head that clings to the glass. Grassy hop aroma which cuts through the flavour as well. Bitter. One dimensional. Sharp finish from hops and carbonation.

pours a deep orange with a big active head. Nose is loads of brett, wet dog, big hay and animal scents. Flavor is funky, dry, effervescent. Wild beer ... pun intended.

From a bottle poured brown with a small amount of head. Nice light hoppy flavor with a bit of bitterness in the flavor and finish.

bottle poured a nutty orange amber color with a thick frothy off white head. aroma has rich dark fruit, light spice, yeast, and some hops. mouth feel is medium low with plenty of frothing carbonation. flavor thickens on the malts, figs, brett, raisin, spice, and a good deal of bitter side hops. caramel and sweetness creep in later in the glass and some grass comes through.