Mikkeller Jackie Brown

375ml bottle. Pours a deep, hazy brown - dark with ruby and copper highlights. The head pours light tan in color and very thick. The head is soft and tightly bubbled - light egg-whites. It leaves a lot of thick, uneven patches and legs of lace all over the glass. The aroma is astounding - the perfect blend of citrus hops, coffee and roasted grains, and dark caramel. The flavor starts quite hoppy with citrus/grapefruit flavors. As the beer slides toward mid-palate, the roasted grain and chocolate flavors slowly build. At mid-palate there is a pleasant mix of citrusy bitter hops and roasted grains. The finish is dry and hoppy with a strong hop bitterness and a deep, coffee-like, roasted grain flavor. The mouthfeel is medium in body and somewhat creamy. The carbonation level is firm but not too vigorous. Overall, a nice beer - much hoppier and much more citrus than I was expecting. It could use a little less bitterness and a touch more chocolate/nutty character, considering it is suppoed to be a brown ale. But still, a very tasty offering.

Pours a very lightly hazy chestnut brown color. A frothy, light cream colored head settles to a thin layer with a pronounced, bubbly congregation at the edge. Nice honeycomb lacing marks the glass well. Aromas include roasted coffee beans, burnt toast, and a surprisingly potent grapefruit and pine resin hop billing. Flavors are strikingly bitter, and not at all what I was expecting. Biting pine and grapefruit hit immediately, followed by spent coffee grounds and toasted biscuit. There’s hardly any sweetness going on here, and it finishes dry and downright astringent. Medium to thin bodied with a lively carbonation. Quite simply put, this beer is a borderline mess.

Bottle. Large tan head with a good amount of lacing, hazy, and a brown hue. The aroma was malt, toasty, chocolate, citrus hops, and grapefruit. Ditto for the flavor. Medium bodied. Quaffable, easy to drink, lingering hoppy aftertaste, worthy of a try, and I would enjoy drinking this beer again if it comes my way again. Nicely done!

From bottle : Pours a hazy, very brown color, with a big ole’ 2 and a half fingers of off white head. Lots of nuts in the aroma and malt, with some hops hidding in the background. The taste i must say is a bit of a let down. It is very watery, and im struggling to find any real flavor. There are traces of nuts and malt, but overall pretty watered down. Also leaves a stale aftertaste in your mouth, that im not enjoying. Thin watery bottle and a sticky feel going down. Not that great.

Poured from a 500ml bottle and served in an English pint glass. This beer poured a medium-dark brown with a thick head of creamy tan foam that would not fade. Excellent lacing. The aroma of the beer was made up of coffee, chocolate, and nuts, along with a touch of citrus in the background. The flavor consisted of bitter roasted notes, cold coffee, pine, and grapefruit/citrus bitterness. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied with light carbonation. A good beer, but just a bit too bitter for my taste in a brown ale.

500 mL bottle. Pours a nice dark brown with a good-sized light tan head that quickly recedes. Aroma is a sweet, nutty, maltiness with a hint of resiny hops. The front end of the taste is a surprising amount of hops bitterness that rounds out into a nice roasted finish. There’s a burnt flavor on the end that lingers just a little bit too long for my taste, but all in all quite tasty.

Bottle. This one took me by surprise. A hoppy brown ale. Aromas of piney hops & some maltiness. Pours a very nice caramel colored brown with amber hues. Very long lasting head that never dissapated. Hops dominate the malts here. More a IPA IMO than a brown. Nice hop flavor throughout with malty backbone to add balance. Light fruitiness after initial hop bitterness. Another great beer from mikkeller

Bottle from Keg Liqour. Poured a dark brown color with a large frothy light brown head that mostly lasted with excellent lacing. Heavy toasted sweet malt and chocolate espresso aroma. Medium body. Solid bittersweet toasted flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Good complex brew.