Mikkeller Jackie Brown

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

330ml bottle. Pours with tasty looking brown head. Aroma not as strong for me as perhaps some of the other reviews, not sure why? Inital taste is nothing too special but taste grows as time passes - Hints of coffee, chocalate, citrus and almost nutty in a way (Hazlenut?) Nice carbonation, taste lingers for a while. Good bang for your buck! Not my favourite beer ever but definately something different and worth a try.

Thanks to Boutip for sending this kick ass beer over during the -55C winters we suffer through here.
The smell is absolutely awesome. Never have I been impressed with a brown ale until now. Find me a better brown than this. Colossal light brown crown with very good retention and lots of layered lacing fossilizing on my glass. Great aromas of ghaggghhhhhllll (yes, this is the sound I made upon first smelling it - it’s a good sound, I swear), very weak coffee blended with the dark citrus hops really make this beer exceptionable, dirty, dusty chocolate, almost has an american barley wine smell, fake blueberry, there is also something here that, if it had a hell of a lot more power would be pretty stinky - either way, it’s making my mouth water. Nice flavours of roasted malts, caramel, weak but bitter coffee, bakers chocolate, unsweetened grapefruit hops dominate the hop portion with slight apricot, weak spruce and a medicinal quality finishing off that feature. Some earthy nuances, more dark fruit when warmer. Finishes less than impressive - the bitterness almost nullifies the goodness. Medium to medium full bodied, Lengthy drying bitterness. Well, this sure started off well but it just cannot finish. Disappointing finish for sure. Still, This is really good and probably the best brown I’ve ever had.

Pours brown with a nice tan head. Aroma is citrusy spicy hops and roasted malts. Flavor is big citrusy hoppy with a little bit of spicy hop and brown sugar. Very good.

Very good retention on this beer alround,slight misty red/brown pour.Aroma hoppy fruit citrus maltiness.Flavour grapefruit citric bitter,cvaramel toffee,very bright ale,crisp fizz on tongue,barley richness flowing out,honey,notes of brown sugar,chocolate,finish rich flavours nice bitter on palate both lasting.

22oz bottle, pours a nice reddish brown. Nose was roasted malt, slight coffee and chocolate. The flavor amped up the chocolate and coffee with some hop in there. Nice smooth finish.

22 oz bottle picked up by my good friend Leems and shared around at our Memorial Day camping trip. Pours out a deep brown with red highlights. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, light roasted malt. Flavor of chocolate, coffee, light earthy hop and caramel malt. Very smooth and flavorful, good beer.

330ml bottle from Beers of Europe. A strong stout - assertive bitter flavours from both hop and malt, chocolate and coffee being dominant. Greasy mouthfeel. Alcohol heat - a bit crude for this strength. There’s an awkwardness between the light citrus notes and the heavy dark bitterness - tangy citrus notes would work, but these light summery ones don’t sit well. Drinkable, with interesting red berry fruits, but overall just a bit too assertively bitter and crude for my taste. A bit like chewing pipe tobacco - you’ll get plenty of flavours, and it’ll be interesting, but it won’t be that all pleasant.

Off-white head hung around for a while on top of a reddy brown body. Good blend of coffee, choc, malt and noticeable hops on the aroma which carries through to the taste well.