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Formerly brewed at Mikkeller
Style: Brown Ale
Copenhagen V, Denmark

Bottle. Some of it was lost on my pants - damn you, gushers! Reddish-brown with a medium mocha head. The aroma has woody sweetness, coffee roast, chocolate, and a touch of fruit yeastiness. Caramel and toasty malt flavours are prevalent. Medium-fullish body with dry coffee and chocolate nuttiness in the finish. Sampled this on a train from Brewday at Ølfabrikken to Københavnske Øldage 2006 on May 19, 2006. Thanks Jens Ungstrup.

Dark brown body with red shine, huge small bubbled light brown head, leaving a very nice work of laces on its way down and stays beautifully small all the way through; Huge complex nose, that could be a little deeper, but unfold with time in the glass (it really need time in the glass to truly unfold and all its qualities), it has a very nice sweetness to it and lots of roasted malt. The first thing that jumps out is English Christmas Cake, with its burnt character combined with the bitter dried fruit, mostly raisins and sultanas, very nice nose that also has a little old pine needles to it; Huge carbonation on a balanced neutral body that lacks a bit of complexity; It finishes of very long and very balanced, with a little salty bitterness, the aroma is very mellow which gives it an appearance of fading to fast, it has loads of super chocolate (+70%) in it with its aroma and bitterness, but also a little cold acidy African coffee. Brew some more!!!

Bomber from Engelsmann, shared with SuIIy on 5/21/06. Best Before February 2007. Very deep chestnut tinges in a dark mahogany body, well-settled out, but showing low filtration and natural carbonation. Light butter-tan head is large, consisting of medium-large bubbles. Strong retention, minimal lacing. The nose is actually quite reserved. Soily, earthy floor malts with walnuts, pumpernickel and light anise-tinged hops that are herbal-nutty and tastefully done. The hops tease the palate, as soft, dry brown sugar notes and minor cola hints flitter about. A prominent sweetness begins to slowly build, but never does it become rich or overdone. Light cream, honey and dry cocoa notes finish out the beer as a touch of the earthiness makes a come-back. Flavor is unique, to say the least. The aroma was somewhat expected, but the flavor begins with dry leaves, mixed about by nutty yeast and dry cola notes. Quickly, some light anise and dry chocolate graham crackers enter the mix, continuing the dry trend. But a note of deeply citric, but not overly flavorful hops drives right down to the back of the palate. It’s one of the strangest hop notes I’ve tasted. Being neither acidic nor in-your-face, I guess I would best describe it as subtle grapefruit rind notes. The sweetness quickly follows, though by no means would I call this a sweet beer. Rather, the attenuation is high, leading to a drinkability and medium body, which, when bolstered by the fairly tight carbonation, gives you something along the lines of a Southern English Brown (with American hops). Roastiness is minimal as well, though it is there, just more deeply integrated with the crunchy earthy/soily/nutty dry malts. No alcohol whatsoever. I get some retronasal, light coffee notes, almost hazelnut-like.

22oz bottle shared by ClarkVV on 5/20/06. Pours a deep dark brown color with a thick tan head. A nice grapefruity hop aroma, some light roasty notes, and some nutty sweetness. Palate is nice and full, smooth, with a light hop bitterness in the finish. Flavor notes of light grapefruit, some dry hop notes, bits of english malt, and some roasted notes.

[Bottled. Big thanks to joergen] Muddy, ark brown colour. Huge off-white/green-ish head. What a beauty to look at! Loads of hops in the aroma, well accompanied with a light roasty, also bit smokey touch. And YES, the flavour is hugely hoppy with a roasted character that goes VERY well with the residual malt-sweetness. There is chocolate and hints of smoke, sweetish licorice. Long long flavour. Ultra-chewy mouthfeel. The winner of this mornings lineup of 3 Mikkeller beers.

Deep reddish brown colour with a medium sized dense light brown head. Roasted malty aroma with a light fruityness and notes of caramel and nuts along a faint hoppyness. Roasted malty flavor with coffee notes and hints of nuts. Sweet and light dry finish.

[Sampled to celebrate my 5900th rating] Opening and pouring this beer - it is definately the most lively beer from Mikkeller yet - when poured the head is enormous. The beer is very dark brown, not much light comes thru even when held against a lamp, but I seem to see a slight haze in it. The head is as mentioned enormous, but quite fluffy and dark brown in color. The aroma is quite complex, the main note being a dusty hoppiness, but combined with notes of chocolate, and citrus. The flavor is sweet at the very beginning, but the sweetness soon resides to strong roasted notes, combined with notes of chocolate, that turns more toward crushed cocoa - especially taking the dryness it gives into account. The flavor also contains hints of citrus. The alcohol is felt slightly in the end. I don’t find the beer very balanced with the strong sweetness just in the beginning and an extreme dryness in the end, but the extremes makes the beer very complex, so that You really have to take Your time drinking it, to take the challenge. For the style this is a wonderful beer, since it offers a complexity that is seldom found in Brown Ales. Another great beer from Mikkeller.

Bottled: Brown/red coloured. Unclear. Dense brown head. Herbal and hoppy aroma. Light sweetness and cocoa. Quite fresh. Flavour has loads of cocoa, coffe, herbs and flowers. Is quite sweet and sugary. Full bodied. Cocoabitterness in the end. is quite dry.