Mikkeller Single Hop Simcoe IPA

Mikkeller
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Copenhagen V, Denmark

Bottle from Papsoe. Big foamy head that lasts on top of a hazy, bronze pour with light sediment. The aroma is HUGE with lots of grapefruit and caramel and some pine resin and dust at the end. Very balanced flavour that starts pretty heavy with the malt and then hits with the hops at the finish. The bitterness lasts a fair time but is not sharp. Unique IPA

Dank, sticky, resinous nose that flows 1:1 into the taste. It’s piney, grapefruity, orange zest goodness all the way through. A lengthy sticky bitter finish closes a really, really good beer. Wish I could find this ultra-fresh. Again, the Mikkeller bunch have delivered.

Solid a s a bricj sh#$ house. Big and muscular, If a bit one dimensional. Well balanced, a bit sweet with a nice citrus and pineapple kick. A very good IPA but quite pricey.

Bottle. Fuck - it’s a gusher! Well I managed to salvage around half the bottle but the carbonation in this baby is just overkill. The little beer that remains appears amber with a massive white head on top. The Simcoe hop notes are evident though I think they may have been stunted in all the madness of opening and attempting to pour the beer. Juicy fruity flavours and the malt compliments the hops nicely. Smooth and bitter finish. I really need to get another bottle and try this beer properly, without any nasty surprises.

A Mes rate. Bottle from Gadds shop, thanks Eddie!
Incredible red amber with a thin white head. Massive Simcoe all round. Amazing fruity chewy madness. There is nothing happening other than Simcoe. Thoroughly one dimensional and I am loving every minute. I don’t need to sit here and describe the hop to you, you know exactly what it does. What you need to know is that this beer is a stunning showcase for all I love about Simcoe. Shit the fuckin bed!

11.2oz bottle. Pours a slightly hazy, pulpy orange color; fluffy, light-tan head with great retention and lacing creeping up the sides of the glass; beautiful, textured pour. Tons of oranges and piney hop bitterness in the aroma, softly muted and showing a bit of age behind it without deadening: dense, oily and juicy, with a nicely dry candy sugar core poking through; beautifully aged IPA; minimal astringency. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: this actually shows a lot more chewy orange character than I’d expect from Simcoe, but there it is: oranges, then pine, then (again) candy sugar with minimal amounts of sugariness; this is a nicely dry rendition, with zesty orange and lemon peel on the tip of the tongue; lively carbonation; excellent IPA. I’d love to have tried this when it first came out. Lengthy, bitter finish showing oranges, citrus, pine and nicely toasted malts.

THOUGHTS: I love simcoe hops assumed this would be great— and it was very nice, but could have used a little more malt to back up all the hops. It could use a little more balance, but still really nice. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark, orangey amber with an average, slightly off-white head that slowly diminished and mostly lasted and left good to fair lacing. There were also tiny, small, medium and large particles in the body of a thin density. The aroma was moderate caramel malt and moderate to heavy grapefruit, pine and orange citrus hops and a little less resinous hops. Also a fruit rind hop bitterness. The initial flavor was sweet and bitter; while the finish was sweet and rather bitter with an average to long duration. There was caramel malt, mostly grapefruit hops, some orange and pine hops, a little resinous hops, fruit rind and a little yeast.

My bottle [11.2oz] shared with HogTownHarry & garthicus. Pours a cloudy orange-amber with sediment and a small lasting fluffy white head. Aroma: Woohoo! Total cat pee baby -- I mean that in the best possible way! Fantastic. Nice flavour, very hoppy and backed by pale malt, along with some fruit and a long pungent bitter finish. Average bodied. One-dimensional sure but I loved it!