Mikkeller X Imperial Stout Calvados Barrel Aged

Brewed by Mikkeller
Style: Imperial Stout
Copenhagen V, Denmark

Big thanks to Papsoe for that bottle. Looks great, the beer in the glass also, deep black, a bit oily, almost no head. Starts very, very sweet, strong, modest alcoholic. Notes of sweets, liquorice and marzipan. Also some chocolate. Finish is intense malty, a bit woody, still very sweet. Goes down burning, warming aftertaste. Very drinkable for it’s strength. Very good beer!

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty slightly vinous calvados aroma with hints of chocoalte. Roasted malty chocolate and calvados flavor with hints of licorice. Has a roasted malty sweetish chocolate and calvados finish with some hints of wood in the aftertaste.

Thanks to Papsoe for this beer. This was a very tasty beer. Lots of apple, chocolate and vanilla flavors with a creamy mouth feel.It’s complex, huge and excellent.

Draft. A black beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, alcohol, and roasted malt. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of roasted malt, Calvados, caramel, alcohol, and wood.

Black of color without a head. An aroma of liqurice, spice, raisins, weak bitter and oily. A flavor of liqurice, raisins, dried fruit, dry and oily.

Tap at EBF Copenhagen 2008 ... OH MY THIS WAS SUPERB ... Went to get a second quite soon after it was first on and it was GONE. This MUST have been a much Smaller release than there other Specials ...
PLEASE CAN I HAVE A BOTTLE ... Go on, You know you want to make some more just for me... ... Deep black ... Huge amount of sweet juicy Fruit in nose ... Loads of rich fruity toffee ... sweet chewwy vanillla ... deep rich and complex ... Its just sublime ... 22:00 release so im not at the best state to fully savour this but, oh its oh so silky mouth feel ... really soft and devine. ...

AT last i got a bottle of this ... Yippe ... thanks to FoneFan for this beauty ... Bottle at home ... deep black .. thin short lived brown head ... sweet chocolate .. oak and hin t of the spirit nose ... full rich mouth feel ... big apple calvados front ... sweet chocolate ... rich malt ... sublime ... silky full mouth feel .... vanilla and caramel ... litttle sweet cherry ... some raisins ... and quite a bit of honey 4.5

375 ml green Bottle thanks to Sune poured a nearly opaque dark brown bordering on black with a lingering ring of brown foam. Aromas of Calvados, oak, bitter chocolate, burnt carmel, roasted malt, licorice, light coffee and a hint of vanilla. Palate was medium to full bodied and smooth with a warming finish. Flavors of calvados, oak, bitter chocolate, roasted malt, licorice, burnt carmel, light coffee and a hint of vanilla with a smooth warming lingering fruity chocolatey finish. A very complex and tasty brew! The Danes sure know how to brew BIG Beers!

375 ml bottle. Label says 14.9% abv. Pitch black. Seems clear. Small beige head initially but it disappears after a while. Hints of burnt caramel, then a little tar. Cigarette stubs, but soaked in caramel sauce. Feels very sweet initially, then comes an attack from roasted malts, but that is held up by the sweet caramel malt. More of the cigarette ash shows up after a while. This beer is very complex. Layers upon layers of intense flavours. Wonderful stuff. Calvados flavours get more noticeable towards the finish. Fantastic complexity. Bottle reeks of naphthalene.