Struise Mikkeller (Elliot Brew) 3.79 632

Struise Mikkeller (Elliot Brew)

(RETIRED)

	Percentile
	97
	overall

Formerly brewed at De Struise Brouwers
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Oostvleteren, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
632	3.8/5.0	3.79/5.0	Special	9%	84.3	Snifter, Tulip

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RateBeer Special Release:
Behold the second of RateBeer.com’s Worldwide Masters Series! This request edition ale is the crafted alchemy of a party of some of Europe’s finest brewers, Mikkel Bjergsø and Kristian Keller of Mikkeller (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Urbain Coutteau, Carlo Grootaert, Phil Driessens, and Peter Braem of De Struise Brouwers (Woesten-Vleteren, Belgium).
Both breweries have attracted considerable international attention for their artful interpretations of traditional ale styles enlived by a rich sense of invention. And both are also very highly esteemed by the RateBeer.com international community of beer tasters. We hope you enjoy this unique little treasure.
Struise Mikkeller -- the product of master brewing and friendship. Celebrate this sense of camaraderie by sharing this bottle with your good friends!
- Joe Tucker, RateBeer.com

Struise-Mikkeller is as we said in the past "Best of two worlds". We delivered an IPA with 130 IBU, but a bitterness hidden the Struise way, counter balanced by maltyness, alcohol and rest sugars. People who do not like Ipa’s will actually be amazed, the general hop bomb addict will not understand, so yes this is a controverse brew... enjoy anyway!

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Chrism86 (282), Melbourne, Australia

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Jun 22, 2009

Pours golden amber with a nice off white head that persists for the duration of the glass & leaves chunky lacing. Nose has masses of spicy(slightly piney?) hops with some sweetness and citrus/apricot esters. Not unlike a traditional belg tripel but ramped up considerably. Palate has honey-like malt & candy sugar sweetness before the significant hop bitterness takes charge delivering a long bitter finish. Great alternative to caramel malt laden US-style IPAs. Awesome balance despite robust nature.

Borup (1360), Albertslund, Denmark

4.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.4	8/10	5/5	9/10	5/5	17/20

Jun 21, 2009

Bottle. Cloudy amber colour with a huge white head. Aroma and flavour of spice, hops, malt anf fruit.

chrisv10 (370), Denmark

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Jun 21, 2009

Bottle. Cloudy amber body with white head. Aroma is hops and malt. Flavour is hops and slight alcohol.

nerdrocker101 (102), Atlanta, Georgia, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Jun 17, 2009

Bottle. A light and cloudy amber color. I found this beer so well balanced that I would never guessed it was a double IPA. Nicely hopped but matched with a considerable sweetness.

jesperhammer (339), Copenhagen, Denmark

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	7/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	18/20

Jun 16, 2009

15-JUN-2009. Bottle @Den tatoverede Enke. It is quite dark in here, but yeast floating around in this beer is still obvious. This is really a nice DIPA. Very creamy, very hoppy, but still quite fresh. This is a perfect example of a DIPA, and a reason for DIPA’s being my favourite style. It is just an explosion of taste.

Eructoblaster (1508), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	15/20

Jun 14, 2009

Bottle - Mondial de la Bière, Montréal. Hazy amber body with a huge white foamy head. Lovely malty/hoppy aroma with flowery, spicy and yeasty hints. Well balanced taste carries sweet, fruity and herbal notes. Ends with a decent, warming bittersweet finish. Well done.

gam (1116), brisbane, Australia

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Jun 14, 2009

large head with pink tint,strong carbonation lovely ruby red misty pour.Aroma citrus,caramel,earthy note vinous.Flavour dark fruits prune sultanas,brandy note,the more I drink of this the better,the Struis side coming in with the dark fruits.Finish mix of citrus and dark fruit,nice bitter,fizz on the tongue.

Radek Kliber (3986), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Jun 11, 2009

Bottle @ Mondial de la Biere 2009
Appearance: fine haze on amber base , large creamy , pillow white top
Nose: amber malts with bit of funk , slight sourness , some faint hop
Flavor/Palate : Alcohol hidden. Soft with caramel , toffee mixes with does of wild funk and hops. Mid of barnyard field. Brew with element X. Complex but its formula did not worked magic on me.

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