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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

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6323.8/5.03.79/5.0Special9%84.3Snifter, 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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 travita (1952), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Mar 1, 2009  
The look is cloudy amber colored with a nice big off white head. The smell is very hoppy, fruits, bready, sweet, nice, citrus, and florals. The taste is earthy, bitterness, flowers, hops, and fruits.


 CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 1, 2009  
Crushed with Jakebra. Well….american ipas are so much better. This one’s aight. Tasty. Got some hops but not enough. Little subdued, little awesomeness. Somewhere in between awesome and not.


 bonfunck (149), Waasmunster, Belgium
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 26, 2009  
33cl bottle from hopduvel this beer is just clear hop you can’t taste a other beer after you have drunken this one. very hop flavor this would be a very good thirst lesser in de summer


 joss (3685), Garching b. München, Germany
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Feb 20, 2009  
Bottle. Grapefruit and pommegranateseed aroma. Amber, big off-white creamy head. Initial hop wallop, grapefruit, pineapple, pineneedles, herbs. Goes over into a caramelly, flan, light wooden finish, tropical fruit and cheese curd retronasal. Medium body, light sparkly dry mouthfeel.


Koelschtrinker (81), Köln (Cologne), Germany
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Feb 17, 2009  
Das IIPA startet eher mild mit einen süßlichen und vollmundigen Hopfenaroma. Im Mittelteil wird das Bier untertönig malzig, die Hopfigkeit bleibt konstant, wird aber etwas süßer. Hier fruchtig, etwas nach Banane, weiterhin vollmundig. Zum Ende hin etwas pricklend, das Bier wirkt unglaublich weich. Im Abgang wird das Bier dann kurz süßer, pendelt sich aber wieder ein. Ein scharfer Ton lässt den Alkohol erahnen. Entgegen den Erwartungen wird das Bier hier nicht hopfiger, beim Nachlassen der Intensität wird ein noch länger erkennbarer holzig-bitterer Ton erkennbar. Hat was!


 hrking (112), Muncie, Indiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/515/20
Feb 15, 2009  
Grabbed a couple bottles of this at The Dilly Deli in Cincinnati. Pour a golden orange with hop punch up front. Not as smooth as I would like for an IPA but if your a hop head this one chimes in at 130IBU’s so it is a hop monster.Not much balance between hops and malt I personally thought it was a little heavy on the hops for my personal taste but a worth drink none the less.


 SamGamgee (1465), Santa Cruz (La Selva), California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 14, 2009  
33cl bottle at Max’s 36h of Belgium. Hazy amber with a big white head. rather rich and intriguing aroma of pastry dough, sweet fruit cake, orange, and fruity hops. Fruity and yeast flavor with orange, mellow fruity hops, tangerine, and a refreshing hop bitterness in the finish. Medium-full body with ample carbonation. Tasted a bit over the hill freshness wise, but also seemed to have rounded out into a fruity, complex, balanced ale with a modest but good hop character.


 mwelsh13 (483), Maryland, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/515/20
Feb 14, 2009  
Bottle pours a light amber color with alot of carbonation. a fluffy head prevails. Herbal notes come through in the nose. Slightly sweet body reminiscent of a saison. Goes down easy. A nice bitterness to match the body.



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