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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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 rederic (1811), montréal, Quebec, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 2, 2008  
330ml bottle, slight cloudy amber hue, with a super white head, yeasty, spicy, toasty, caramelized malt nose, with a fruity accent of date and fig, with a hint of maple syrup probably, from the candi sugar, within a warmth aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a sweet toasted malt, spicy character of nutmeg, with a fruity note of ripe apples, a toffeeish accent, a flowery hop mintiness and spiciness, leading towards a malty, warming , hop bitterness finish.


 pilsnerrogge (1787), Finspång, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 30, 2008  
bottled: Pours amber/orange with large head. Fruity aroma. Rich, fruity, grapefruity flavour with notes of salty liquorice.


 beerbill (1971), Laurel, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/102/513/20
Sep 29, 2008  
11.2 oz. bottle. Pours a murky brown with a moderate linen white head that lasted through the entire beer and left partial lace. Not much going on in the aroma department despite sticking my nose all the way down inside my snifter. A few whisps of yeast and sour fruit are barely noticeable. The flavor is yeasty with some sour fruit and alcohol. The alcohol becomes more pronounced as the beer warms. Effervescent and fizzy on the palate, especially early on. Finish is acidic and dry. This beer just never came together for me.


 danielcurtis81 (908), San Diego, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Sep 26, 2008  
Getting Notebook Online. Bottle. An interesting beer, hop flavors are different then I am use to her in America. Very bitter and sweet grapefruit flavors. Overall pretty solid.


 Crosling (1855), Loveland, Colorado, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/103/512/20
Sep 26, 2008  
Bright dark orange colored beer with a large frothy, long lasting head that could only come from Belgium. Nose shows traces of fruity hops (peach, nectarine.) It’s a sweet, sugary beer with a slightly diminished, but bold hop presence. Notes of peach, with a touch of lemon. Out of balance and a bit to sweet for me.


 kosko20 (313), Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/55/102/511/20
Sep 22, 2008  
Pour is gorgeous orange copper with a thick, creamy off white head. Aroma is extremely well balanced of hops, citrus, spices and malt. Flavor not as good as I was hoping after the appearance and aroma blew me away. Flavor is a yeasty, malty, alcoholic taste that’s just so-so. Palate is also just so-so. Its kinda rough and astringent, the finish is dry and bitter but metallic like also. So when Struise says "the general hop bomb addict will not understand", its not that I don’t understand, its just that its not good enough. Perfect start, bad bad ending....


 KnutAlbert (3217), Oslo, Norway
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/104/515/20
Sep 21, 2008  
Murky brown beer, EBF, Copenhagen. Smooth, multilayeres. Belgian yeast, malt, a little sweet, a little sour. Fruit, some vineager. Palate-cleaning sour finish.


 bb (2930), Martinez, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Sep 19, 2008  
Bottle. Rich amber beer with a big cream colored head. Slightly soapy/hoppy aroma with yeast and light spice. Grapefruit hop flavor with Belgian yeast, light spice, and caramel. Medium-plus bodied. Spice, grapefruit linger with caramel and yeast.



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