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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cbkschubert (2015), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Oct 1, 2009

11.2 oz. bottle from Plaza Liquors - Pours a hazy amber color with a huge three finger thick light tan head which took forever to settle. Aroma is pine and herbal hops. Flavor is esters with pine and light floral hops. The malt still takes a back seat at 6 months old. Has a bitter and slight astringent finish. Medium body. Worth a try, but I wouldn’t buy it again at $7.50 a bottle.

potbeercollege (407), Boulder, Colorado, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	5/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Sep 30, 2009

Bottle. Beautiful hazy brown, ciderish color. Big thick tan head that lasts, nice lacing. Aroma of sweet hops with notes of citrus and spices. Huge blast of hops balanced adequately with nice malts. Long bitter finish, not too dry.

awiseman01 (372), Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	8/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	14/20

Sep 29, 2009

Bottle from W&CP. Pours murky orange/brown with 2 finger foamy beige head. Nose is earthy malt and slight hop. Taste is very dry, bitter, earthy, slight caramel malt. Not nearly as much hop as I wanted considering it says 130 IBU, but it’s there. I little bit of sweetness from the candi sugar comes through. Overall not terrible, but way to dry/bitter/earthy for me.

RAYBOY01 (1864), Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

Sep 27, 2009

Great looking hazy deep golden pour. White fluffy head...had to wait awhile to drink this after my clumsy. heavy-handed pour. Big PNW hop notes. Sweeter than I really like in my IIPA’s, but not offensively so. bread/biscuity crystal maltiness, very well balanced by an shit-ton of hops in the massive bitter finish. Very well brewed!

curly (650), Nashville, Tennessee, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	14/20

Sep 25, 2009

Murky orange brown color with a frothy off-white head. Aroma is pine, grapefruit. Taste is lemon, not overly bitter, more like Barley wine. Candied sugar really balances well along with the roast malt finish. Good stuff.

Barrios (861), Nashville, Tennessee, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Sep 25, 2009

800th! Pours a lacing head with a lasting ring of off-white lace and an amber-copper body. Aromas of malt sweetness, mellow resin and citrus hops. Toffee, old pineapples, little resin. Finish is bitter and sticky sweet.

Butters (1651), Virginia, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Sep 25, 2009

Bottle shared with the barrios, scottyp, curly. Pours a translucent mustard with decent layer of white head. Sweet and sugary upfront. It’s like they left out the aroma or flavoring hops, and amped up the bittering hops. Very green wood hop is only on the tail. The finish is like licking a hop pellet.

ScottyP (314), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Sep 25, 2009

Pours a cloudy amber with off white head. Aroma of citrus, fruit, hops, booze, malts, yeast. Similar taste, hoppy throughout with malt backbone. Warm in my belly.

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