Beer Geek Brunch Weasel
Mikkeller ApS

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From:
Mikkeller ApS
 
Denmark
Style:
American Imperial Stout
Ranked #486
ABV:
10.9%
Score:
96
Ranked #1,035
Avg:
4.32 | pDev: 9.26%
Reviews:
868
Ratings:
2,947
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 03, 2024
Added:
Jan 02, 2009
Wants:
  359
Gots:
  574
Brewed at Nøgne Ø.

Imperial oatmeal stout brewed with coffee. Ingredients: Water, malts, hops, yeast and Vietnamese ca phe chon coffee.
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Ratings by alcstradamus:
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Reviewed by alcstradamus from Iowa

4.36/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
A--Poured a midnight black with slightly more than a finger of head. Carbonation bubbles ran all the way up my pint glass. Head was a dark brown. Exactly how I like my beers to pour. Good lacing down the glass.

S--VERY well balanced between coffee, roasted malts, and chocolate. Not an overpowering smell (which I prefer), but what is there is very nice.

T--Wow this one really jumps out and smacks you in the face. A lot more powerful than the Beer Geek Breakfast. I actually am surprised here since the nose didn't hit me like this. A lot more back end bitterness here than the breakfast, can't really tell if it is a hoppy bitterness or if it is from the coffee. Drinking a little more it seems to mellow out.

M--So creamy it is almost chewy. But it is not thick and cloying. A very pleasant chewiness.

D--Extremely thick and filling. It's what you would expect from the style, so judging it from that I look at how easy it is to finish the bomber. In this case the beer kept me wanting more but my stomach was telling me to stop so I had to deduct slightly from this.

I don't really know if I prefer this or the Beer Geek Breakfast. They are relatively equal to me, but they are both world class and among the best imperial stouts I've ever had. This is expensive and not easy to find, but if you come across one it is a must try (at least once).

P.S....I can die a happy beer geek knowing that I have even drank a beer with shit in it. Thank you Mikkeller for giving me the chance to have that on my "resumé"
Mar 26, 2009
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.33 by not2quick from Missouri

Jan 03, 2024
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Rated by jrpapajcik from Illinois

4.37/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
At home from an aged bottle w Humiston
Oct 30, 2023
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

4.22/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Brewed by Mikkeller at Nøgne Ø, Norway. Batch #418, ABV is 10.9%. Pitch black colour, huge chocolate brown head. Lovely aroma of dark roasted malts, coffee and chocolate, hints of dark fruits. Intense flavour of coffee (can’t say if the "weasel" coffee was worth the price, though), also a massive malty sweetness and a solid roasty and hoppy bitterness, lasting through the long aftertaste. Not for sissies.
May 09, 2022
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Reviewed by dpgrifs from Pennsylvania

4.54/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a very dark chocolate color. Almost no foam present.
Aroma of malt, coffee, and bourbon.
The taste of coffee and roasted malts with bourbon flavor very present.
Dec 18, 2021
 
Rated: 4.28 by Rainintheface from Florida

Jun 14, 2021
 
Rated: 4.69 by tatecarson from Louisiana

Jan 24, 2021
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Reviewed by Jack_14 from Italy

3.28/5  rDev -24.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Fresh roasting on the nose.
Color impenetrable black.
Foam beige, evanescent even if the beer is poured vertically.
In the mouth there is a clear prevalence of toasted niote and coffee that also hide hints of chocolate and a hint of tobacco.
Non-existent carbonation.
But given the light body (too watery for my personal taste) it really feels like a brew of coffee.
I was expecting a beer with a different body honestly, but to taste it did not disappoint.
Nov 30, 2020
 
Rated: 4.14 by jaxon53 from Connecticut

Sep 26, 2020
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Reviewed by BloodSoakedAleMug from New York

2.22/5  rDev -48.6%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.25
Look: Pours a very, very pitch black color with a tiny, quarter finger head of beige foam. No lacing on the glass.

Aroma: Slightly chalky, herbal and bittersweet. An unpleasant soy sauce note is the first thing that jumps out at me. Lots of milk chocolate, semi-tart candied raisins and coffee beans. Some burnt toast and marzipan. Bourbon is in the background, a tepid medicinal, woody, resinous aroma. I think that's whats giving the beer it's "chalkiness" I was describing earlier. Cloying.

Taste: Very complex, a little too complex maybe? There's a lot to the beer and I'm afraid it all gets lost in translation. It's boozy, not atypical of a 11%er, but . . . it's just all over the place. The taste isn't bad, but it's very tannic and hard to take more than a tablespoon of a sip at a time, without your palate being completely overpowered by this herbal, sour, medicinal aftertaste. There's a nice cola and coffee flavor but it's so brief, before sickly sweet notes of chocolate syrup overpower everything. Then it becomes almost medicinal and woody. . . . and my god that aftertaste of sour soy sauce and grape juice. Yuck.

Feel: The worst part about it. Dry. Sweet. Slimy. Sticky. Oily. Thin. Hot. Boozy. Chalky. Not a fan. I would never be able to tell this was brewed with oatmeal until I read it on the bottle.

Overall: Maybe I got a bad batch. Mikkeler is usually on point but this is a classic example of one of the downsides of gypsy brewing; quality control. For such a complex beer where so much can go wrong, when you're using such an obscure ingredient like ca phe chon coffee . . . you really need to tripple check you dotted your "i"s and cross your "t"s so to say. . . Something was just off and didnt click here. I couldn't finish my bottle. . . sad to say this was a drain pour.
Sep 01, 2020
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Reviewed by CTHomer from Connecticut

3.72/5  rDev -13.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A: opaque; very dark brown - almost black; 1+ finger finely pored medium brown head that receded to a thin cap; OK lacing;

S: milk chocolate with deeply roasted grain in the background;

T: black coffee dominates from start to finish; deeply roasted grains are noticeable up front, but by the end, it's all black coffee; moderate bitterness on the finish;

M: medium bodied; moderate carbonation; dry finish;

O: liked the aroma more than the flavor;
Apr 29, 2020
 
Rated: 4.29 by csmrx7 from Canada (AB)

Apr 04, 2020
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Reviewed by CraigDeMoss from Kansas

4.24/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Very nice, has a definite coffee bitterness that isn’t a turn off, as a coffee stout should taste. Smell has an upfront chocolate maltball note, goes down easy enough with a nice coffee kick in the back of the throat afterwards. Looks just about as good as any breakfast stout, nothing crazy, will a fleeting caramel-mocha head from a vigorous pour into a tulip. Well done, check it out if you see it.
Mar 07, 2020
 
Rated: 4.34 by Prost76 from New Hampshire

Jan 29, 2020
 
Rated: 4.27 by craigbelly from Iowa

Dec 06, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by dsshuck from Delaware

Sep 21, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by cryptichead from Illinois

Mar 10, 2019
 
Rated: 4.38 by yuno from New York

Jan 06, 2019
 
Rated: 4.35 by tedho21 from Pennsylvania

Jan 02, 2019
 
Rated: 4.16 by cambabeer from New York

Jan 01, 2019
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