Vista #2
Mikkeller ApS
- From:
- Mikkeller ApS
- Denmark
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 10.2%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 23, 2019
- Added:
- Feb 06, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Collaboration with Kabinet Brewery
This is brewed by the Kabinet Brewery for the Mikkeller, exclusively available for the Balkans. As well as the Vista Milk Stout and Vista 1.
Hops: Magnum, Tettnanger (Germany), Amarillo, Citra, Simcoe (USA).
54 IBU ,11 EBC
Brewed at Kabinet Brewery.
This is brewed by the Kabinet Brewery for the Mikkeller, exclusively available for the Balkans. As well as the Vista Milk Stout and Vista 1.
Hops: Magnum, Tettnanger (Germany), Amarillo, Citra, Simcoe (USA).
54 IBU ,11 EBC
Brewed at Kabinet Brewery.
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Reviewed by JBowenGeorgia from Georgia
3.82/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.82/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Pours a slightly cloudy dark orange with a finger of off white head that dissipated fairly quickly.
Smells of citrusy hops, sweet malts.
Taste follows, pithy grapefruit, caramel malts.
Medium bodied with good carb levels, smooth feel.
Overall a good one that reminds me of an old school IPA.
May 23, 2019Smells of citrusy hops, sweet malts.
Taste follows, pithy grapefruit, caramel malts.
Medium bodied with good carb levels, smooth feel.
Overall a good one that reminds me of an old school IPA.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.13/5 rDev -22.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.13/5 rDev -22.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
7.5% ABV. 54 IBU. EBC: 11.
Reviewed from notes taken around September 2015.
HEAD: Foamy and thick, with an off-white colour and a poor complexion. Leaves supple even coating on the sides of the glass as it recedes. Retains incredibly well for the high ABV - ~10+ minutes. Consistency could be more robust.
BODY: Deep copper colour of average vibrance. Translucent but nontransparent. Clean, with no haze or visible yeast. Appears filtered.
AROMA: Has a sweet pale malt and caramalt foundation. Hop profile is comprised of cotton candy, dank herbaceous cannabis-like notes, floral character, and grassiness.
I detect no overt yeast character, alcohol/booze, or off-notes.
Average aromatic intensity.
I'm not sure I'll like this judging by the hop profile indicated by the aroma, but it does seem to be to style.
TASTE: Hops are actually downplayed and understated to such extent that this comes off drinking more like an English or American Pale Ale than an IPA. Some spiciness is also present - perhaps even from rye grain (but more likely from the yeast). The pale malt and caramalt backbone deftly hides the ABV - only at the cost of bringing too much sweetness to the build, throwing it out of balance.
Imbalanced though it may be, it's still pleasant and approachable enough. I do like it for what it is, but the hop profile - cotton candy, floral character, herbaceuous character - just isn't my cup or tea, nor is it as intricate or subtle as one would find even in Mikkel's own single hop series beers (e.g. Amarillo).
TEXTURE: Quite well-executed, supporting the taste nicely. Smooth, wet, aptly carbonated, medium-bodied, and adequately heft and thick on the palate.
OVERALL: ABV is expertly disguised. This drinks much easier than it should, but it just fundamentally fails to deliver in terms of hops.
C+ (3.13) / ABOVE AVERAGE
Feb 11, 2016Reviewed from notes taken around September 2015.
HEAD: Foamy and thick, with an off-white colour and a poor complexion. Leaves supple even coating on the sides of the glass as it recedes. Retains incredibly well for the high ABV - ~10+ minutes. Consistency could be more robust.
BODY: Deep copper colour of average vibrance. Translucent but nontransparent. Clean, with no haze or visible yeast. Appears filtered.
AROMA: Has a sweet pale malt and caramalt foundation. Hop profile is comprised of cotton candy, dank herbaceous cannabis-like notes, floral character, and grassiness.
I detect no overt yeast character, alcohol/booze, or off-notes.
Average aromatic intensity.
I'm not sure I'll like this judging by the hop profile indicated by the aroma, but it does seem to be to style.
TASTE: Hops are actually downplayed and understated to such extent that this comes off drinking more like an English or American Pale Ale than an IPA. Some spiciness is also present - perhaps even from rye grain (but more likely from the yeast). The pale malt and caramalt backbone deftly hides the ABV - only at the cost of bringing too much sweetness to the build, throwing it out of balance.
Imbalanced though it may be, it's still pleasant and approachable enough. I do like it for what it is, but the hop profile - cotton candy, floral character, herbaceuous character - just isn't my cup or tea, nor is it as intricate or subtle as one would find even in Mikkel's own single hop series beers (e.g. Amarillo).
TEXTURE: Quite well-executed, supporting the taste nicely. Smooth, wet, aptly carbonated, medium-bodied, and adequately heft and thick on the palate.
OVERALL: ABV is expertly disguised. This drinks much easier than it should, but it just fundamentally fails to deliver in terms of hops.
C+ (3.13) / ABOVE AVERAGE
Rated by SavoD from Serbia
4.66/5 rDev +15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.66/5 rDev +15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
IPA, which is very drinkable and aromatic, loving it.
May 20, 2015
Reviewed by gnikola from Serbia
4.47/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.47/5 rDev +11.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
A nice drinkable IPA. I can feel the ingredients are of high quality. Nice herbal hop aroma. However, something went wrong with bottle conditioning--poorly carbonated. I don't mind really.
Mar 03, 2015
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