Nuclear Hop Assault
Mikkeller ApS

Copenhagen 20/5 2019. 33 cl bottle from Vin de Table, Frederikssundsvej, Kbh NV. Very amusing take on Nuclear Assault’s old Game Over Cover art.

Pours hazy orange with a big white head. Fairly stable. Settles as 2 cm thick layer of fluffy foam. Substantial Lacing.

Aroma is subdued at first due to the impressive amount of foam. Gets stronger as I drink the beer. Fermented sweet fruit with strong citric notes of Grape fruit and citrus.

Light carbonation. Medium thick, Soft, creamy texture with a light tingling teasing the lips.

Flavor is intense with medium sweetness followed by a strong, a little harsh citric bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter. Lingering. Finish is dry.

Nice and dry DIPA. Bitter but balanced. Strong but not boozy.

 

this beer n expected more. The beer is fine, it complies with the style standards and has the quality of a good brewery. But when you see an etiqeta like the one with the bottle and a name like the beer you are waiting for an extreme beer. And it's not an extreme beer. Unhealthy marketing

Pours a hazy golden/orange color with a fingernail length bubbly white head. Not much retention on the head.
The aroma starts off simply but grows in presence. The first impression is mainly of grapefruit rind, hinting at bitterness to come. Throughout the session, aromas open up, yielding floral, grassy and piny tones that gradually increase in fragrance. A cracker and biscuity malt presence also develops and adds sweetness. In the final phase, tropical aromas interplay with herbaceous danky tones.
The taste starts off so simple and clean. Dry crackery malt with grapefruit pith, not bitter, yet not sweet. However, the “hops assault” develops gradually, its initially clean bitterness combines with light piny and grassy flavors. Yet, the bitterness increases, especially in the finish, which provides a lingering resiny aftertaste; it all interplay’s nicely with the grapefruit flavors like a good old fashion west coast IPA. Adding complexity, tropical flavors of pineapple, mango and passion fruit add juiciness and combine with a subtle malt sweetness.
Medium bodied and nicely crisp. Dry palate, high bitterness and alcohol well masked.
With all the sweet and non bitter NEIPAs I’ve had lately, it was nice to have a hop bomb that was bitter to boot. I like how it developed.

Golden hazy. Average foam, average lacing. Medium-high hoppy aroma of mangos, pineapples, tutti frutti medium-high. Hoppy, high flavor. Medium-high bitterness. Medium, malty sweetness. Medium body,average carbonation, juicy, sticky, spicy, medium-high dry finish, long lasting.

 

 

Light yellow colour. Intense hoppy smell.
The taste is dominated, as expected, by the tons of strong aromatic hops. Grapefruit and citrus also, but less obvious.
A NEIPA style beer with a lot of herbal aromas in, but the overall bitterness is somehow its drawback.

 

L: Hazy amber color, one finger white head, nice lacing, very good carbonation.

S: Hoppy, juicy, tropical fruits. Nice!

T: Juicy, hoppy, tropical fruits, bitter on the back end. Very good.

F: Medium bodied, rich feeling.

O: Very good DIPA from Mikkeller.