Beer Geek Breakfast Brunch Big Blend
Mikkeller ApS

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a Dragons Milk stemless glass

The beer pours jet black with two fingers worth of dark khaki head that recedes slowly leaving behind plenty of lacing

The aroma is dark chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, a hint of cherry, and non-descript booziness

The flavor is dark chocolate and coffee up front, with the barrel character and booze notes on the finish. As the beer warms you get a bit more molasses and brown sugar notes. There is also a faint tartness. The beer is medium/thick bodied and slick on the tounge. There is a lot going on here, almost to the point of being a bit muddled (but not quite)

Overall the beer is good and I rather enjoyed it, would buy it again if I saw it for a reasonable price.

 

For me, Mikkeller beer is a hit and miss. I thought I had already consumed this beer, it has been sitting in my fridge to drink at a later date. The beer is 50 degrees and served in a tulip glass. The pour of the beer produced a massive three-finger head that erupted from the glass. The head is milk chocolate brown with blotchy tan spots. The retention of the beer is lackluster. I was hoping for significant head retention, alas it did not happen. The beer is SRM 38 dark brown nearly black in color. The beer is opaque, not sure if light could penetrate the murky mass. The appearance of the beer is above average, I would have like to have more retention of the head.

The aromas of the beer are molasses, dark chocolate, anise, smoke, oak, cherries, figs, Maillard, dark roasted malts, dark roasted coffee, vanilla, char, earthy, caramel, toffee, and a hint of cinnamon.

The flavors in the beer are molasses, dark chocolate, smoke, char, cherries, figs, Maillard, dark roasted malts, toffee, earthy vanilla, earthy, figs, and oak.

The mouthfeel of the beer is thin and coating.

The body of the beer is medium-plus, low carbonation, and a medium finish.

The beer suffers from too many barrels from which it has been aged. The beer is acrid and unpleasing to my taste buds. Honestly, Mikkeller struck out on this beer. I would not recommend it to anyone. The nose is much more pleasing than the taste. The beer is closer to a porter in nature than a stout. The beer suffers from an identity crisis.

never been a fan much of mikkeller... and this one has a little brett in it?? interesting blend of flavors but the explosive tartness was not intended, i dont think.... pour is beautiful and chocolate-milk creamy, but after that it gets a little funky in more ways than one (no, i didnt pour all over my body). weird aftertaste. i mean weird.... washing it down with a Pliny at this point.... musty. develops into massive carbonation when poured into the mouth. boy, this will be fun later.... as close to a drain pour as it gets with out dumping it and moving on.... just bubbles in my mouth! i cant frickin' taste it....

 

 

Poursblack with a huge brown two finger head. Aroma of dark chocolate and Bourbon. Taste dark chocolate, espresso grinds, molasses, dark cherry juice, bourbon, tequila, brandy, cognac and a red wine finish. Tasty stout. It has a lot going on.

 

 

Picked this up at Beer King. Despite being a bit overpriced (I assume) decided to pick it up since I had never seen it in NJ.

Bottle exploded upon opening unfortunately. Pours a massive head, all mocha colored and opaque as well.

Coffee and bourbon are the predominant scents I smell here. Some dark chocolate and boozy notes as well.

Notes of assorted spirits are on the front of the flavor profile, but espresso is extremely dominant after that and it continues in the finish.

There's a certain coffee bitterness here, and along with the booziness, it doesn't really translate to a fantastic feel in my opinion.

Overall, this is typical Mikkelller for me. Over-priced, if interesting. I would not buy this again simply because it's price point is inaccessible for how good it actually is. It's interesting and even good and well done, but this isn't a explosion of flavor like you'd expect either.

 

Completely lacks the intricacy you'd expect from a six barrel barrel-paul beer.

B- (3.40) / WORTHY

 

 

 

 

 

Yuuuugggeee tan head. Black in color.

There is so much going on with this beer. Roasted malts. Char. Coffee and caramel. Chocolate. So many barrel flavors. Tequila shows, brandy shows, whisky shows. Just a lot going on.

Full bodied. Way to much carbonation.

I am not sure what to think of this beer. I think there is a bit too much going on.

11.2 oz. bottle

Pours black with a large dense creamy brown foam head. Smells like coffee, roasted malts, toasted bread, oats, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, mild bourbon, brandy, cherry wine, cognac, tequila, whiskey, charred oak, some dark fruits, with floral earthy herbal grassy pine. Tastes like dark coffee, roasted malts, toasted bread, oats, caramel, brown sugar, molasses, some bourbon, brandy, cherry wine, cognac, tequila, whiskey, charred oak barrel, some dark fruits, with floral earthy herbal grassy pine. Feels medium bodied, creamy and smooth with moderate low carbonation. Overall a really nice six barrel blended coffee oatmeal stout.