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Mikkeller ApS

 

 

 

 

A: Hoppy with aromas of citrus, tropical fruit with light bready malt.

A: Orange/yellow color, opaque, with a thin, fine ring of head and light sheen across the glass.

T: Lots of tropical fruit, citrus and light bready malts, fruity that finishes with a mild hop bitterness.

M: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation and fairly juicy mouth-feel.

O: Solid; the beer has a solid hop profile that complements the fruity yeast and juicy mouth-feel.

 

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 9/26/2017. Pours opaquely hazy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, lemon, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, white bread dough, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, lemon, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, white bread dough, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very mild pine, citrus zest, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, peach, lemon, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus zest, light pepper/pine, wheat, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Slightly increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 7%. Overall this is an outstanding NEIPA! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical hops and bready malt flavors; extremely smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Huge on juicy hop complexity; with an outstanding soft creamy balancing malt mouthfeel, as expected for the style. Never overly sweet/heavy feeling. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on style example.

 

 

 

Pours a murky light orange, with fine foam that leaves abit of lacing on the glass.

Smell is very juicy and tropical, witg big hits of mango and orange, with a bit of grassiness in the back.

Taste is sweet and tropical up front. Juicy mango and orange fuse with a fairly mild hop bite. Finish is a little bit tart and creamy.

Mouthfeel is medium, soft and pillowy. Good level of carbonation.

Overall a terrific NE IPA, quite mellow and not very bitter.

 

 

 

 

 

Super hazy beer that looks like white grapefruit juice. Really fluffy, white head that leaves random globs of lacing behind. The aroma is sweet and floral with melon, grapefruit and pine. Sweet up front with grassiness, melon, citrus and then finishing with a great piney bitterness. There are some floral tastes that waft into the nasal cavity at the end. Quite a tasty beer.