Cluster Single Hop IPA
Mikkeller ApS
- From:
- Mikkeller ApS
- Denmark
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.9%
- Score:
- 77
- Avg:
- 3.28 | pDev: 17.68%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 30
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 22, 2016
- Added:
- Jun 18, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
77
Okay
77
Okay
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
2.33/5 rDev -29%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
2.33/5 rDev -29%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
3 inch white cap. Murky copper-brown body. Retention is pretty good - ~7 minutes. Brown specks are visible in the head.
Aroma is quite malty. Bready. Even lightly soapy. Caramel.
Bready. Caramel. Graham cracker? Hop character is extremely poor...barely noticeable at all. Balance is lackluster, favoring the malts over the hops - completely wrong for the style. Overall flavour profile is poor. Stale malt taste is predominant.
Smooth, wet, medium-bodied, fairly well-carbonated.
Drinkable but severely underwhelming. Some of Mikkeller's worst work.
Low D+ (2.33)
Jan 22, 2016Aroma is quite malty. Bready. Even lightly soapy. Caramel.
Bready. Caramel. Graham cracker? Hop character is extremely poor...barely noticeable at all. Balance is lackluster, favoring the malts over the hops - completely wrong for the style. Overall flavour profile is poor. Stale malt taste is predominant.
Smooth, wet, medium-bodied, fairly well-carbonated.
Drinkable but severely underwhelming. Some of Mikkeller's worst work.
Low D+ (2.33)
Reviewed by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia
3/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Dark copper body, mild haze, half inch of tan head. Earthy, malty, herbal, grassy aroma. Malt forward. Ok flavor, but certainly not fresh. Please put a date on beers meant to be consumed fresh.
Jun 03, 2015
Rated by Big_V from Maryland
1.16/5 rDev -64.6%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1
1.16/5 rDev -64.6%
look: 1.25 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.25 | overall: 1
A dark brown with much floaties. Horrid taste. This can't be right. Drain pour.
Mar 28, 2015
Rated by crosenkrantz from Switzerland
3.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Citric with red fruits aftertaste. Amazing.
Mar 10, 2015
Reviewed by ordybill from Georgia
3.34/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.34/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 OZ bottle into a pint glass. Aroma- Fruit and hops. Appearance- This beer is a reddish amber color with a large off-white head.. Taste- Has a pretty good hop flavor. Palate- A medium bodied beer with moderate to heavy carbonation. Overall- A slightly better than average IPA
Sep 06, 2014
Reviewed by jujigatame from Massachusetts
3.27/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.27/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Mikkeller Cluster Single Hop IPA
330ml bottle with no date, consumed 6/17/14, 6.8%, served in shaker pint.
Very foamy. Cloudy dark orange with some sediment.
Clean grassy smell with some light caramel malt.
More grass in the taste. Some initially sharp bitterness on the back end. Slight dry pine taste. Feels more English than American as an IPA so far. Serious head retention with lacing that's Guinness-esque. Any fruit that's in the taste is leaning toward mild citrus. Overall the flavor was okay, not too bitter.
I picked this up as a curiosity to fill the last spot in a mixed 6 and then only because it was marked down by half. With no idea how old this is I'm afraid it's not of great use to judge the characteristics of Cluster hops. Ended up just being a decent English tasting IPA to me.
Jun 19, 2014330ml bottle with no date, consumed 6/17/14, 6.8%, served in shaker pint.
Very foamy. Cloudy dark orange with some sediment.
Clean grassy smell with some light caramel malt.
More grass in the taste. Some initially sharp bitterness on the back end. Slight dry pine taste. Feels more English than American as an IPA so far. Serious head retention with lacing that's Guinness-esque. Any fruit that's in the taste is leaning toward mild citrus. Overall the flavor was okay, not too bitter.
I picked this up as a curiosity to fill the last spot in a mixed 6 and then only because it was marked down by half. With no idea how old this is I'm afraid it's not of great use to judge the characteristics of Cluster hops. Ended up just being a decent English tasting IPA to me.
Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
2.83/5 rDev -13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.83/5 rDev -13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Bottle: Poured a dirty cloudy amber color ale with a large light brown foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of dusty dank hops with leafy notes and some biscuit malt notes. Taste is dominated by dank musty hoppy notes withleafy notes and some biscuit malt. Body is full with good carbonation. Another one where I do have to ask why do retailer keep overpriced IPA which don’t move with no freaking bottling date.
Jun 14, 2014
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