Challenger Single Hop IPA
Mikkeller ApS
- From:
- Mikkeller ApS
- Denmark
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.51 | pDev: 12.54%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 26
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jul 02, 2016
- Added:
- Jun 20, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
81
Good
81
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
3.43/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 2.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 2.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
**
04/27/2013
Mild Fruity, orange, almost pineapple, slight yeasty aroma. Orange color, cloudy. A lot of sediment, large white globules. Small Creamy head.Very refreshing. Alcohol is masked well. Light with a creamy finish.Smooth ,light feel. Very nice to drink. Carbonation is low, but this just feels right.A nice IPA.
**
Jul 02, 201604/27/2013
Mild Fruity, orange, almost pineapple, slight yeasty aroma. Orange color, cloudy. A lot of sediment, large white globules. Small Creamy head.Very refreshing. Alcohol is masked well. Light with a creamy finish.Smooth ,light feel. Very nice to drink. Carbonation is low, but this just feels right.A nice IPA.
**
Reviewed by GFM from New Jersey
3.55/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.55/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
All of the single hop offerings by Mikkeller have the same basic look, feel and flavor profile, with only slight variations in tone and taste. Like this one, pour a somewhat dark and cloudy amber shade with moderate head. For a modest ABV (just under 7), the smell is surprisingly boozy. Not a bitter hop bomb; sweetness and malt backbone are very evident. As I said, hard to distinguish among the beers in this series. All solid and a nice IPA alternative to the citrusy or bitter West Coast offerings. (8.5)
Mar 13, 2015
Reviewed by mfnmbvp from Illinois
3.76/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.76/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
11.2 fl oz. bottle, with no apparent bottled on date present. My third beer from the Mikkeller Single Hop series. Expectations are fairly high, based on my experience with the other two.
Poured into a clear balloon snifter glass.
A - Pours two fingers of creamy fluffy beige colored head. Body is a dark burnt sienna orange with some dark yeast sediment floating around near the bottom. Thins to a fluffy ring & some foam with trace amounts of lace. Looks very nice.
S - Smell is leafier and hoppier than the other two I've tried, but not by much. Faint caramel malts, wood, dried leaves, some Belgian yeast, and little else. I'm pretty hard pressed to find any distinct aroma from the challenger hops.
T - Taste is nice, but much in the same vain as the others. Earthy twiggy hop character and caramel malts, paired nicely with a touch of Belgian yeast.
M - Feel is smooth and creamy, with just a tad higher carbonation than the one I tried yesterday, Mikkeller Sorachi Ace. Little earthiness lingering on the palate.
Overall, I'd say that challenger hops are one of the more subtle varieties out there, lending a more herbal / leafiness to the mix than bitterness. Probably the least memorable of the three I've tried so far, but still an outstanding way to showcase this unique variety of hop.
Mikkeller Challenger ---4/5.
Aug 20, 2013Poured into a clear balloon snifter glass.
A - Pours two fingers of creamy fluffy beige colored head. Body is a dark burnt sienna orange with some dark yeast sediment floating around near the bottom. Thins to a fluffy ring & some foam with trace amounts of lace. Looks very nice.
S - Smell is leafier and hoppier than the other two I've tried, but not by much. Faint caramel malts, wood, dried leaves, some Belgian yeast, and little else. I'm pretty hard pressed to find any distinct aroma from the challenger hops.
T - Taste is nice, but much in the same vain as the others. Earthy twiggy hop character and caramel malts, paired nicely with a touch of Belgian yeast.
M - Feel is smooth and creamy, with just a tad higher carbonation than the one I tried yesterday, Mikkeller Sorachi Ace. Little earthiness lingering on the palate.
Overall, I'd say that challenger hops are one of the more subtle varieties out there, lending a more herbal / leafiness to the mix than bitterness. Probably the least memorable of the three I've tried so far, but still an outstanding way to showcase this unique variety of hop.
Mikkeller Challenger ---4/5.
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