Weizenbock
Mikkeller ApS

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From:
Mikkeller ApS
 
Denmark
Style:
Weizenbock
ABV:
8.5%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.83 | pDev: 9.4%
Reviews:
12
Ratings:
25
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 08, 2019
Added:
Jan 03, 2012
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  2
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Ratings by Infamous7100:
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Reviewed by Infamous7100 from Ohio

4.28/5  rDev +11.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
A: Pours a bloody, orange, brown mix. Great looking slightly off white head.
S: Very complex. All kinds a bread and wheat but spliced nicely with what seems to be dark fruit like that of a Belgian Strong Dark Ale. Perhaps some slight citrus notes. Like where this going.
T: Again, nice complexity. Follows the nose closely, but the sweetness of the mallt and wheat is cut nicely by a robust booze flavor. At the middle, the dark fruit plays well into a slighty hoppy finish.
M: medium carbonation with a body that is light to medium but drinks heavier due to the boozy. Slick at first, but dry, clean finish.
O: What a fine effort and a rare one at that. Mikkeller impresses again. I love the independent take on the style. More boozy and fruity that your normal weizenbock, but it works. Try it.
May 11, 2012
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Reviewed by TooManyGlasses from Canada (AB)

3.87/5  rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
On me - long refrigerated but somewhat dated beer. Pours a very slightly hazy - near clear copper colour with one finger off white head and rambunctious carbonation racing up the glass. Aroma is bready, caramel malt, a touch of corny sweetness, hints of banana.
Taste is quite sweet with the caramel malt, banana notes, a little bit of clove, pepper and again a bit of corn in back.
Smooth medium full mouthfeel - alcohol is there but not overbearingly so, with the sweetness lingering. Quite enjoyable.
Mar 08, 2019
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Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain

3.33/5  rDev -13.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
From Degustasur. In Teku glass. Playing Avernum 3. Malty, caramelly, with alcohol notes yet nothing excessive, and light banana. Fine but a bit boring.
Jun 20, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by Mattias from Sweden

Sep 01, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by redfox405 from Virginia

Apr 10, 2017
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Reviewed by joaopmgoncalves from Portugal

4.41/5  rDev +15.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured to a stemmed glass.

A: The body is hazy yellow with a two finger thick white head. Looking good so far.
S: The aroma is very banana-y, clovy, it's very strong and pompuous.
T: The taste of clove is strong, close to wheat and malty profiles. This is damn good!
M: The body is medium high to high. Carbonation is perfect.
O: I'm starting to understand that I'm into weizenbocks.
Jan 18, 2017
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.82/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
330ml bottle - wow, a straight-up, old-world style from Mikkeller?

This beer pours a slightly hazy, medium copper amber colour, with four fingers of puffy, loosely foamy, and bubbly tan head, which leaves some dissipating fog bank lace around the glass as it lazily sinks away.

It smells of bready caramel malt, some gritty wheatiness, faint yeast, banana chips, generic citrus rind, clove and white pepper spice, and some gentle leafy and floral green hop bitters. The taste is bready and doughy caramel malt, tangy wheat notes, a peppy apple, pear, and blood orange fruitiness, more clove and tabletop peppercorn spice, and some very tame earthy, leafy, and ethereally perfumed floral hoppiness.

The bubbles are pretty laid-back in their timid frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and mostly smooth, maybe the yeast dulling the new paint job, in a manner of speaking. It finishes well off-dry, the heavy-hitter malt not exactly taking its foot off of the gas for even a moment.

Overall, this is a fairly complex, and enjoyable version of the style, albeit a somewhat sweet one. They do a bang-up job of integrating the 17-proof boozy-booze, and keep the de Proef yeast effects to a minimum (in a beer that actually calls for them). I wouldn't turn down another of these, if handed one by someone with money to burn.
Sep 20, 2016
 
Rated: 4.02 by EdgarGerik from Venezuela

Aug 12, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by JavierGC from Spain

Jul 21, 2016
 
Rated: 3.86 by SayBoom from Ukraine

May 08, 2016
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Reviewed by moose1980 from Germany

3.53/5  rDev -7.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Love Mikkeller. Love weizenbock. But this one was underwhelming. Not much going on with the aroma nor the taste. Perhaps Schneider Aventinus has simply ruined all others for me...
Mar 20, 2016
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Rated by Tfwoodard from England

4.47/5  rDev +16.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Excellent wheat beer, best I've tasted. More depth of flavour than Erdinger or Paulaner (two of my favourite wheat beers)
Jan 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by DrBier from Pennsylvania

Jul 28, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by CwrwAmByth from England

Jun 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Lukass from Ohio

Feb 02, 2014
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Reviewed by tmzl from Slovenia

3.48/5  rDev -9.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Look: relatively clear, some yeast floating around. Dark orange, amber. Almost no head, some foam islands. Medium carbonation, light lacing. Looks good, inviting.

Smell: Banana, caramel malt/wheat, fruity, passion fruit, some citrus (tangerine, orange). Also some alcohol spice.

Taste: Nice fruity (tangerines), yeasty start then goes into overly sweet, caramel wheat middle to rough alcohol feel. Sweetness sticks long in the aftertaste.

Mouthfeel: medium, solid carbonation, medium body; missing some creaminess. Warming due to the alcohol.

Overall: Fine beer, but far from the best representatives of weizenbock. Short on taste and mouthfeel. Alcohol and sweet character way to dominating.
Dec 09, 2013
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Reviewed by soulgrowl from England

3.73/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
It looks a treat, with a hazy, sturdy brick red-orange color and a smooth, solid white head. Smells phenomenally boozy and yeasty, like bread dough and brandy, with an utterly bizarre but totally unmistakable smell of pasta in tomato sauce. Must be something about doughy, fruity, and herbal notes coming together in unexpected ways to mimic cooked spaghetti, simmered tomatoes, and oregano.

Far less savory in terms of flavor – in fact, pretty standard for the style, except the alcohol is far more perceivable. Bananas, caramelized pineapple, rum, bitter orange; if it weren't for a cellar-like mustiness, this would taste downright tropical. Instead it tastes distinctly Germanic, with floral honey and and a bounty of earthy yeast.

Pretty good, but laughable in comparison to some of the German classics (see: Aventinus). Too hot and also not rich or complex enough.
Oct 20, 2013
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Reviewed by SmashPants from Australia

4.16/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Bottle: standard brown 330mL bottle, average craft label.

Appearance: pours an ever-so-slightly hazy orange-copper colour with minimal fine carbonation. A solid one-finger white head jumps up - great retention and solid lacing.

Aroma: quite sweet, with a definite soft citrus up front - mandarines with some light biscuit malts and wheat. Decent but not mind-blowing due to its demure nature.

Taste: great complexity here - bread malts and heavy wheat with dark fruits and spices. Still some of those lovely sweet citrus flavours hanging around too. Nice.

Aftertaste: the sweetness lingers well but without being over the top.

Mouth feel: medium to heavy body with moderate carbonation. A warm smoothness due to the 8.5% ABV. Again, nice.

Overall: this is the second beer I have had from Mikkeller (the other being the Koppi Coffee IPA), and they have thoroughly impressed thus far. Well worth it every now and then when the wallet allows.
Jul 21, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by Rwalford74 from Australia

Feb 16, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by MarkyMOD from Colorado

Sep 29, 2012
Weizenbock from Mikkeller ApS
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 25 ratings