Hop Burn Low
Mikkeller ApS

Pours a filtered amber to orange color with a huge, pillowy head atop.

Smells of resinous lime, caramel and riper papaya.

Has a truly disgusting, burning and unbalanced mouthfeel, which makes it quite impossible to drink this.

Tastes of an old school iipa with all the typical flavors you would expect. The only interesting thing in this is, that all of them collide to an undrinkable mess, based on the beer‘s overly high abv and poor, scratchy, too hot mouthfeel.

This is the worst.

 

 

 

A really good imperial lager. Everything about it reminds me of oranges and orange peel.

 

10% imperial pale lager that pours a slightly hazed orange gold color. The aroma is of fresh citrus zest, green tea, apricot and honey. The flavor has more of the intense orange citrus note, substantial bready malt, but bitter. Alcohol is well hidden for a 10% imperial pils, but it's still there. Hop flavor is plentiful with semi tropical notes and some herbal elements. Full bodied, carbonated lager that is damn smooth. Another winner from Mikkeller, solid hoppy strong lager.

 

 

 

 

 

 

330ml bottle poured into a globe-shaped snifter glass.

A - Pours a cloudy orange body with a frothy though not very dense head.

S - Citrus notes, caramel, honey and some floral notes. My bottle is not super fresh, but the hoppy aroma is still there.

T - Starts hoppy right away, with juicy grapefruit, peach and lemon notes. The malty side is less apparent though still there: bread, honey, caramel. The finish is indeed lagerish, with dry bread notes and lemon zest. I like how the heavy hop bitterness is dwarfed by the aromatic side, and how the sweetness is balanced very well.

M - This is dangerously drinkable. At 10% ABV this barely tastes like 7-8%. The carbonation level is moderate, the mouthfeel is almost creamy; the bitterness is very strong yet does not linger for too long.

O - I have never had a bad beer from Mikkeller, but I have had some overrated ones. This beer is by no means overrated; in fact, I dare say this is way better than some reviewers make it sound like. Great drinkable IIPA brewed with lager yeast.