Spontansauternes
Mikkeller ApS

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From:
Mikkeller ApS
 
Denmark
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
92
Avg:
4.17 | pDev: 6.47%
Reviews:
16
Ratings:
55
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 24, 2016
Added:
Jun 04, 2013
Wants:
  8
Gots:
  7
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Ratings by smartassboiler:
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Rated by smartassboiler from Illinois

4/5  rDev -4.1%

Jan 04, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.43 by FatsoSvuLLo from Sweden

Sep 24, 2016
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Reviewed by Ciocanelu from Romania

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Amber color with off-white head. Aroma has lambic funk and some brown sugar. Taste is tart but not really sour, there is some underlying malt sweetness. The specific lambic funk is present but not cloying at all. It feels overall like a younger lambic. Medium body and carbonation, not too dry. Really good, easy to drink lambic with nice yeast funk.
Apr 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by Mattias from Sweden

Jan 12, 2016
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

4.46/5  rDev +7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
savagely underrated here on BA, this is one of the top beers in the series and arguably my favorite of the night we drank almost all of them. more funky than any others i can recall to date, so much developed brett and oak, its like something cantillon would make, every bit as good as any of their lambics i have experienced. nice soft yeasty haze to it, and a taller head than many of the others for whatever reason. maybe more carbonated up in the bottle due to its age. i can smell white grapes, tangy, more like wine than the fruit though, the yeast is the leader in the nose, and in the taste as well. layers of brett and lacto, acidic to funky and back again, dynamic, this is constantly changing, even every sip is different from the one before it, and by the time its almost room temperature, its about the most flavorful wild beer ive ever had. less fruit than expected, also likely a product of its age, but it isnt missing. i wish i could find more of this, but i know they are hard to come by now. dry as a bone, mouth watering for more, even the yeasty sludge tastes good in the bottom of the bottle. one of my favorite mikkeller beers ive ever had. if you see one out there, dont pass it up!!!
Jan 02, 2016
 
Rated: 4.18 by dcmchew from Romania

Dec 21, 2015
 
Rated: 4.19 by risenz from England

Dec 08, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by ArkyVaughan from New Jersey

May 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4.08 by TrilliumFan from Massachusetts

May 05, 2015
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Reviewed by MadCat from New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2012 Vintage

Look: A nice yellowy color with little head and no lacing

Smell: Light malts, champagne, some nice funk

Taste: Tart with a strong barnyard funk, a bit of subtle grapey flavor, reminiscent of a dryer white wine or champagne

Feel: Crisp carbonation, light body

Overall: An amazingly fantastic brew
Mar 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by GreenMountainBoy from Vermont

Nov 23, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by spycow from Illinois

Oct 17, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Smileitsfreetobehappy from Alaska

Sep 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Stum-pub from Connecticut

Jul 16, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by DrBier from Pennsylvania

Jul 04, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by bootdown21 from Connecticut

Jul 02, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by JoeMans from New York

May 26, 2014
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Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois

4.04/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2012 vintage.

When the bottle was opened there was a brief hiss, and the air filled with an intense skunk. Unfortunate, although the green bottle sure didn't help any. After 10-15 minutes, this dissipated and there was a more familiar farmhouse funk and wild yeast aroma akin to Cantillon. Honestly wouldn't be surprised if they cultured and pitched dregs from Cantillon bottles in this. Light aromas of cheese rind, damp wood, and soft lemon pith. It's pretty spot on in similarity to lambic, and there's little to no Sauternes character to it which was sort of a letdown. Clarity was fairly bright, carbonation was rapid, and there was a thin layer of crackling foam on the surface, depositing bits of lace here and there. Taste was bright and relatively sour, puckering lemony citrus and light dry oakiness round it out nicely. Overall it is worth a try, though miscategorized as a Gueuze.
May 07, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by mantissa from Oregon

Apr 12, 2014
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Reviewed by Seanniek91 from Rhode Island

4.27/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Served from a 375 capped bottle into an Allagash chalice. 2012 vintage. Aged in Sauternes barrels. Cellar temp.

Appearance- Clear golden color with big three finger bubly head that left some lacing.

Smell-Strong and funky. Lots of Lemon, vinager, limes, funky yeast, grapes, oak.

Taste- Sauternes barrel is totally there. Super buttery and grapey, but with a nice balence of tartness. Grapes, lemons, yeast, pear. Not overly sour like the smell suggested, but well balanced tartness and buttery oakieness.

Mouthfeel- Highly carbonated but light bodied. Juicy start, then finishes dry. Medium tartness.

Overall- Really nice surprise.
Apr 10, 2014
Spontansauternes from Mikkeller ApS
Beer rating: 92 out of 100 with 55 ratings