Pecan Pie
Decadent Ales

Copenhagen 29/6 2019. 47 cl can from Mikkeller Web-shop. Yellow can with strange drawings of guys apparently dressed as Pecan Pies running around with funny hats amid Pecan nuts.

Pours murky golden yellow with a small white head. Settles as flimsy layer of foam unable to cover the surface of the beer. No lacing.

Aroma is heavily laden with sweetness. Lactose, milk chocolate, toffee, sugar. Underlying bitterness of dark chocolate. Nutty notes.

Light carbonation. Slightly thick, sticky, oily, soft, lightly tingling texture.

Flavor is heavy sweet followed by medium strong rough bitterness. Aftertaste is sweet with the bitterness lurking just behind. Lingering.

I am not sure i get the concept of stuffing a dessert into an DIPA. The Dessert clearly wins the battle and the bitterness of the DIPA seems a bit off.

 

ABV 6.8. Pours slightly murky, gold in color with 1/4 inch head. Taste is pecan pie with light maple syrup and citrus. Medium-light bodied, moderate carbonation, slightly sweet. Breakfast in a can. Sweet and tasty but a one can at a time beer for me.

 

Poured from a tallboy can into a Dogfish Head tulip

L: Dark golden pour with 2 fingers of fluffy white head. Nice ring of sticky lacing... sediment at the end of the pour.

S: Pecan and sweets. Maple syrup and pancakes.

T.F: Sweet up front... very strong maple syrup. Lighter on the pecan/nuts. Hopping for bitterness/balance but really not a lot of IPA character here outside of a little nondescript fruitiness. Creamy/buttery mouthfeel. A bit boozy and warming.

O: An interesting beer... sweet and tasty, but not really an IIPA. Not one I'd want a steady dose of, but made for a unique change of pace. Not really sure why they did this to an IIPA.

 

 

-IIPA with pecan and maple syrup.

A: A tall milky cream topping of two inches stands steadily on the vessel, while a good show of macro bubbles boil underneath at a moderate rate. Rustic, milky dense orange coloring with an interesting lace web design left behind on the vessel. Burnt orange coloring and the head is the strong point of the visual.

S: Pecan pie aroma is strong and defined with plenty of maple syrup sweetness and whip cream scents. Hints of dry chocolate, buttery custard and peanut butter. Sweet nuttiness of good strength with vanilla rounds out. Really hits the mark on intention.

T: Flavor was buttery sweet chocolate and maple syrup. Pecan and vanilla highlights along with sweet toffee. Some candy sugar, caramel, and pie crust maltiness. Soft, dry flowery hoppiness finishes out.

M: Full bodied, thick and sticky of hop resins and syrupy like consistency.

O: The can in inviting, and perhaps leading to some sensory projections. The hopping is more backdrop to a sweet dessert style pecan pie like flavor. Good first impression, props for innovation and execution but a limited drinkability. Very true to intentions, with a forward sweetness of maple syrup.

 

 

I'm not sure if IPA is the best beer style for a Pecan Pie flavor. It seems like a stout or porter would be more appropriate for this sort of flavor. It's not a terrible beer, but the hoppiness throws me off. You do taste a hint of pecan, but I get more of the sweetness from the maple more than anything else.

Aroma brings toasted sugared pecans and a touch of maple syrup.

Flavor has a good dose of maple. Light touch of pecans. Nothing of an IPA impression.

Carries some booziness.....wouldn't call it cloying but I wouldn't recommend for a diabetic person.

Unique enough and I'm kind of sucker for maple beers. While the pecans shine on the aroma, it's all maple on the taste. Totally lacking in IPA qualities. Curious why they used an IPA base for this rather than a brown ale or something. Whatever the case it's enjoyable.

Cloudy orange gold color with a glass 4.5 F head in a Spiegelau glass.

Aroma isn’t as strong as the taste. Mild pecan, maple syrup.

Very smooth MF, sticky.

Great taste. Deep maple syrup and pecans.

I continue to enjoy the beers from this brewery.

Poured a golden orange body with minimal head and lace. The aroma has bits of maple syrup and a nuttiness to it. Thick, heavy, this beer has a nutty caramel and syrupy sweetness that is slightly cloying (and artificial) with a boozy burn on the finish.

L: Poured from a tallboy can to a snifter glass. Had an orange-yellow color and a cloudy consistency. There was a half inch of foamy, somewhat long-lasting head. Excellent lacing.

S: A very nice aroma of nuts, maple syrup, hops, citrus fruit, malt, and tropical fruit.

T: Tasted of a little bit of malt (not a big presence), a decent amount of citrus fruit (orange), a lot of maple syrup (a big component), some of the advertised pecans, a moderate amount of hops, and some tropical fruit (mango, pineapple). An interesting, sweet and subtle flavor. It's an odd combination of DIPA and you know, pecan pie, but it works. Tasty.

F: A good amount of carbonation with a smooth finish. Medium-bodied.

O: A strangely likable DIPA. Worth a try.

sweet buttery pecans and maple syrup aroma, caramelized toffee-like notes, tropical, citrusy floral hops, maple, nutty pecan flavor, caramelized malts, slight tropical fruits, mango, pineapple, orange citrus, grapefruit rind, floral herbal earthy grassy pine, surprisingly dry and balanced taste, not overly sweet, hoppy, juicy and reminiscent of pecan pie

Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on March 29, 2019. Not as bad as I thought it would be but still nothing I would go out of my way to try again.