It seems that the varieties to the Mikkeller Spontan Series as well as any other beer they make is utterly endless! Most (if not all) of the Spontan Series is listed on here as unique beers. However, how many of those have actually been bottled? I am not able to find a definitive list anywhere online. The purpose of this posting, is so that we might have a complete/semi-complete list for anyone collecting them or just wondering what is out there! So, if you are seeing this, please comment with any Mikkelller Spontan beers that you have had, or even seen before in bottles so that I may be able to compile a list that I will then post here. This list also includes variations that are soon to be released/newly released at the time of the original post. All variants on this list have been double-checked to make sure at least one bottling of said variant has been done * - Label images exist but cannot find any pictures of bottles themselves ** - New variant coming to bottles soon if not already in them somewhere in the world at the time of post. Spontan: Apricot Basil (Collaboration with Lindemans) Beetroot Blackthorn Cassis CherryFramboos Cherry Frederiksdal Cherry Frederiksdal BA Chardonnay Edition Cherry Frederiksdal BA Malaga Edition Chokeberry Cranberry Double Blueberry Dryhop Centennial Dryhop Citra Dryhop Mosaic Dryhop Simcoe Elderflower Figs* Framboos Fruit Salad Gooseberry Grape Green Apple Hibiscus Jorge Spontanale 4 month Koppi Kriek Lemon** Lingonberry Lychee* Mandarin Mango Noble Orange Passion Fruit Peach Pear Pineapple Red Currant Red Grape Riesling Rosehip Sauternes Seabuckthorn Sour Cherry SpontanaAarhus Spontanale SpontanBarcelona Sweet Cherry Triple Blueberry** Vesterbro Spontanale Watermelon White Grape Wild Strawberry Yuzu** In case you were wondering, that is 55 total listed here. Please feel free to leave feedback of any sort and if you know of any that I may have missed.
Additions that were either missed or have since been created since I made this list. Blackberry Carrot Sweet Cherry Faro
Nelson The newest to be released. I do not believe any further have surfaced in bottles other than that recently.
I've had the following: Spontanredgrape: 4.4 Spontanmandarin: 3.5 Spontanpeach: 3.25 Spontanlingonberry: 3.64 I guess I thought redgrape was good, but the rest are sorta marginal.
I've had the following. This is only Indy distro for the most part. Pineapple Seabuckthorn Basil Orange Whitegrape Beetroot Recurrant (draught) Doublekiwi (draught) Cherry Frederiksdal Cassis Noble Gooseberry Rosehip Elderflower Peach Kriek WildStrawberry Framboos Unsure if any of these are new to you. I recently got Yuzu, but haven't had it yet. Big fan of the series. Hope you can get a ton of them. Sounds fun! Cheers!
Also, isn't the Whitegrape the same thing as the Riesling? I'm pretty sure it's the same beer with 2 different labels. Same goes for Noble and Sauternes.
I believe you are correct with Sauternes/Noble but not sure about Whitegrape and Riesling. I actually recently picked up a Polly 2 which is Young Spontanale aged in Sherry Casks to correspond with Stella 7 which is Old Spontanale aged in Sherry Casks. The latter I don't have. I love how he has special beers for his two girls.
I've had Orange (draught) Dryhop Centennial (draught) Pineapple (draught) Watermelon (draught) Pear (draught) Cherry Frederiksdal (draught) Peach Mandarin (draught) Framboos (draught) I currently have in bottle Cherry Frederiksdal Rosehip Kriek Red Currant Framboos old bottle and new can Red Grape Wild Strawberry Watermelon Orange Peach Pineapple Sea Buckthorn Pear Gooseberry Green Apple Elderflower Cassis Double Blueberry Chokeberry Beetroot Lemon Yuzu Dryhop Simcoe Dryhop Centennial Dryhop Citra Soon to have (trade) Cherry Frederiksdal Chardonnay and Malaga respectively. Will get to have Lingonberry on tap today or tomorrow and a local bar to me has Carrot to be tapped soon.
Quick question: The bottles I have all read "Brewed & Bottled by Mikkeller at De Proef Brouwerij," or "Brewed by De Proef Brouwerij." I thought I also read somewhere that they get the wort from other lambic producers. So... Does De Proef brew the base lambic and then Mikkeller oaks it and fruits it at De Proef? Or does Mikkeller get wort from some other lambic brewer and then mature it at De Proef?
Found this thread that seems to lean toward a mix of whatever lambic he can buy, but "Brewed by De Proef" is throwing me off. https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/base-for-mikkeller-spontan-beers.370903/
Dr. Lambic says, "The base for all of Mikkeller’s spontaneously fermented beers is brewed and aged in barrels under contract at De Proefbrouwerij," but doesn't cite a source. Maybe that's the real truth and the idea that it's blended from multiple producers is just legend. http://sourbeerblog.com/mikkeller-spontanwhitegrape-spontanchokeberry/
Ironically enough I've read this article before myself. Mikkeller being a gypsy brewery doesn't have an actual brewery other than Mikkeller San Diego which opened this year. On all of their bottles it will say brewed by/at "insert name here." Most of them are De Proef in Belgium but some have been done by Lervig in Norway. I know De Proef does most if not all of their beers now and that the Mikkeller San Diego line is it's entirely own entity with different packaging for its beers. As far as where the base lambic(s) actually comes from, I have no idea and have heard both accounts which you mentioned in your comments.
Haven't had that one but was wondering when we'd start seeing it in the states. They announced it a few months ago. I'm actually planning to take a nice photo of all the ones that I have currently and then start drinking them over time. Would love to do one big tasting but I really want to enjoy these. Will probably post here when I have the photo.
About to drink a Spontancarrot tonight. Cheers! Where are you located in Ohio? I frequent Columbus area. If you're around those parts, we should meet up sometime in 2017 for some Spontan sampling!
I think I had a small taste of that one but not enough to log it as officially had. I'm about 2 hours north of Columbus currently. If it ever worked out I'd maybe be interested in the potential for that to happen. It will probably take me over a year to get through them all haha. Will try to share them all with my fiance as she enjoys them too.
Holy fish sticks. Nice collection. What's your favorite? I've always wanted to try more of these, but have only had three. I picked them up whenever a bottle shop put them on clearance. Another bottle shop has about a dozen varieties, and they have been knocking down the price recently.
Damn I want a shop that knocks the price off of them haha. My favorite that I've had (since I clearly haven't had most of these yet) was easily the Cherry Frederiksdal on tap at Mikkeller Bar in San Francisco. Will be interesting to see how the variants of that stack up!
@DominicOH I rarely see this stuff on tap, if ever. I would probably try more if I found it. The cheaper prices are still right around $10 for the 375mL. Not exactly the most expensive beer, but not the cheapest. The part that really keeps me from diving in is once I start the series, I'll be driven to try more and more.
Haha yeah I can definitely understand that! The artwork done by Keith Shore is really what gets me and I'm just a fan of Mikkeller in general. I even have a framed screen print on my wall of the Spontan Framboos. I rarely see it on tap here in Ohio but every now and then. I just saw you're in Missouri, I'm looking forward to the day we get Piney River here (even if it is awhile away). I always tell them on social media to come to Ohio haha.
Mikkeller's Beer Geek Brunch is one the beers responsible for my love for beer. Mikkeller's coffee offerings have had a soft spot in my heart ever since. If I could get a print of those labels, I may get one. Haha. Nice! I need to try some Piney River stuff. I keep over looking it with how many other good things are showing up.
I definitely understand and agree with all of that! Not sure I'll get to try any (fiance's Aunt's live in Missouri and they sometimes bring stuff up) but I'm really looking forward to seeing how Piney River progresses with the Wild Ales/Sours coming out this year. Nothing I've had from them has been life changing, but I really like what they are about and are just super solid. Their Masked Bandit Black IPA is my second favorite too (behind Black Rajah).
Delicious beer series! Curious I have 3 Spontancassis bottles with the date 21/05/25 on the top. Can anyone tell me the bottle date? Thanks for your time!!
I'm actually not too sure, but if my memory serves correctly from others I have bought, I would guess 10 years from the bottle date.
Cool I read about another beer that said 10 years and wasn't sure if they kept it the same across the board or what. The store in PCB I picked these up from made it seem these had been on the shelves for some time. Had one and it was too good not to come back with three more. Should've brought some other variants back too
At most I'd guess 12 years. If I have a chance, I'll check my spontan collection and see if I can help as I have a good memory of when I picked them up/they were released.
I love Mikkeller and all their weirdness and rarities. I've had dozens and dozens (and dozens) of their beers and been to Mikkeller Copenhagen/SF and next month Barcelona! I never see much love or interest for them on these boards so thanks for this interesting post @DominicOH Just a side note, have you had any of the Mikkeller SD beers, like the hazy NE stuff they can biweekly now? What do you think?
That would be much appreciated! I like to know because I'm thinking of giving one of these in a BIF and don't want to mislead someone
Just checked my bottle of Lingonberry and I picked that one up last year, and it is indeed 10 years as suspected.
SpontanFermier added to the list. Collaboration between Mikkeller and Side Project. I'm not aware of any other new bottled varietals at this time.
Might be over a year since you commented this, but that's super awesome! I just recently (a few months back) had the SD version of Vanilla Shake and it blew me away. Exactly the same beer I fell in love with the first time I had it.
