This Weekend's Beer Mk. V - Stout Hearted

Rust is not a good sign. Means the beer's suffered from being oxidised though it doesn't always affect the taste as much as you'd think.

 

My local beer specialist has a range of Mikkeller bottles - they finally arrived a few months back and are steadily taking up more and more shelf space. Many are eye-wateringly expensive though; I'd love to try I Beat You but I'm not paying more than £5 for it. However there are a couple of new additions that don't cost quite so much....

 

Oh dear. Not sure about the rust - I've seen it a few times on the rim of the bottle mouth where the cap is crimped on, but never the cap as a whole. Can't say I've noticed it correlating with anything bad.....but perhaps I was drunk.

 

Mikkeller has rarely let me down with one or two exceptions and I've never felt like I've been short changed

I do think Nogne 0 are generally a notch higher

They don't knock out anywhere near as many beers as Mikkeller but I think the quality is just that little bit better

 

The Mikkeler do seem to be a bit hyped up in price. I bought a bottle of their Black from BoE 3 years ago priced at £9.99 for a 37.5cl bottle. They had it in stock again last year I think at £8 odd! aaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhh!!!!!!!!!

 

Just had the Ruthless Rye this weekend past - thought it was a fantastic beer! Tasty malt with nice aromatic citrus.