Brewery: Mikkeller ApS Country: Denmark ABV: 6.9% Style: American IPA Other Notes: Brewed & canned by Mikkeller at De Proef Brouwerij
Brewer Description: (from can) Single Hop Series – Simcoe
My rating: 3 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.88 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7
Intro: A 330ml can with a best before date of 7th November 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass. Appearance: It was a dark copper amber colour with a two finger off white head that had good retention and left nice lacing. Aroma: Pineapple and candied orange sweetness with hints of caramel, berries, pine and grapefruit. Taste: Sweet malt, light caramel, pine, grass and herbal with hints of bitter citrus and mixed berries. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Overall: This was pretty good, but the malts seemed to take charge when it was supposed to showcase a single hop, which was a bit disappointing. However I did feel that this was the best of the four Single Hop Series that I tried.
Brewery: Mikkeller ApS Country: Denmark ABV: 6.9% Style: American IPA Other Notes: Brewed & canned by Mikkeller at De Proef Brouwerij
Brewer Description: (from can) Single Hop Series – Mosaic.
My rating: 3 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.64 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.5
Intro: A 330ml can with a best before date of 9th November 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass. Appearance: A slightly hazy copper amber colour with a two finger off white head that had good retention and left nice lacing. Aroma: A good mix of citrus orange and mandarin with tropical papaya and mango plus hints of pine and grass. Taste: Malty sweet biscuit and caramel with bitter citrus rind, peel and orange. Maybe hints of mango and pine on the finish, but not much. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Overall: Not as good as Cascade or Simcoe, but like the others, the malts overpowered the hops and was just ok.
Brewery: Mikkeller ApS Country: Denmark ABV: 6.9% Style: American IPA Other Notes: Brewed & canned by Mikkeller at De Proef Brouwerij
Brewer Description: (from can) Single Hop Series – Citra.
My rating: 3 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.58 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.4
Intro: A 330ml can with a best before date of 8th November 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass. Appearance: A hazy dark amber colour with a two finger off white head that had good retention and left lots of nice lacing. Aroma: A bit light but there’s citrus and tropical grapefruit, melon and peach with hints of caramel and pine. Taste: Bitter grapefruit, citrus orange, pine, grass and caramel maltiness. The booziness was also actually quite obvious here. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Overall: This was ok, but the malts overpowered the hops and it was surprisingly boozy.
Brewery: Mikkeller ApS Country: Denmark ABV: 6.9% Style: American IPA Other Notes: Brewed & canned by Mikkeller at De Proef Brouwerij
Brewer Description: (from can) Single Hop Series – Cascade.
My rating: 3 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.8 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.7
Intro: A 330ml can with a best before date of 8th November 2017. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass. Appearance: A clear orangey dark amber colour with a one finger off white head that had good retention and left nice lacing. Aroma: Grapefruit, grass, citrus tea and a hint of sweet caramel malt. Taste: Orange juice, grapefruit, grass, pine, caramel malt and spicy peppery notes. Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Overall: Second to Simcoe, but better than Citra and Mosaic. The malts overpowered the supposed showcased hops though, but it was still nice.
Brewery: Three Floyds Brewing Co. x Mikkeller ApS x Warpigs Brewpub Country: USA ABV: 12% Style: American Imperial Stout
Brewer Description: (from website) The Black Flame (La Flama Negro). It burns bright for those who care to notice. It takes a true beer lover to stray from the norm and experience real flavor. If you can’t handle the black flame, you can’t handle adventure. Made in conjunction with Mikkeller.
My rating: 2 My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.42 My ratebeer.com rating: 3.2
Intro: A 22oz bomber, I think bottled in 2015 (but nothing clearly marked on the bottle). Poured into a snifter. Appearance: It was black in colour with a dark brown hue on the sides and a one finger mocha head that had decent retention and left some nice small spotty lacing. Aroma: Orange citrus fruitiness and milk chocolate with hints of roasty coffee and some kind of spiciness. Taste: Milk chocolate and molasses sweetness, roasted coffee and orange citrus with a hint of dark chocolate bitterness. Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with low carbonation. Overall: You’d think that orange and chocolate flavours go well together, and it started off ok enough. But after a while, it just felt a bit too sweet and hard to finish. The orange was overpowering compared to the chocolate and I think it would have been better if it was the other way around. Just didn’t quite work for me.
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