Mikrobryggeriet Mikkeller
Beer Geek Breakfast
Brewed at Gourmetbryggeriet, Roskilde, Denmark
Alc. 7.5% vol. 66 cl.
A stout brewed with: water, malt (pale, oat, smoked, caramunich, brown, pale chocolate and chocolate), roasted barley, flaked oats, molasses, hops (palisade, centennial and cascade), ale yeast and gourmet coffee.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, many say, and if you are a beer geek there is no better way to start the day than with a powerful, complex morning stout. The unique mix of oats and coffee gives this beer large body and power, while the coffee, at the same time, creates a nice balance.
Jackie Brown
Brewed at Gourmetbryggeriet, Roskilde, Denmark
Alc. 6.0% vol. 66 cl.
A brown ale brewed with: water, malt (pilsner, munich, crystal, brown, pale chocolate and chocolate), flaked oats, hops and ale yeast. Had it been Quentin Tarantino’s heroine Jackie Brown, she would probably have said, “Shut your raggedy ass up,” and that would have been that. But this is Mikkellers Jackie Brown and it’s somewhat more mildly mannered. In fact this beautiful, brown beer’s characteristically, roasted malt taste nearly ends like chocolate on the tongue. And then it wouldn’t be a Mikkeller beer if it wasn’t well hopped. Here the green gold makes an otherwise dark beer surprisingly fresh and easy to drink.
Big Worse Barley Wine
Brewed at De Proef Brouwerij, Lochristi-Hijfte, Belgium
Alc. 12.0% vol. 375 ml.
A barley wine brewed with: water, malt (pils and caramunich), candy sugar, hops (nugget, cascade and centennial) and ale yeast. Big Worse is the long awaited big brother of the small test brew Big Bad Barley Wine. The idea behind Big Worse is still to make a simple yet heavy barley wine - just like it’s smaller brother. But this time both the alcohol and bitterness has been pumped up! Big Worse is both thick and sweet and is the perfect beer for desserts. Enjoy it now or keep it for many years. Best stored dark and at cellar temperature.
Black Hole
Brewed at De Proef Brouwerij, Lochristi-Hijfte, Belgium
Alc. 13.1% vol. 375 ml.
An imperial stout brewed with: water, malt, roasted barley, flaked oats, dark cassanade, honey, hops, coffee, vanilla and ale yeast. Finally……! Black Hole is what Mikkeller is all about. Daring, vulgar and extreme. From the very beginning Mikkellers goal has been to push the limit and with this warming, intense imperial stout, a new chapter in the Danish beer history has been written. The high bitterness from the hops and the sweetness from the malt and alcohol, creates a good balance which makes Black Hole an explosion of nuances, but also leaves a feeling of a perfect and complex beer – in the heavyweight category.
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