Beer Me! — Mikkeller — København, Denmark

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DK-1766 København
Telephone: +45 2622 3489
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Notes

Contributors: Mario Kornmesser, Jacob SjÃºrÃ°ur Hansen

Mikkeller brew many of their beers at Ørbæk Bryggeri and at De Proef Brouwerij.

Updated: February 10, 2024

News

2024-01-18: Carlsberg Buys 20% Stake in Mikkeller (ProBrewer)
2021-10-13: Breweries Pull Out of Mikkeller Beer Festival in Response to Sexual Harassment Allegations (ProBrewer)
2015-02-17: Mikkeller To Purchase AleSmith Brewing’s Brewhouse on Cabot Drive (The Full Pint)
2014-11-11: No brewery, no problem for Copenhagen’s Mikkeller (Boston Globe)

Beer List

10 Single Hop IPA
1000 IBU Double IPA

Experimental Beer

9.60% abv.
All Others Pale
Amarillo Single Hop IPA
American Dream / Danish Dream

American-Style Lager

4.60% abv.
Awards:
- Gold Medal, 2011 Stockholm Beer Festival
Barrel Aged Breakfast
Beer Geek Breakfast

Coffee Flavored Beer

7.50% abv.
- Date: August 10, 2007 (#6591)
  
  Package: bottled
  
  Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE
  
  Score: 17 points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Black. Moderate dense brown head.
  
  Aroma (3)
  Sweet coffee. Malty. Oatmeal. Hint of oxidation.
  
  Mouthfeel (9)
  Big smooth body, low carbonation. Big malt character with lots of coffee. Nicely balanced. Some lingering coffee bitterness.
  
  Overall Impression (2)
  "Oatmeal Stout Brewed with Coffee". Bottle conditioned. $10⁶⁹ for a 750 ml bottle. "Brewed and bottled by Mikkeller at GourmetBryggeriet, Roskilde, Denmark".

10.90% abv.

Barley Wine-Style Ale

11.00% abv.

Big Worse

Barley Wine-Style Ale

12.00% abv.

Date: January 24, 2008 (#6839)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Deep red. Pretty hazy. Moderate foamy head.

Aroma (3)
Big dark caramel malt. Some alcohol. Huge fruity, earthy, grassy hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
HUGE beer. Phenomenally malty, with a BLAST of alcohol up front. Massively hopped, spicy and earthy.

Overall Impression (2)
An incredibly in-your-face beer. "Brewed and bottled by Mikkeller at De Proef".

Big Worse Bourbon Cask

Big Worst

Specialty Beer

17.60% abv.

Date: June 12, 2010 (#8256)

Package: bottled

Place: Brix, Omaha NE

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Red-orange. Translucent. Low dense head.

Aroma (3)
Very grainy. Malty. Alcoholic.

Mouthfeel (9)
This beer is a monster. Thick, sweet, and malty. Lots of biscuit malt, lots of grassy hop flavor, lots of alcohol. Fruity, with a toast-and-jam flavor. Bready, alcoholic finish.

Overall Impression (2½)
Definitely want to put some of this in the cellar.

Black

Imperial Stout

17.50% abv.

Date: August 2, 2008 (#7236)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Dense brown head.

Aroma (3)
Alcohol. Lots of malt, sweet chocolate.

Mouthfeel (10)
Huge, smooth. Massively malty. Massively chocolatey. Massively alcoholic. Coconut notes. Caramel notes. Toffee notes.

Overall Impression (3)
Massively tasty beer. Brewed at De Proef.

Date: November 22, 2008 (#7546)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Completely black. Big beige head.

Aroma (3)
Huge piney hops. Lots of chocolate and malt.

Mouthfeel (10)
Big and smooth and resiny and spicy and black and malty and alcoholic. Some oaky-vanilla-coconut flavor. Spicy alcohol and roasted sweet malt in the finish.

Overall Impression (3)
"Stout brewed with coffee". I turned down a pint of this beer atØrsted Ølbar in København because I thought I had tasted it already. My mistake.

Date: July 12, 2010 (#8276)

Package: bottled

Place: Brix, Omaha NE

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Golden amber. Thick head.

Aroma (3½)
Spicy, grapefruit.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Fruity hop flavor, resiny bitterness. Caramel malt underneath.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: November 29, 2010 (#8365)

Package: bottled

Place: Brix, Omaha NE

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Amber. Huge head.

Aroma (3½)
Big citrus-grapefruit hops. Biscuity.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, smooth. Chewy-malty with loads of citrusy, piney hop flavor and bitterness.

Overall Impression (2)
Good clean hoppy beer.

Date: October 11, 2010 (#8315)

Package: bottled

Place: Brix, Omaha NE

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Amber, hazy. Thick head.

Aroma (3)
Perfumey. Grapes.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Biscuity malt underlies a fruity hop flavor and moderate bitterness. Mildly perfumey. Smooth hoppy finish.

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: October 26, 2008 (#7506)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Amber. Massive fluffy head.

Aroma (3)
Fruity. Biscuity. Grassy.

Mouthfeel (8)
Big, chewy, and malty. Really fruity, with a resiny bitterness.

Overall Impression (2)
Bottle-conditioned.

Date: August 7, 2010 (#8280)

Package: bottled

Place: Brix, Omaha NE

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Deep amber. Hazy. Massive head.

Aroma (3)
Bready. Mild spicy hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Big and bitter and fruity. Lots of sweet malt. Reasonably bitter. Mildly spicy, but overall really pretty sweet and fruity.

Overall Impression (2)
Brewed at De Proef.

Date: May 20, 2008 (#7040)

Package: draught

Place: Ørsted Ølbar, København K

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Golden-amber. Hazy. Thick dense head.

Aroma (3)
Intensely fruity, lemony.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, fizzy. Sweetly malty, but nowhere near as sweet as the other beers I tasted today. Nicely spicy, and floral, and grassy, and just bitter enough.

Overall Impression (3)

Date: December 24, 2009 (#8095)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Golden. Dense head.

Aroma (3½)
Richly tart and Belgian-smelly.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light, fizzy, tart. Spicy, yeasty, phenolic. But it finishes remarkably clean.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: July 11, 2008 (#7174)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Red-brown. Nice thick head.

Aroma (3)
Fruity, earthy hops. Mildly roasty.

Mouthfeel (8)
Surprisingly light body. Lots of grassy hop flavor. Very bitter. Sweetly roasty underneath, but it's really all about the hops.

Overall Impression (2½)
Brewed at Ørbæk.

Date: October 13, 2011 (#8651)

Package: draught

Place: Max & Joe's Belgian Beer Tavern, Omaha NE

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Deep brown, opaque. Moderate dense head.

Aroma (3)
Fruity, spicy hops. Milk chocolate.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body, fizzy. Sweet malt and loads of hop bitterness. Grassy, citrusy hop flavor. Not much coffee character at all.

Overall Impression (2)
Real good beer, but it's missing the advertised coffee.

Date: October 1, 2008 (#7391)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Deep red. Chunky (due to my bad pour). Huge head.

Aroma (3)
Sweet, earthy. Mild licorice.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big body, chewy. Intensely malty and incredibly smooth. Dark, toasty, sweet maltiness. No noticeable alcohol at all.

Overall Impression (3)
A deceptively friendly beer. "Best before 7-1-14." Bottle-conditioned.

Date: October 7, 2009 (#7946)

Package: bottled

Place: Avenue Pub, New Orleans LA

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Golden-amber. Translucent. Huge head.

Aroma (4)
Fresh spicy grassy spicy hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body. Moderate-high carbonation. Huge spice-piney hop flavor. Really bitter, but nicely balanced.

Overall Impression (3)
I'm looking forward to tasting their other single-hop beers.

Date: November 25, 2008 (#7557)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Golden, with lots of haze.

Aroma (3)
Freshly-sliced oranges. Mild toasty malt.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, moderately fizzy. Lots of sweet, grainy malt and lots of citrusy spiciness. Nicely chewy. Some bitterness at the end.

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: July 12, 2010 (#8275)

Package: bottled

Place: Brix, Omaha NE

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Bright red-amber. Thick head.

Aroma (3½)
Fruity, earthy hops. Incense.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body, low carbonation. Bitter up front, with a grassy, earthy hop flavor. Bitter, grassy finish.

Overall Impression (2½)

Date: January 31, 2008 (#6863)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Dense brown head.

Aroma (3)
Black pepper. Mild dark caramel behind that.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big body, smooth. Hugely malty, dark, with a big black pepper flavor. Sweet. Not a lot of alcohol sensation, but a bit warming. Lots of dark fruit.

Overall Impression (2)
Good beer for the cellar. "Belgian Ale brewed with spices".

Date: December 2, 2018 (#2120)

Package: bottled

Place: Place unknown

Score: 14 points

Appearance (2½)
Black. No head.

Aroma (3)
Pumpernickel. Some alcohol.

Mouthfeel (7)
Surprisingly thin. Low carbonation. Big dark malt character, mildly roasty. Fair bit of alcohol. Fruity ester and fruity alcohol. Warming, but not hot.

Overall Impression (1½)

Date: November 20, 2010 (#8363)

Package: bottled

Place: Hy-Vee Stony Brook, Omaha NE

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Dark brown. Massive head.

Aroma (3)
Very holiday-spicy, citrusy-orange.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big and chewy. Lots of holiday-spice, cloves, well-balanced by bready, dark malt. Not as sweet as it looks. Clean malty finish.

Overall Impression (2)
"Belgian ale brewed with spices." Brewed at De Proef.

Date: December 24, 2009 (#8094)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 16½ points

Appearance (3)
Deep amber. Thick head. Watch out for the yeast.

Aroma (3½)
Big spicy hops.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body. Smooth. Big earthy, spicy hop flavor, fairly bitter. Sweet caramel base.

Overall Impression (2)
Bottle conditioned. We like Simcoe hops.

Date: February 16, 2008 (#6885)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 17 points

Appearance (3)
Amber. Slight haze. Huge foamy head.

Aroma (3)
Earthy, fruity hops. Biscuity malt.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big body, smooth. Tremendously fruity hops — not citrus like the label says, but more like grapes. Lots of biscuity caramel malt. Fairly bitter. Big fruity hoppy finish.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: July 31, 2008 (#7230)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Very lively pour. Golden, with a massive head.

Aroma (4)
Malty toasty grainy fruity spicy.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium-big body, real smooth. Lots of sweet malt. Almost intensely fruity and very nicely spicy. Big grassy, resiny, herbal hop flavor and bitterness in the finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Bottle-conditioned. "Brewed & bottled by Struise & Mikkeller @ Deca Brewery, Woesten-Vleteren, Belgium."

Date: November 22, 2008 (#7547)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Black. Massive beige head.

Aroma (4)
Spicy. Smoky. Chocolatey. Malty.