I Beat YoU - Mikkeller ApS

vitrael

Wisconsin

4.18/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

A: Cloudy orange with cream colored head and a little lacing.

S: Somewhat lacking, possibly this bottle has been around a long time. I really don't know. It's at least 3 months old so I can't knock it too hard, but I was looking for a little more hop aroma. It's definitely there though, a little piney, behind a huge malt aroma.

T: Money, huge caramel maltiness and aggressive bitterness with fruity and piney hop flavors. I am acutely aware I am drinking a huge beer, although it's extremely clean on the finish do to all the hopping. Ruinous IBU.

M: Nice and full, almost chewy, quite big for an IPA of course, but terribly satisfying.

Nice work.

Serving type: bottle

09-24-2011 23:39:03 | More by vitrael

nmann08

Maryland

3/5  rDev -23.1%

05-11-2013 01:05:10 | More by nmann08

durlta

Iowa

3.75/5  rDev -3.8%

05-01-2013 02:34:26 | More by durlta

Dave_Treat

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev -3.8%

04-27-2013 23:10:40 | More by Dave_Treat

spycow

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -3.8%

04-26-2013 23:39:14 | More by spycow

Paonz

Hawaii

3.5/5  rDev -10.3%

04-17-2013 05:28:10 | More by Paonz

Phillyz

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +9%

04-16-2013 01:00:53 | More by Phillyz

Lee45102

Ohio

2.83/5  rDev -27.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25

The smell, look, and the first upfront taste was great. The malt flavor at the end doesn't meet my expectation for an IIPA. This beer was very tough to get through. I normally love Mikkeller Beers and I am a huge IIPA lover. Good luck to those trying this beer that are big IPA drinkers.

Serving type: bottle

04-10-2013 20:44:34 | More by Lee45102

whatname

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +2.6%

04-07-2013 22:49:36 | More by whatname

gabrielsyme

Virginia

4.86/5  rDev +24.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

12 oz bottle served in a tulip. This is so heavenly. Dark amber color, off white head. First aroma was overpowering spruce pine; later smells sweet. Taste is grapefruit and woody pine, with a honey sweet finish. The only *possible* improvement would be if there were slightly more carbonation. But overall this is amazing and I can't wait to get more. Be careful - definitely can't tell that this is 9.75%.

Serving type: bottle

04-06-2013 22:13:25 | More by gabrielsyme

polopaul20

Maryland

4.25/5  rDev +9%

04-05-2013 18:28:30 | More by polopaul20

BuddyE

Louisiana

2.63/5  rDev -32.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

This beer is all over the place. The original pour is nice, with a wonderful deep caramel color and moderately foamy head. The aroma was fantastic, rich in spicy fullness with nice, subdued fruit undertones. Unfortunately, that was the best part of the beer. Upon first sip, the liquid is heavy in the mouth, with a hit of bitters that is to be expected, but with an astringent follow-up that makes the beer hard to swallow; harder still to try again. When they can be descerned, the cacophony of flavors fight with one another rather than melding into anything approaching harmony. I understand wanting to go all out and make a high IBU offering, but other companies have done so successfully while creating beer that, though potent, is still drinkable. I think this one misses the mark.

Serving type: bottle

04-04-2013 02:43:17 | More by BuddyE

Jamison85

Indiana

4.75/5  rDev +21.8%

03-24-2013 01:54:40 | More by Jamison85

saeh

France

3.5/5  rDev -10.3%

03-16-2013 18:21:59 | More by saeh

Samuel906

California

3.56/5  rDev -8.7%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

My first experience with Mikkeller, and I'm pretty sure the only Scottish IPA I've ever had. Pours a nice amber color, slightly cloudy, with a copper tinged head. Good retention and cling on the head. Huge aroma; tons and tons of hops with clover honey, lemongrass and vanilla. Some of the Scottish heritage comes through in the taste, bearing a passing resemblance to a Wee Heavy with the thick, molasses like sweetness, and grassy background.. Very very sweet, thick and creamy, with little felt carbonation; almost feels like nitro out of the bottle. Lots of lemon on the palate, caramel and loads of malt and hops. Leaves a citrus aftertaste. Not boozey, but you can feel the heat of the nearly 10% ABV.

Good but not great; better examples of the style can be found in the 90 minute, Hop Stoopid, or Simtra.

Serving type: bottle

03-15-2013 05:22:35 | More by Samuel906

analienacorn

Florida

3.25/5  rDev -16.7%

03-15-2013 04:25:02 | More by analienacorn

IanSpindler

Alberta (Canada)

4/5  rDev +2.6%

02-26-2013 22:02:24 | More by IanSpindler

Ego

New Jersey

3.01/5  rDev -22.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

eyes...
cloudy with a chance of yeast, sheesh, this looks like the water luke and solo got stuck in during empire... muddy orange hue with some bubs careening through the thick looking murk, decent head and lacing, the particles are all in suspension like some sort of sick looking snow globe, interesting enough

nose...
dark honey herbal hops, kind if like ricola on crack, some dry sugar, swamp grass, like the look this is different from most DIPAs so far, not sure if
different = good, we'll have to see about that score

taste etc...
boy, that is going to take a sec to process...
extremely bitter dark honey, completely cloying on the first sip, almost hard to go back, but it settles down as my palette adjusts...
decently thick but not gooey, the bitterness seems at war with the flavor, the beer does not drink smoothly in that regard, the phases are all at war with each other here, there is big bitterness, hooray, here's a medal, but man this is just too harsh to enjoy, the hops are almost hard to enjoy here.

verdict?
the ABV is decently hidden but the mess of flavors is not, this is certainly a different DIPA so if you want to try something that definitely does not taste run of the mill... go ahead, this one just is not for me.

Serving type: bottle

02-24-2013 05:32:31 | More by Ego

mcdonald422

California

3.75/5  rDev -3.8%

02-20-2013 02:56:34 | More by mcdonald422

rsuske

Illinois

4/5  rDev +2.6%

02-18-2013 21:08:56 | More by rsuske

Mattias

Sweden

4/5  rDev +2.6%

02-16-2013 22:28:08 | More by Mattias

TMoney2591

Illinois

3.6/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Served in a snifter at Firkin.

I didn't even know I was playing a game... Anyway, this stuff pours a clear sunset amber topped by over a finger of cream foam. The nose comprises candied grapefruit rind, pine resin, caramel, and light earthy greens. The taste brings in more of the same, with a sharper pine character and a general increase in direct bitterness. The body is a light-leaning medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a dry finish. Overall, a solid DIPA, but one whose intense bitterness verges on unpleasant, luckily falling just short of such an ignominy.

Serving type: on-tap

02-12-2013 01:20:05 | More by TMoney2591

oldvines

Illinois

4/5  rDev +2.6%

02-12-2013 00:23:41 | More by oldvines

IkeMan90

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -3.8%

02-11-2013 02:15:42 | More by IkeMan90

Hopheadjeffery

Illinois

4/5  rDev +2.6%

02-10-2013 16:15:47 | More by Hopheadjeffery