Drikkeriget GIPA - Mikkeller ApS

OskarL

Sweden

3.95/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Appearance - Hazy golden with a white two finger head that leaves little lacing.

Smell - Smells very fresh, herbal hops with bready maltiness.

Taste - Bready maltiness, earthy, grassy herbal hops with some citrus and finishes with some sweetnes, cloves and bitterness. Well balanced! [Side note: Drank this to a spicy dish which gave it a lot of apricot taste, very tasty!]

Mouthfeel - Creamy, smooth, light body with high soft carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

03-17-2010 15:29:57 | More by OskarL

Jeremy6566

Arizona

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

05-07-2013 20:10:36 | More by Jeremy6566

Geuzedad

Arizona

4.25/5  rDev +10.4%

04-22-2013 15:20:42 | More by Geuzedad

spycow

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

04-15-2013 01:34:15 | More by spycow

xnicknj

Pennsylvania

2.5/5  rDev -35.1%

04-10-2013 19:00:32 | More by xnicknj

TheBeerAlmanac

Kentucky

3.25/5  rDev -15.6%

04-01-2013 20:24:15 | More by TheBeerAlmanac

Jamison85

Indiana

4.25/5  rDev +10.4%

03-24-2013 01:53:45 | More by Jamison85

ralphw56

Nevada

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

03-13-2013 01:47:30 | More by ralphw56

Lee45102

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

03-08-2013 03:28:53 | More by Lee45102

bluetrevian

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

01-25-2013 01:28:25 | More by bluetrevian

brandoman63

Illinois

4/5  rDev +3.9%

01-16-2013 19:27:42 | More by brandoman63

brez8791

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -22.1%

01-12-2013 02:54:17 | More by brez8791

bluesplit63

Connecticut

4.5/5  rDev +16.9%

12-26-2012 02:49:01 | More by bluesplit63

MarkyMOD

Colorado

4/5  rDev +3.9%

12-08-2012 04:28:34 | More by MarkyMOD

t0rin0

California

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

10-29-2012 01:35:52 | More by t0rin0

Rickythejeweler

Maryland

4.13/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Golden-orange, one finger white head, nice lacing.

S - Pineapple, mango, floral hops, slight funk.

T - Slightly pungent hops, grapefruit, sweet grains, slight bitter finish.

M - Medium, moderate carbonation.

O - Enjoyable session beer, but cost prohibiting for what it is.

Serving type: bottle

09-10-2012 15:27:04 | More by Rickythejeweler

captainbearcat

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +23.4%

09-03-2012 19:20:10 | More by captainbearcat

Gehrig13

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

07-26-2012 00:42:43 | More by Gehrig13

drpimento

Wisconsin

4.43/5  rDev +15.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pretty good beer as usual from Mikkeller. Poured at a good temperature with a nice, foamy, thick, off-white head that lasts all the way down and some lace. Color is a clear amber with dozens of active bubble trails. Aroma is hop, malt, caramel, grass, resin. Flavor's like nose, fairly dry, mostly bitter at first, then slight carbonic tang with suggestion of sweet. Body is soft and full with mild carbonation (don't know how that's done!). Finish is like flavor and along with mouth feel is long and very drinkable. Bravo!

Serving type: bottle

07-11-2012 00:18:32 | More by drpimento

GeoffreyM

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +3.9%

06-15-2012 01:25:27 | More by GeoffreyM

barczar

Kentucky

3.93/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours an opaque deep copper brown with a solid half inch khaki head that lingers.

Aroma begins with fresh cut grass, resin, and grapefruit pith. There's a bready sweet malt undertone offering support. Tropical fruit aromas emerge as it warms, adding complexity.

Flavor is much less subtle, with bready malt and hints of toast carrying a hop onslaught of citrus, grapefruit, lemon, mango. The finishing earthy hop bitterness is not for the faint of hop! Tea and herbal subtleties emerge when my palate acclimates.

Body is moderate, with a moderate amount of carbonation accentuating the citrus flavor.

Overall, an extremely bitter offering. Great hop presence, but the bitterness is a bit overwhelming!

Serving type: on-tap

04-21-2012 03:47:53 | More by barczar

BEERchitect

Kentucky

3.98/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

When Easter weekend arrives, a visit to the lawn to watch children scavenge for brightly decorated eggs bring about the scents of an awakening world. Fresh cut grass, citrus blossoms, and brighter weather seem to fuel the thirst for IPA.

The rusty and deep copper ale carries a robust haze with a dense slightly yellowish head that persists stubbornly and trails with strong pockets of lace. Aside from the heavy and weighted haze of hops and yeast, this is an ideal looking ale.

A combination of caramel-soaked citrus and bready earthen characteristic carry the nose with a firm and more balanced nose than is expected. The slight fruitiness of easters is quickly consumed by hop character of grapefruit and herbal grasses to round out the slight hop-forward nose.

Firm malty flavors of caramel, bread, and English biscuit create a full and rich taste for an IPA. However a modest early presence of red grapefruit, tropical fruit pulp, and freshly mulled herbs and grasses give a delicate rebuttal to malt, but quickly develop into the sharp acidity of citrus pith, grassy bite, and piney resin bitterness to finish. While starting fresh and zesty, the hops make a lot of headway in short time turning earthy and resiny shortly after. Spicy earth character nearly reminds me of rye that's expounded by the bread taste that turns mildly stale with yeast and must late.

Full textured as well as the bready/biscuity taste manifests in the mouthfeel with a full creamy body that envelops the growing hop bitterness, dryness, and mildly astringent bite. The beer just works itself into a lather as the taste continues to develop sip after sip, deeper and deeper into finish.

Drikkeriget (Hoppy Easter) is a stern IPA that carries a lot of the semi-English, semi-American taste that I've come to expect from Mikkeller. As all of their IPAs taste nearly the same, while carrying a similar yeasty stale bread taste, makes me think that fresher examples would garner more individualism from beer to beer and with fresher, zestier taste.

Serving type: on-tap

04-20-2012 03:08:18 | More by BEERchitect

OWSLEY069

Pennsylvania

3.78/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a hazy yellow color with an off white head. In the aroma, dry yeast and a nice, small dry hop. In the taste, a small bitter hop, with a note of candy sugar. A very small bite and a medium to lighter bodied mouthfeel, with a small dry pine hop in the aftertaste. Nice balance with hop and a yeasty/ candy sugar balance.

Serving type: bottle

04-18-2012 17:36:57 | More by OWSLEY069

kiki3drt292

California

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

04-12-2012 15:38:46 | More by kiki3drt292

woodychandler

Pennsylvania

3.6/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I bought this at Mari's in Reading during a recent visit and held it in abeyance awaiting today. The date on the bottle, however, reads "04/02/12" which does not make a whole lotta sense. Oh well, I am drinking it today, so Happy Hoppy Easter to me and to all of my followers.

My pour gave me a brief finger of tawny head before disappearing into wisps. Color was a hazy golden yellow. Nose was a very earthy, grassy smell which was not what I would have expected from the style. Mouthfeel was medium and the taste was surprisingly lager-like with a honey sweetness along with a grassy hoppiness on the tongue. Wild! Finish was dry, slightly bitter, but ultimately unsatisfying for a hophead. It was a fun drink for Easter Sunday, but I was underwhelmed overall.

Serving type: bottle

04-08-2012 23:42:58 | More by woodychandler