1000 IBU - Mikkeller ApS

cosmicevan

New York

3/5  rDev -22.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Generously shared by Yagman3000 at our first neighborhood tasting.

A - beer poured with a nice head. Deep amber almost brown, some visible sediment. Head was thin offwhite and didn't hang out long. Semi-sticky lacing leaves murky thin kayer on the top of the beer. Darker than I expected.

S - musty, hoppy. Little vanilla. Reminiscent of,thatloff caramel deschutes vibe. Sweaty hops...not grapefruit.

T - strong briskness at first then an all out assault of bitterness. Just bitterness for bitterness sake. A bit overpowering. As I drank this I got over the bitterness and it wasn't bad but not one to seek out.

M - body is surprisingly thin, but the bitterness squashes all else.

O - a novelty. One dimensional. I always say mikkeller is hit or miss. This is a bit of a miss for me. not a drainpour at all, but I was looking fir a delicious hop bomb and instead got a bitter bitter bitter, well that's it a bitter water.

Serving type: bottle

07-08-2011 01:56:21 | More by cosmicevan

GodlessWatermelon

Maryland

4/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Paid $11ish for the 375ml, on par with Mikkeller prices in this area.
Pours a rich, deep amber. Some stuff floating about, decent white head, looks good.
Smells hoppy (really!?), quite pungent and has a real sweet aroma.
Taste starts sweet and well balanced. Finishes really bitter. One of the most bitter IPA's I've had, you can really feel and taste the hops lingering on your tongue after a sip. Sticky. Dank.
Not for the faint of heart or IPA-inexperienced. Definitely not an everyday sipper, but one I'd buy again.

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2013 05:28:02 | More by GodlessWatermelon

ajzy

Wisconsin

3.5/5  rDev -10%

06-14-2013 14:20:12 | More by ajzy

jarrgal

North Dakota

3.75/5  rDev -3.6%

06-10-2013 02:53:08 | More by jarrgal

Lukass

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +15.7%

06-10-2013 00:39:01 | More by Lukass

KevT

California

3.75/5  rDev -3.6%

06-09-2013 19:26:18 | More by KevT

Rogorama

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev -3.6%

06-07-2013 14:54:45 | More by Rogorama

GrindFatherBob

New York

4.5/5  rDev +15.7%

06-06-2013 22:28:26 | More by GrindFatherBob

DavidB67

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +9.3%

06-02-2013 01:30:01 | More by DavidB67

Haybeerman

Colorado

4/5  rDev +2.8%

06-01-2013 00:28:03 | More by Haybeerman

ralphw56

Nevada

4/5  rDev +2.8%

05-25-2013 00:14:11 | More by ralphw56

tbryan5

Louisiana

4.25/5  rDev +9.3%

05-18-2013 11:30:06 | More by tbryan5

soccerfancooch

Wisconsin

5/5  rDev +28.5%

05-17-2013 04:16:04 | More by soccerfancooch

Mikkayller

Colorado

4.75/5  rDev +22.1%

05-13-2013 22:52:01 | More by Mikkayller

Bonko_the_sane

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +9.3%

05-13-2013 05:57:45 | More by Bonko_the_sane

lordofstarside

Nevada

4.28/5  rDev +10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4

Prepping myself- 12oz to snifter, no freshness date

Pours a very murky brown with a finger and a half of foam. Absolutely no visibility anda tiny bit of visible carbonation. Good lacing and retention

Smells incredible. Very rich dank acrid hops, lots of grapefruit, citrus, sort of like smelling a litter box..in a good way. Very sweet malt brings it all together. Very reminiscent of LoF Super ipa, and Pliny. I'm pretty sure this is loaded with simcoe

Taste delivers what it promises. Strong citrusy hops, grapefruit, some lemon, alcohol, and a sweet malt that flashes briefly before it's drown in bitterness

Mouth- I knew this would be bittern, but holy shit. Almost grainy how it goes down, bitterness sticks around for quite a while. Five minutes after a sip and it's still quite present. I'm, impressed, this is the holy grail of bitter ipas

Overall crazy idea that really pushes the bitterness we love from our ipas. Tremendous stuff

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2013 01:39:38 | More by lordofstarside

cbnz

British Columbia (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -10%

05-11-2013 17:36:51 | More by cbnz

Zimm

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -3.6%

05-10-2013 11:31:52 | More by Zimm

JeffNev

Nevada

1.75/5  rDev -55%

05-09-2013 00:59:16 | More by JeffNev

Davihaw

Illinois

2.25/5  rDev -42.2%

05-04-2013 18:57:05 | More by Davihaw

Rheaume17

Vermont

4/5  rDev +2.8%

05-04-2013 02:09:11 | More by Rheaume17

RandyKemka

Connecticut

4.5/5  rDev +15.7%

05-04-2013 01:06:31 | More by RandyKemka

Alieniloquium

Florida

3.58/5  rDev -8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

375 mL bottle poured into an Allagash chalice.

Appearance - Murky amber body with a huge off-white head. Impressive retention and beautiful lacing.

Smell - Pine bomb of a hop profile. Slightly dank with some sugary caramel malt backup.

Taste - Almost immediately bitter, but it doesn't culminate until the very end. Lots of pine and resin. A fair bit of sweetness. The bitterness builds up at the end pretty quickly. In the middle, it's pretty balanced, but very bitter in the finish.

Mouthfeel - Thick, sweet, extremely bitter. Medium carbonation.

Overall - So many things wrong with this, but still it seems to come together. Decent hop profile, but extremely intense in the back end. No surprise at 1000 IBUs, if that's really accurate.

Serving type: bottle

05-03-2013 02:15:01 | More by Alieniloquium

kevindp9

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -10%

05-02-2013 01:19:32 | More by kevindp9

shand

Florida

4.35/5  rDev +11.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Gotta say I wasn't 100% sure how to pour this guy - I figured it was a DIPA with a boatload of potentially unfiltered hops, so I just gave it a full bottoms-up, hell to any yeast sediment there might be in there. Rewarded with the muddiest pour I've ever seen with a ton of sediment particles hanging out in there. Maybe that wasn't the best choice ever. To it's credit, the lacing is awesome though - not that I really care about lacing though. The aroma is big and hoppy for sure, with a huge pine hit. It's not really that much hoppier on the nose than many American DIPAs.

The taste? Well, I thought it was going to let me down with a pretty strong hoppiness with a solid caramel malt base until the beer lingered on the palate for just a bit longer. And damn, do these hops ever linger. Just one sip leaves a huge hop presence that honestly lingers for minutes - like biting into a hop pellet. Maybe there was some credit to my bottoms-up pour after all. 1000 IBU isn't a beer you're going to want every day. But ten-twelve bucks for a novelty like this is surely worth the purchase price. The crazy, three minute lingering aftertaste is really the star of the show here. This is not a beer you want to pair with food. This is a beer you want an hour or two to devote to in order to fully enjoy. Relax, sip slow, and let the hoppiness wash over you.

Serving type: bottle

04-26-2013 22:30:25 | More by shand