Koppi Coffee IPA - Mikkeller ApS

biggsbowler

Florida

3.93/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Bottle - I get a light amount coffee in nose. I get some hoppiness in the taste. Sweet flavour with caramel, pine, bread, citrus and coffee notes Quite fullbodied, creamy texture and soft carbonation. The finish is more dry with a pleasant bitterness. Im still not sure what to think about this beers. Coffee in an IPA seems weird, but it a lot better than I thought it would be.

Serving type: bottle

10-07-2011 13:24:26 | More by biggsbowler

CwrwAmByth

United Kingdom (Wales)

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

05-20-2013 21:21:07 | More by CwrwAmByth

thierrynantes

France

3.96/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Beer bottle (33 cl.) purchased from La Cervoiserie, and tasted in 2013.

Appearance : deep red color, with huge foamy head (but too big bubbles)
Smell : spicy and coffee aromas.
Taste & mouthfeel : coffee and chocolate flavors with spicy notes, leading to a dry and bitter finish.
Drinkability : a good beer in the style American IPA.

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2013 17:13:48 | More by thierrynantes

mportnoy

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

05-16-2013 01:35:23 | More by mportnoy

VTHopddicted

Vermont

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

05-11-2013 11:28:16 | More by VTHopddicted

Caudalie

Quebec (Canada)

3.25/5  rDev -14.5%

05-10-2013 20:52:07 | More by Caudalie

cnbrown313

Illinois

4/5  rDev +5.3%

04-30-2013 14:24:52 | More by cnbrown313

Ricelikesbeer

Colorado

2.25/5  rDev -40.8%
look: 2.75 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Really have looked forward to this one and was excited to find it at Argonaut liquors in Denver.

A: slightly hazy, orangish-gold, some light carbonation and light lacing.

S: Burnt, acrid coffee grounds and dirt. Lots of both. earthy, mushroom like hop smell is there too. The slightly musty, citrusy hops are barely there. I wonder what this would be like fresh, but it really isn't pleasant right now.

T: more earthy, burnt tasting, coal and ash. It tastes like chewing on old coffee grounds and some earthy weird hops. Not pleasant by any means. I didn't expect to struggle to drink a glass with my friends. There is some slight malt sweetness there, but that's the only redeeming quality.

M: slick, oily, slightly thin. light carbonation.

O: I really was let down by this. I figured at the worst, it would be weird and not meld well with the hops and coffee. Instead, the coffee character was disguisting, and the ipa character was nonexistent or barely there. What a mess. I know this is difficult to brew or nail, but this was a huge waste of excitement and money.

Serving type: bottle

04-29-2013 20:26:14 | More by Ricelikesbeer

sneaks2210

New York

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

04-24-2013 20:28:52 | More by sneaks2210

MarkyMOD

Colorado

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

04-23-2013 13:54:23 | More by MarkyMOD

st9647v3

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +5.3%

04-20-2013 21:18:14 | More by st9647v3

JacobGumina

California

4/5  rDev +5.3%

04-16-2013 04:44:20 | More by JacobGumina

neckbracesub

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

03-28-2013 13:51:29 | More by neckbracesub

JohnQVD

New York

4/5  rDev +5.3%

03-17-2013 19:55:02 | More by JohnQVD

chubby2u

New York

4.25/5  rDev +11.8%

03-15-2013 18:08:47 | More by chubby2u

Chrily

Norway

4/5  rDev +5.3%

03-14-2013 12:28:56 | More by Chrily

tuckerlikesbeer

Minnesota

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

03-14-2013 02:42:55 | More by tuckerlikesbeer

NightINgale

Quebec (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev +11.8%

03-02-2013 13:30:45 | More by NightINgale

KingSlayer

Mexico

3.75/5  rDev -1.3%

03-01-2013 05:48:57 | More by KingSlayer

brewskifan55

Mississippi

3.66/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Poured into a snifter at my bottle share. Thanks, Jessie.

A: Amber/bronze with a tan half finger head that fizzled out quickly. Lots of lacing.

S: Piney hops. Subtle coffee aroma. Oh my, what do we got here?

T: And it tastes like...whoo, freaky. The grapefruit hops mixed with almost expresso-like coffee give the pallate an unusual sensation. Then you start to process it and it all blends in pretty darn nicely. Some light malts slide in. The finish is dry.

M: Medium with decent carbonation.

O: A great conversation piece, to say the least. A sipper. The double team of flavors sits in your mouth for a while in hop/coffee joy. This could be a pleasant brunch drink.

Serving type: bottle

02-25-2013 17:38:18 | More by brewskifan55

mitlinks

Switzerland

4.25/5  rDev +11.8%

02-25-2013 09:00:35 | More by mitlinks

Mattias

Sweden

4/5  rDev +5.3%

02-16-2013 22:29:03 | More by Mattias

Blodsvente

Sweden

4.5/5  rDev +18.4%

02-15-2013 16:04:10 | More by Blodsvente

mick303

Ontario (Canada)

3.88/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

As far as I know my first from Mikkeller. Poured a massive head into the glass, off white tannish. Steller retention and lacing. Colour is an orange bronze brown and quite hazy.

Smell certainly has a pervading coffee bean aspect out of the glass. Also a strong and strange herbal aroma going on. Grapefruit and berries, very leafy. Hops are incorporated nicely. Although this is one of the strangest and hard-to-place noses I have encountered.

Taste has a firm malt base with a touch of sweetness, then bitter coffee and liquor linger overtop, flashes of alcohol. Hops are citrusy, earthy, and really nice. The incorporation of the coffee is really interesting, initially the raw bean from the nose then trends into a bitter dark espresso on the end. Finish is drying and bitter coffee grounds. Actually the flavours here are balanced quite nicely.

Moughfeel is moderate, nice light malty feel, carbonation is quite light and could use a bit more. Really dry at end, with a bit of liquory alcohol and espresso, generally smooth on the palate, with a really long finish.

Certainly a bit off-the-wall, but I'm not so quick to dismiss this as a novelty. Its a really interesting beer and marriage of flavours, once it settles a bit it is quite tasty, not over bitter but with a refreshing bitter coffee bitterness. Enjoyed it for the interesting approach, though not exactly convinced how it works together and priced too high.

Serving type: bottle

02-14-2013 22:50:52 | More by mick303

bostonryan

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%

02-08-2013 23:27:43 | More by bostonryan