Bravo Single Hop IPA
Mikkeller ApS

Bravo Single Hop IPABravo Single Hop IPA
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Mikkeller ApS
 
Denmark
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
6.8%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.65 | pDev: 11.78%
Reviews:
39
Ratings:
71
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Apr 25, 2015
Added:
Feb 01, 2011
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  3
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Reviewed by Cyberkedi from Georgia

3.45/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Rated in 2012.
Strong aroma is more fruity than hoppy, mainly sour orange with a subtle grapefruit note, and a hoppy tone that is more woody then evergreen. It pours a dark, bubbly, reddish amber bordering on mahogany with a thick, fluffy, palest golden-tan head. Flavor is fairly hoppy, though not as much as many other IPAs I have tried. It has firm fruity notes, sour orange and a little apple and grapefruit, as well as a bit of malt. Hop component is largely woody and not at all bitter - it is fairly sweet as far as IPAs go. Firm texture has a good amount of fizz. Not great, but still enjoyable.
Apr 25, 2015
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Reviewed by GFM from New Jersey

3.55/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
All of the single hop offerings by Mikkeller have the same basic look, feel and flavor profile, with only slight variations in tone and taste. Like this one, pours a somewhat dark and cloudy amber shade with moderate head. For a modest ABV (just under 7), the smell is surprisingly boozy. Not a bitter hop bomb; sweetness and malt backbone are very evident. As I said, hard to distinguish among the beers in this series. All solid and a nice IPA alternative to the citrusy or bitter West Coast offerings. (8.0)
Mar 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by Drknight from Virginia

Oct 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by beersdmf17 from Illinois

Sep 23, 2014
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Reviewed by ordybill from Georgia

3.44/5  rDev -5.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12)Z bottle into a pint glass. Aroma- Fruit and hops. Appearance- This beer is a reddish amber color with a large off-white head.. Taste- Has a pretty good hop flavor. Palate- A medium bodied beer with moderate to heavy carbonation. Overall- A slightly better than average IPA
Sep 14, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by Hophomet

Jul 06, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by FadetoBock from Canada (AB)

May 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by nmann08 from Virginia

May 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania

Apr 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Rosstheboss from Iowa

Apr 02, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by afsdan from Colorado

Mar 21, 2014
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Reviewed by CalgaryFMC from Canada (AB)

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Enjoyed a bottle poured into an American pint glass at Beer Revolution here in Calgary. Rather dark in color, a brownish red amber hue with a copious amount of dark beige head. Not one of the better known hop varieties at this time ... All the descriptions I've found say to expect a rather pungent high alpha acid piney and spicy experience without a ton of citrus or tropical flavors. Does smell reasonably fruity and floral, recalling gummy worm candy and citrus rind, along with the expected earthy and spicy notes. What I found odd was that although the hops were prominent on the nose, the taste was initially rather malty. The first gulp was all molasses, toffee, and (I swear) chocolate cake with just the barest hints of orange rind and tobacco. Not what I was expecting. Does evolve toward a more salient hop flavor, evoking a chocolate orange and then some cigar tobacco, kitchen herbs (rosemary?), bitter leafy greens, pine needles, and nutty green tea, with some currant notes showing up late. Consistent with the malt-forward palate, I found this brew to be on the chewy side, with a somewhat prickly mouthfeel and a flavorsome finish that includes continuously developing spicy citrus peel and toasted notes. Unique IPA in its malt profile and evolving hop flavors that start small and grow rather earthy and spicy as happens with Bravo's parent Zeus. Maybe too malty for the style, which is interesting considering that other Mikkeler single hop brews do not yield this effect. Could have been an old bottle but I suspect not.
Mar 15, 2014
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Reviewed by psoriasaurus from Thailand

5/5  rDev +37%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
11.2 ounce bottle into a teku glass. Beautiful, majestic, glowing, deep orange in the glass. Head retention all the way down, beautiful lacing coating the glass the whole way as well. This is how an IPA should be made - American craft breweries take notes. Perfect infusion of the hop into the beer... Feels like shoving your face into a giant bag of hops. Your tastebuds and nose will be assaulted with hop character. Perfect malt balance. I would bathe in vats of any one of the Mikkeller single hop series any day, and the Bravo is no different.
Jan 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Poupae from Thailand

Jan 08, 2014
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Reviewed by timmy2b from New York

2.96/5  rDev -18.9%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
12oz Bottle poured slowly into a pint glass. Very dark orange, red, amber color. Has a large amount of malt that is being picked up by the nose. No noticeable hop scent at all. Very malty with a little bit of almost sour bitterness. There is no hop flavor at all. The head was very minimal and was gone as I was only 1/3 of the way through the glass. Feels very heavy in the mouth. May have waited a little too long on this one as I see that it has been retired.
Jan 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by jaydoc from Kansas

Dec 14, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by vermilcj from Ohio

Dec 13, 2013
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Reviewed by lacqueredmouse from Australia

3.51/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
330ml bottle purchased from Slowbeer in Melbourne by my brother.

Pours a hazed amber hue, quite deep and quite dark (indeed, perhaps slightly darker than the others in the series), with a fine froth of yellowish film across the top that stays as a solid ring around the edge. Some streaky, soap-suds lace, and fine stremas of carbonation when tilted. Body looks solid. Overall, it looks pretty decent.

Nose is spicy with hops, with a very herbal, almost savoury tone to them. I get suggestions of rosemary and lavender, along with a slight nuttiness and some sweeter citrus: orange pith perhaps. Slightly earthy as well. It strikes me as the sort of aroma you get from high-alpha, low-oil hops, suggesting Bravo's better used just for bittering.

Strangely enough, the palate is a lot sweeter than I expected, with fruit characters of peach and a little marmalade coming through. There's still a prickly, herbal bitterness along the spine of the beer, but the body cocoons it meaning that it doesn't have the broad impact or the resiny bite on the finish it might have had otherwise. In the aftertaste are ghosts of those herbs: rosemary, perhaps a little thyme. It's pleasant enough.

Feel is solid enough: faintly round and smooth, with a carbonic percussion.

Overall, this is an okay IPA, but perhaps a lesser entry in the series. The hop really didn't wow me with anything it had, and in some senses it just didn't have the skills required: the aroma is too dank and herbal, the bitterness restrained (at least as it is used here). Certainly not one of my favourite Mikkeller single hops.
Sep 14, 2013
 
Rated: 3.75 by FrankShirley from Massachusetts

Jun 23, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by Rickythejeweler from Maryland

Jun 23, 2013
Bravo Single Hop IPA from Mikkeller ApS
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 71 ratings