Mikkeller
Stout made with weasel shit...tasty!
Reviewed by RD and MT (Guest reviewer BK)
10.9% ABV
Colour: This imperial oatmeal stout poured very thick like motor oil. Opaque black with a mid/dark brown foamy head. One of the darkest heads I’ve ever seen on a beer.
Nose: The aromas that emitted from the jet black liquor are of bitter coca, incinerated coffee, liquorice and a relatively high amount of alcohol. A very dry and earthy scent.
Taste: This is a big beer! Heavy roasted coffee is the prominent taste smooth and not acidic. Dark bitter chocolate, a hint of carbonation keeps it fresh and balanced. Once again, as on the nose it is a dense and earthy taste. The resulting aftertaste is of bitter espresso with a little smoke and warming alcohol. Sticky on the lips like you’d been sucking on a bonfire toffee lolly.
Overall Experience: A lot of you reading this will know the story of this beer, it is made with Vietnamese ca phe chon coffee. Coffee that is made from the coffee bean laced droppings of the weasel-like civet cat. But how was the experience? We both loved it! After a big dollop of fluffy wet white stuff had been dumped on Saltaire this was a perfect antidote for any winter blues. A rocket fueled injection of caffeine and big sumptuous flavours. Heavy and roasted but easy sipping for a beer of such imposing presence. It was so thick and sticky that it appeared to stain the glass. Matt summed it up perfectly, “This is THE shit, the weasel shit!”.
A little post-review note from MT: A lot of stout’s I’ve tried have quite a meaty savoury taste to them but what I love about this beer the most is that the quality of the coffee-roast is so prominent. Again on HopZine this is another rare beer that’s difficult and expensive to obtain but as usual it’s worth that extra effort if you lay your mitts on it.
Coffee and beer lovers rejoice!
This has always been a bit out of my price range, on the occasions I've seen it for sale. I'd love to try this with one of those M&S melt in the middle chocolate puddings!
Thankyou for a great post – ‘A woman is like beer. They look good, they smell good, and you’d step over your own mother just to get one!’ H Simpson
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