Beer - #518 - Mikkeller - Mielcke & Hurtigkarl - a redux

The unpronounceable beer Mikkeller Mielcke & Hurtigkarl -  A Mikkeller beer.

Back to the future beer, back to an old standard, standard numbers and a standard to meet at a party.

... something something something Château d’Yquem

This is a single bottle of a 375ml, 8.7% ABV beer, which is 2.6 standard drinks in NZ. It is 261 calories a serve size, and this is 2.61 standard drink units in the bottle.

For Mikkeller this is brewed at De Proefbrouwerij in the style of a Belgian Strong Ale  and that all happens in that place from Copenhagen, Denmark

Brewed with water, malt, sugar, hops and yeast.

[caption id="attachment_10128" align="alignright" width="300"] Bwahahah, earphones in, cheezy smile, might be New Year Eve.[/caption]

Stored for 6 months Aged in Chateau D'Yquem barrels

This beer was brewed especially for a Mikkeller and Three Floyds dinner at a restaurant named Mielcke & Hurtigkarl (try and pronounce it, I dare you!) in Copenhagen.

It was aged in Château d’Yquem barrels,  Château d’Yquem being the world’s most famous (and probably the most expensive, too) dessert wine.

Stored for a long time in my fridge, its time has come again. I remember being a bit doe eyed about this last time I drank, I'm hoping that either I was right or the money made me all gooey. This wasn't a cheap beer to buy. But it's not an investment, and probably not a beer to cellar, I'm so not an expert in this.

Unusual green glass bottle, and a simple cap, it's not fancy. Seriously you'd never know.

This is intensely bready yeasty on opening, and then candy cane.

Pours like angels tears, or dark chestnut, and is a lot darker than the bottle gives away, and gives to a lovely firm but smallish head too.

A real melange of sweet aroma, candy sugar, coconut? as well.

The bitterness catches you, but that sweetness and sugars are really big. Quite dry on the finish too.

I'm holding back on the gushing enthusiasm this time, clearly.

It is then, for me, now, a very understated but sweet beer. Does my heart soar every sup? Not quite. It's a little shy on fullness.

This got warmer as I sang and danced my way around the table, and it's gets a much more sugary middle, like you think that'd be a good thing.

This really is 'sipping beer' the dead opposite of "Session beer" and it really does get better and more intense the longer it is in the glass. Stopping the bus though, this isn't the end of beers, not the last beer, the last page of the interwebs, it's just a really nice complex, soft, enjoyable, sweet, sour, entertaining beer of some merits. Those kids and the Chateau must know a thing or two with the sugary grapes.

The pdubyah-o-meter rates this as 9 a of its things from the thing. It really is a thing to enjoy and savour, there is nothing to suggest a fall-over 8.7% ABV in this, and if you had the coins you'd buy another, perhaps. 

I can imagine this at the end of a dinner, just chubbed up with good foods, great musics on in the background, and sitting there smiling like a smiling thing. It really is a good reminiscing beer.

I don't think it's a beer you could start an evening with, for me a 'dessert beer' then, if such a thing exists, this might qualify.

The double dip review

1. Am I enjoying it? I love this beer, it's like a 4 song beer.


2. Would I have another?  Sadly I'm not made of gold and I might have done my dash, sponsor me though and I would so go again. In the right place and at the right time. 


3. Would I share with a friend on a porch and set the world to rights? Yes, you can't go past a beer that makes to stop and ponder the universe. 

Musically I'm listening to Squeeze, a band I have far to much attachment to, This is "Tempted". I've seen them live, I've seen the stage play, I know most of the words, I should indeed get a life. I quite like "Goodbye Girl" too, #JustSaying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmlCJFaUnKI

BELGIAN STRONG ALE

Belgian Strong Ales can vary from pale to dark brown in color, darker ales may be colored with dark candy sugar. Hop flavor can range from low to high, while hop aroma is low. The beers are medium to full-bodied and have a high alcoholic character. Types of beers included here include tripels, dubbels and ultra-strong abbey ales.

Beer - #355 - Mikkeller - Mielcke & Hurtigkarl

The unpronounceable beer Mikkeller Mielcke & Hurtigkarl -  A Mikkeller beer

Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij in the style of a Belgian Strong Ale  from Copenhagen, Denmark

Brewed with water, malt, sugar, hops and yeast.

Stored for 6 months Aged in Chateau D'Yquem barrels

This beer was brewed especially for a Mikkeller and Three Floyds dinner at a restaurant named Mielcke & Hurtigkarl (try and pronounce it, I dare you!) in Copenhagen. It was aged in Château d’Yquem barrels,  Château d’Yquem being the world’s most famous (and probably the most expensive, too) dessert wine.

Single bottle of a 375ml, 8.7% ABV beer, which is 2.6 standard drinks in NZ.

[caption id="attachment_7900" align="alignright" width="112"] Château d’Yquem.[/caption]

This is possibly the most expensive beer I’ve drunk, and I know there are more expensive to acquire beers out there, but this sets a new personal benchmark. In NZ$ this was $30, for 375ml. This is about 261 calories.

This isn't universally liked though. I'm about to find out.

Green glass bottle, healthy pop on opening, sour sweet aroma.

Dark copper pour, with a lively and persistent head, the sour aroma leaves quickly, although not completely.

And Gosh!, that's interesting. A lot of sweetness, you might expect that, and intense depth, with a tip of tongue bitterness.

I'm not saying this because I'm compelled by cost to do so, but this is pretty nice drinking. Plus it's also a style that I like anyway.

Lovely honey notes, and a reasonably long finish.

The bitterness is spot on, for me, and the whole thing is well balances and sits well in the glass and in the mouth, I'm getting a little poetic.

As it warms the aroma gathers some fruits and other sweets around it.

The pdubyah-o-meter rates this as 9 a of its things from the thing. It lacks a depth of caramel in the palate that would make this a spectacular beer. In and of itself it is really good and I've found that I drank it too quickly.

The double dip review

1. Am I enjoying it? Oath yes


2. Would I have another? yes, I do have another in the fridge for a later date


3. Would I share with a friend on a porch and set the world to rights? Yes, without a doubt, a small glass each not a bottle each, I'm not Bill Gates rich.

Musically I'm listening to the Psychic Maps;

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyyHPx2hl90&w=420&h=315]

 

BELGIAN STRONG ALE

Belgian Strong Ales can vary from pale to dark brown in color, darker ales may be colored with dark candy sugar. Hop flavor can range from low to high, while hop aroma is low. The beers are medium to full-bodied and have a high alcoholic character. Types of beers included here include tripels, dubbels and ultra-strong abbey ales.