Month: December 2016

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Mikkeller Julepakkekalender 2016 retrospective

Mikkeller Calendar 2016
Mikkeller Calendar 2016
Mikkeller’s 2016 Christmas calendar was not as impressive as last year’s.

Far too many sours to my liking – especially the 1-2 punch to cap off the contents was a disappointment. A sour endnote to say the least.

Oddly enough the best beer on offer was a collaboration, the second best was an alien (i.e. having nothing to do with Mikkeller).

Highlights:

  • Grapefruit Dead: fruity IPA with a seriously hippy can.
  • Nuclear Hop Assault: another fruity IPA (with a nostalgic metal label).
  • No Cow on the Ice: a third fruity IPA (maybe I’m just stuck in a rut).
  • Honorable mention to the brave outsider: Bell’s Expedition Stout.

The daily pictures are available in instagram and untappd.

2017? Maybe, maybe… Have to take a look at the alternatives.

FI: Ei ihan yhtä kova kattaus kuin edellisvuonna.

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Best Beers of November 2016

Malmgård Barleywine
Malmgård Barleywine
November continued the very good beers-trend.

Great Divide’s Hibernation Ale was better than I recalled: dark, roasty and very soothing on a slushily dark November evening.

Malmgård’s Barleywine returned to the shop after a long absence. And my opinion has not changed in the meantime: this amongst the finest domestic beers ever. A complex taste that begins with sugars and malts and oozes into piney bitterness in its finish. When this was featured in the annual craft beers campaign, I stupidly bought only two bottles – this time I’m hoping the beer remains in the permanent selection or that at least the batch is much larger.

FI: Tummaa ja tuhtia – juuri sellaista mitä lumeton marraskuu tarvitsee.