I'd been looking forward to trying some Mikkeller beers as my fellow internet beer nerds seem keen on their offerings. Sadly this one doesn't work for me. The grist sounds good: pale, munich, cara-pils, cara-crystal, brown and chocolate malt with flaked oats. I'm not generally keen on the oily mouthfeel comes from oats but everything comes together in this beer to give a lovely rich body. The high alpha hops though (nugget, simcoe and centennial) really jar, making a strange beer. Some more restrained hops so I could appreciate the the rich malt in what is, after all, meant to be a brown ale would have been better.
I've always passed this one by for some reason and never bought a bottle. It sounds interesting and uses some of my favourite hops so maybe I'll have to give it a try, even if it didn't work for you.
ReplyDeleteDon't give up on Mikkeller yet!
In my opinion Mikkeller have other far better beers then Jackie Brown. Too bitter for a brown ale.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly. I won't be giving up on Mikkeller though, they're far too interesting.
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