Mikkeller K:rlek Forår/Sommer 2012

Editor’s note. A concept beer made with Swedish beer importer Brill & Co.

Danish: k:rlek er en pale ale brygget med kærlighed til god øl. Forår/Sommer 2012 er brygget med følgende ingredienser: vand, malt (pale, cara-hell, pilsner, hvede), havreflager, humle (columbus, centennial, nelson sauvin, citra, simcoe) og gær.

English: Brewed with five types of hops (Columbus, Centennial, Nelson Sauvin, Citra and Simcoe), oat flakes, wheat and three different malts.

3.7

201 reviews

Copenhagen, Denmark

Community reviews

3.7 Bottle from Vinmonopolet (Storo), Oslo. Slightly hazy reddish amber colour. Half-inch offwhite head, reduces quite quickly, but leaves a steady ring with some lacing. Aroma of citrussy hops, grapefruit, sweat, pine, almonds, hint of caramel. Medium body, fizzy-soft carbonation. Dry, fruity-bitter taste with a mild acidity and a ’background’ sweetness. Lasting, pleasantly bitter aftertaste.

3.4 Nice apa smell but not totally fresh smell. Nice and Well made but nothing spectacular for a hoppy beer.

3.5 Dark yellow coloured beer. A good sized head. Very grassy, citrus hopped beer. The bitterness holds a long time.

3.8 Hazy copper with small head. Hoppy sweet and sour aroma and taste. Very long bitter aftertaste, peppery.

3.6 Complex odor of sweet and citrusy. Lots happening in the aroma yet revealing a papaya and tropical fruit dominance. While it pours a good head, it has quite a cloudy look. Very good all round flavor to this palate of the beer makes this a very drinkable, flavorful and complete, in a sense, beer. Could have been bolder on the hops but it excellently fits the bill of a pale ale. While I would certainly have this beer again, it feels a little missing in complexity. Yet, with a full palate it does a respectful job.

3.2 On tap at Brewdog Birmingham, pours a cloudy faded orange with an off-white head. Aroma of citrusy tropical fruits (mangos, grapefruits, etc.) and citrus hops. Flavour is quite bizarre for a pale ale – extremely fruity, full of stone fruits, especially peaches, citrus hops and pale biscuity malts. Quite a fuzzy, zesty note at the end, kind of like kiwi. Medium-bodied, more towards the hops. Decent, unorthodox beer.

3.3 Bottle. Hazy golden colour with a white head. Sweet aroma of hops and fruit. Flavour is fruits, flowery, hops.

3.8 Pours a cloudy dark orange with a huge white head with regular retention, aroma is moderateto heavy bitter and moderate to low sweet with pine, tropical fruits, citrics and caramel, médium to light bodied, flavor is moderate to heavy bitter and moderatte sweet with pine, tropical fruits, citrics and caramel, dry and bitter finish, delicious.

3.2 330 ml bottle, rated from backlog. Nose is mild; malt, fruity tones and hay/grain. Taste is sweet malts, peaches with hints of grass.

3.2 330 ml bottle. (Forår/Sommer 2012). BB 13/03/14. From bierkompass.de. Cloudy (w/o yeast) ambery golden colour with a small to average sized white head. Fruit, fruit tea, sugary sweetness, caramel malt and hops in the aroma. The flavour is pleasantly hoppy with mild bitterness and lots of fruitiness. Balancing maltiness. Not as sweet as the aroma suggested. Very drinkable.

3.0 Golden and hazy, little to no head but a small film of foam forms when giving it a swirl. Mellow aroma of citrus, bread and corn. Taste is also pretty mellow, some melons, mild citrus and subdued maltiness.

3.0 Bottle, shared with Bergen Beer Geek Tasting Crew. Pours a clear deep orange body with a small white head. Nose is mild malty peach tones with hints of watery apricot and straw. Taste is sweet malts, peaches, hints of grass and red berries. Medium carbonation and body. A bit boring, but OK.

3.7 Big sticky foamy head over hazy golden body. Aroma of grass, citrus, lemon marmalade. Taste of some upfront bitterness, lemon notes, light to medium body, grapefruit peel. Surprisingly bitter for an APA

3.5 Kuikka, 26.3.2013. Tap. Hazy orange with a white head. Aroma: Malt, spruces, fruits (oranges). Pleasant hoppiness. Taste: Fruity medium+ sweetness, amusing bitterness. Palate: Medium body, noticeable carbonation. Pleasant overall.

3.7 Poured a hazy orange colour with a small white head. Taste and aroma are Tropical fruit and spring.

4.3 Keg @ BrewDog. Muddy amber brown colour, not much head. Big hop aroma. Massive dry citrus fruit hop & mango flavour. Grapefruit aftertaste. A great pale ale.

3.7 nice grass aroma,golden, clear, white foam, light sweetness, medium bitterness, oily feel, soft carbonation, bitter, long finish,

3.3 Orange coloured and hazy. Has a white head, medium duration. Heavy hoppy aroma, citrus, fruity too. Faint light bread. Flavor starts moderate sweet, then heavy bitter finish. Dry texture.

3.4 Bottle from The Bottle Shop Canterbury. Cant believe its taken til now for me to drink this beer. Seen it many times. Gold slight haze. American toffee hoppy aroma. It has that sweet toffee thing a lot of american hoppy beers do. The bitterness is big bold and slightly harsh bt in a good way. Yes tasty. Fruit flavourz are very light almost pear and light apple with light raspberry too. Some yeast character comes through. In fact a really interesting beer thats got a lot of carbonation i want to get rid of but cant as i am drinking this on a train. Good but that rezidual sweetnezs irks me.

3.7 An awesome Belgian-y, fruity version of the APA. Crisp, refreshing, balanced and potent all at the same time.

4.1 Bottle, Beer Ritz, Leeds. Poured a hazy orange colour with a small white head. Tropical fruit laden nose with hoppage aplenty and similar elements comprising the flavour. Hops really singing here. Cracking lengthy bitter finish. Lovely beer. Ticked all boxes for me.

3.6 Bottle. Hazy orange with a medium nicely lacing off white bubbly head. Aroma is pine, citrus, apricot, bready, caramel, toffee. Taste is light/medium sweet and medium bitter. Medium body, oily texture, medium carbonation. Medium bitter and light bitter with long lasting citrus hops.

3.7 23rd May 2012 Hazy gold beer, good white head. Palate is little soft and a little dry. Light brett. Nice mild fruits. Cherry and citrus. More brett. A little hop bitterness. Hangs together well.

3.7 On tap in Mikkeller tulip at Worsted Copenhagen. Pours cloudy caramel color with small head. Small bubbles. Good viscosity when swirling glass. Citrus Simcoe, spruce type smell. American hop taste with residual sweetness. Bitter finish that does not linger.

3.8 Bottled. Pours hazy amber with a medium sized off-white head, that leaves a fair lacing. Aroma of citrus/grapefruit, caramel and tropical fruit, passion fruit and resiny notes. Sweet flavor that ends up quite dry and nice bitter. Medium bodied, oily texture and soft CO2. A crisp, complex and delicious APA. ★★★★

3.4 Draft at The Porter in Atlanta. Clody golden color, fluffy white head. Aroma of pineapple, mango, passionfruit. Taste is bitter lavendar. Decent.

3.7 On tap at Porter. Pours a hazy orange gold with a white head that lasts throughout the beer and laces. Aroma has a combination of fruits and citrus with a bit of dry pine and underlying grains. Flavor is more grapefruit with some citrus and pine as well as resin in the finish.

3.5 Draught at the Porter. Hazy golden pour with a fluffy white head. Aroma was light and citrusy with notes of earth and bready malt. Flavors were bitter and citrusy with notes of earthy malt. Earthy bitter finish. Mouthfeel was light . Not too shabby but very forgettable.

3.8 huge creamy frothy white head. excellent lacing. mostly diminishing. sparkling flat thick orangeish-amber body. aroma: heavy hoppy, grass, orange. if: light sweet moderate bitter. ff: light sweet heavy bitter; long duration. palate: light medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation, metallic finish. 33,5; amargor e dulçor de casca de laranja, bem pesados para uma american pale ale, praticamente igual aos das ipa MIKKELLER resenhadas em dr-beer.blogspot.com, 150 s

3.5 Bottle. Pours a murky golden orange with a dense off white head. Nice aromas of grapefruit and citrus. Flavours show decent hop bitterness. Dryish finish. Medium body. Nice