Mikkeller Yeast Series 2.0: Brettanomyces Bruxellensis
3.6
196 reviews
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bottle at home. Pours golden, quite interesting, sweet toffee, fruity, light sourness from the yeast, refreshing.
Limpido color ambra con saponoso cappello di schiuma beige. Al naso sentori di frutta matura (pesche, albicocche), toffee ed un delicato tocco acetico; gusto in bilico tra acidulo e dolciastro con note di caramello, frutta, malto e acido acetico. Corpo medio, struttura leggermente oleosa, effervescenza nella norma. La vena "selvaggia" e acida è ben bilanciata dalla controparte fruttata. Buona!
Tried side by side with the Lambicus. Pours hazy golden orange color with off white head. Aromas of brett and dough with some funkiness. Sour flavor with some doughy yeast. Medium body with average carbonation. I liked this better than the Lambicus.
On tap at Tomahawk Bar 280614. A little funky this one with a musty musky flavour. Not sour but certainly different.
(330ml bottle) Pours a clear yellow body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of herbs, melon, grapefruit, horseblanket, Spree candies, and potpourri. Flavor of florals, herbs, earth, brett, orange, and lemon with a dry finish.
On tap @ L’Express de Lyon (Mikkeller Tap Takeover). Clear bright copper with a small white head and some lacing. Aroma is floral and winey with caramel and some fruitiness. Aroma is of caramel, floral notes, winey notes and sticky bitterness. Medium body. Low carbonation. Woodsy finish. The nose was very promising, but the sticky aftertaste is overpowering and hinder the drinkability.
This wasn’t working for me. On tap at Neighborhood, SD. Pours amber with limted head and lots of lacing. Nose is fruit punch, some iced tea, light sour, something is back there, maybe peach? Taste light sweet, light sour. Light body with lively carbonation.
We had the Mikkeller yeast 2.0 Lager, Lambicus and Bruxellensis for comparison. Aroma is a promise of something good if you love lambic and geuze A hint of vinegar even. Fresh, much better than in yeast Bretanomyces Lambicus. The Lager yeast is not compatable for aroma as it is so different as it should be. Very nice taste and palate, but not quite on the same level with traditional ones from Pajottenland, Belgium.
Orangebraunes Bier mit ordentlicher Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig, hopfig, Citrus. Geschmack malzig süß, fruchtig, hopfig, Citrus, leicht säuerlich, Brett.
Nose is urinal cakes, decent barn yard, cake, raspberry whiff, feel is medium, taste is raspberry pit bitterness, cinnamon, almond, late decent hops bitterness
Copper color, malt+brettanomyces aroma, hops quickly give way to brett, nice and pleasantly sour.
Bottle shared by Dave the dude, Thanks mang!
The beer is transparent with a copper body and a towering white head. The aroma brings a healthy amount of brett, earth, mineral scents, sweet, fruity, esters. Mineral flavor with brett and earth and a splash of black pepper. Light caramel malt with some mushroom character. This was fun to drink, but nothing to write home about.
On tap at BGH. I really like this series. This has notes of pineapple with some bitterness. A leak weak but good flavor
Pours amber orange with off white head. Nose and taste of wild yeast, horseblanket, dried citrus and malt. Lighter medium body. Clean lightly sour finish.
WOW! blewn away by ths one (on tap @mikkeller) Amazing combination of fruity hops, brett, malts,.. Just perfectly balanced beer. Taste is slightly sour, bitter and sugary, but again all perfectly balanced. Golden!
ivorywhite head disappears without lacing. aroma fruity, sulphur, garlic. taste like aroma with slight sour aftertaste. medium body and carbonation.
Draught @ Mikkeller Br Stockholm. Pours golden with a small creamy offwhite head that leaves some thick lacing on the glass while dissipating. Smell is fruity and funky with pink grapefruit juice, tropical fruits, grass, dry soil, pepper corns, leather and barnyard. Taste is funky and tiny malty with bread, tropical fruits, grapefruit juice, hay, dry soil, pepper corns and grape skins.mouthfeel is dry and light to medium bodied. Finish is fruity and funky with bread, grapefruit rinds, hay, tropical fruits and pepper corns. Boring but ok...
Bottle. Light to moderate grain and straw for the malt. moderate lemon for the hops, moderate to heavy musty for the yeast, with notes of white grape and ripe apple. Head is small, frothy, off-white with some slippery lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is medium amber/orange. Flavor starts lightly sweet, heavily acidic and sour, then the long finishes is heavily acidic and bitter. Palate is medium, dry, with a fizzy carbonation. Great earth and fruity aromas with an almost harsh flavor. A drinkable beer, and a nice to experience Sour Ale.
Tap. Pours slightly hazy and deep golden with a small off white head. Aroma of fruit, berries, yeast, brett, caramel and hoppy notes of grapefruit and pine. Sweet flavor that ends up dry and tart. Medium bodied, oily texture and soft carb. A nice Sour.
Botella de 33 cl, adquirida en tienda XXXII. Color ambar. Sabor a malta, lupulo, ligeramente citrico. Muy fresca.
Tap at Birch & Barley. Pours clear golden amber with creamy white head. Aroma is brett, cereal malts, tropical fruit, floral notes, and light herbs. Flavor is dry malts, floral hop and grapefruit bitterness, light tart fruit, and some grassiness; dry, lightly bitter finish. Light/medium body and medium carbonation.
Draft at Birch & Barley. Pours almost clear copper with a creamy, bubbly beige head and lots of lacing. Smells like yeast, cheese, sweet grapes. Tastes dry, lightly tart, lightly bitter, like dried figs, coffee, and mild yeast. Light body and blow carbonation.
This is pretty good but I’m glad I tried it before the lambic one. I love getting a feel for different yeast strains with series like this. Pours amber withot much head or lacing. Some light crackery bretta with grapefruit. Sour and light bitter finish. Some citrus hops here too. Good. Tap at Churchkey.
On tap at Brewdog Shoreditch. Clear deep amber orange colour lasting beige head. Bretty manure in a good way some tangerine aroma. Tasty beer plenty of character. A brett orange fruit combination that is challenging. Good though.
Keg at Brewdog Edinburgh. Memory banks rate. Dragged the team in on the Christmas night out, so makes it December 12. Bought this and the Lager version and passed them round to show the difference that yeast strains can make. Clear amber pour, thin white head. Funky aromas, sour, yeasty. Orange hops in the background. Dry sour taste, light bitterness. Sour finish. Interesting.
Sat down and compared 3 different ones from Mikkeller’s Yeast Series 2.0: Brettanomyces Bruxellensis vs. American Ale vs. Lager. They all have the same wort (hop and malt), but different yeast - let’s take a look what each can do.
Ale - Saccharomyces cerevisiae, not much to be said that isn’t common knowledge, top fermenting yeast, can’t digest maltotriose (sugar) - so we expect it to be a bit fatter (would expect less alcohol, but Mikkeller says, that all the beers have 6.4 ABV - which is surprising, we would expect that with the same wort, ale yeast would produce a bit less than lager and Brett) + fermentation at higher temperatures - more esters.
Brettanomyces Bruxellensis gives that Belgian character, funk (barnyard, wet horse blanket) and can also produce some acetic acid. It attenuates beer to very high degree, so we expect it to be lighter that the other two. Vinylphenol reductase also creates some unique esters, pineapple most obvious.
Lager - Saccharomyces pastorianus - a fat alotetraploid, part S. cerevisiae and part S. eubayanus - the S. eubayanus part gives it the ability to ferment at lower temperature, which results in less esters and it can attenuate maltotriose, so we expect it to be a bit lighter.
And now lets look at what we have. The first odd thing is the same ABV, that shouldn’t happened with such different animals fermenting the same wort. Makes me wonder if the wort is really the same in all the series.
Look: Colour is pretty much the same in all three - clear golden orange, light amber with light haze. The foamy part gets a bit different, but all start with a huge lightly off-white (orange hue) thick head.
Ale - Has slower retention, good amount of lacing and leaves a thick layer on top. Low/medium carbonation.
Brett - Faster retention also good lacing; hue a bit more on the yellow side.
Lager - The colour of the body a bit clearer. Also slower retention, head has smaller bubbles and is a lot more solid. Also leaves the best lacing rings. Low/medium carbonation too.
Smell: The biggest difference is expected with Brett, but there were some differences with ale and lager too (surprisingly more hop orientated).
Ale - Lychee the most dominant. Some fruitiness, sweet caramel light tropical feel. Light rancid herbal character.
Brett - Hoppy, fruity, lychee, but not as dominant, builds up in complexity - brett character comes through - funk and bubblegum. Funk goes as expected in the classical leather, barnyard, horse zone. But it stays pleasant and a positive trait. Gets a bit more intense with the temperature rising, but still not bad. Caramel similar as ale.
Lager - Honey, sweet caramelish, pine come to play, lychee not as dominant as with ale. Still quite similar, but there are differences.
Taste:
Ale - Light, sweet caramel, honey backbone. Lychee hopness. Ends with light-medium bitterness with light, fresh sweetness. Simple, refreshing.
Brett - Light, sweet caramel middle stays. Hop goes into more pine, grapefruit, hint of lychee. Bubblegum (pineapple?). Barnyard goes up a bit and sticks with you for a while. Not as pleasant as in smell, but still not over the top.
Lager - More honey in the middle part as ale, sweet caramel. Pine, grapefruit medium bitterness, stands our a bit more than the ale one. Lychee still there but not as dominant.
Mouthfeel: Brett and lager a bit lighter, but all around medium, med/low carbonation, fresh and easy to drink. Lager a bit dryer maybe. Thought the differences here will be a bit stronger, but they suit the general idea.
Overall: All relatively simple, well crafted (good wort to start with), enjoying and fresh. There are some differences, ale and lager pretty close and both maybe a bit too simple. The extra bit of complexity that Brett gives, makes it the most fun choice. Would also recommend the Brett one as a good learning beer what Brettanomyces Bruxellensis does.
Caña en el lúpulo. 31_01_2014. Primer día de pinchado del barril. En el momento. Sabores ligeramente afrutados y cítricos con una acidez final muy bien compensada y suave. Todo muy suave y perfectamente combinados. Cuerpo medio, se bebe muy bien. Necesario repetir de nuevo.
12-02-2014 Otra vez, del mismo barril. Los sabores se han vuelto mas maltosos, aunque siguen siendo suaves y perfectamente combinados. La acidez se ha reducido al mínimo. Muy buena al principio y al final. Ahora y en breves a por la botella.
----Botella de 33 cl de 2d2dspuma en el momento en 07-03-2014. Aromas de levaduras y algo ácidos combinados con ciertos afrutados y maltosos. Sabores ligeramente afrutados, bastante maltosos y terminando con acidez justa combinada con amargo también justo y todo bastante bien contenido. Cuerpo medio con 6.4 vol. facil de beber y bastante fresca. Color ámbar anaranjado turbio con espuma blanca bastante persistente. Buena, original y para repetir.
Bottle. Clear copper with a medium sized good lacing white head. Aroma has barnyard, red berries, citrus. Pretty light on the palate, light creamy texture, light dry finish.
Side by side with lager, American, and English. Has been cellared for a bit so the hoppiness has been knocked down a bit and the brett has had a chance to develop. Pours hazy medium amber. Medium to large frothy white head. Aroma has Moderate to high funk, footy. Some fruity, citrus. Lighter medium bodied. Dry but too dry. Light to medium sweetness. Some fruitiness. Brett is there but you can tell this beer is not designed for it, though it does show, in comparison, the affect this yeast has, which makes it a successful brew.
cellared for a while so some of the hoppiness has dissipated. Strong citrus yeast aroma. A little sour, earthy, barnyard. Taste is almost exactly the same. definitely citrus/yeast, but a fairly strong sour/’wild’ taste. A slight dry/bitter finish, but not too much, still fairly moist.