Mikkeller started as two young homebrewers, who took a hobby mainstream. Since August of 2007, Mikkel Borg Bjergsø has run the brewery on his own. The brewery focuses on creating challenging beers that test the boundaries and where quality always comes before quantity. In other words, uncompromising beer.
This specific beer is an imperial Oatmeal stout and is brewed with one of the world’s most expensive coffees, made from droppings of weasel-like civetcats. The fussy Southeast Asian animals only eat the best and ripest coffee berries. Enzymes in their digestive system help to break down the bean. Workers collect the bean-containing droppings for Civet or Weasel Coffee. The exceedingly rare Civet Coffee has a strong taste and an even stronger aroma.
I has really, I’ll say, interested to try this beer, I had heard such good things I had to jump in. The pour is dark with a nicely sized light brown head. Very creamy head with wonderful lacing and good retention. Lots of coffee on the smell, which is based on a lot of chocolate. The roastiness is toned down a little from Beer Geek Brunch (the base beer that was then aged), but the smell is overall better. The taste is simply phenomenal. Big chocolate blast gets your palate all ready to go for the smooth, rich coffee finish. The coffee doesn’t destroy the rest of the beer, just blends nicely in. If weasel poop coffee tastes that good…give me more weasel poop coffee! Best coffee I’ve ever tasted in a beer. Thick and creamy body. No hint of alcohol and a bit bitter to help curb the sweetness of the chocolate. A great beer. I had heard great things before trying it and this did not disappoint.
