Brew Dog/Mikkeller Devine Rebel 2010:
Good evening friends and neighbors and welcome to the last day of slumming the beer cooler for me.  Its been arduous to say the least and I wanted to end this month with a bang and I think I did by picking a collaborative malt liquor. The first brewer is Mikkeller is one of those off-beat breweries from Denmark that makes really interesting and usually good beers (i.e. I have a chipotle porter from them that is awaiting a date with my church key).  Brew Dog is another odd duck, they only sell in singles and rarely are they cheap but I haven’t encountered anyone who outright hates them though they all say they are “different”.  Today’s brew is a Brew Dog and Mikkeller’s malt beverage and an hell of one at that.  The first thing to note is this bad boy is expensive, way more than I would of thought and WAY more than I’ve ever paid for a bottle (that includes the 120 IPA), it’s total cost equals about 10 days worth of expenses in this past month’s challenges.  Secondly, this bottle has a flavor complexity equal to Duchesse De Bourgogne (see February 25 for that ground breaking review) and we will try to nail down this flavor profile in a minute.  The brew is described as so: “This rebellious beer is partially aged in oak Speyside whisky barrels and partially aged in stainless steel, combines an ale yeast and a champagne yeast and showcases a single hop variety.”  So the malt pours well,  I used a tulip glass instead of the mason jar because…because a bottle that cost this much needs a chilled and classy glass.  Anyway, the malt pours well opening up with a decent foamy head that lasts through the first quarter of the sampling and a ethereal nose of flowers and rotten fruit.  The taste profile starts out very bitter but quickly moves into a subtle fruit and vinegar before finishing a dry coca finish.  The taste lingers and lingers well, though a complement of a water on the side would do wonders for experiencing the complexity of flavors in each sip.  The brew sports a nice 13.8% ABV which makes it fall into the "one's more than enough" category.  All in all, a great way to out and a it provides me an interest in two more breweries.  Tomorrow, back to beers, huzzah!