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Black (黑) (Islay Edition) - Mikkeller ApS
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Thorpe429Illinois 2.63/5 rDev -24% look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5 Bottle courtesy of ygtbsm94. Served in a sampler glass. Pours near black with a thin mocha head. The nose carries some roast and chocolate along with a good amount of peat. By good, I mean pretty strong, not joyful. Flavor is similar. A bit of booze. Can't really get into this one. Serving type: bottle 12-15-2012 18:45:46 | More by Thorpe429 ArbitratorCalifornia 3.93/5 rDev +13.6% look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 Thanks, Andrew / Bobby. A: Pours a pitch black, as the name implies. Minimal dark mocha head that swirls out of solution and vanishes quickly. S: This was clearly aged in scotch barrels; the peat, soy, smoke, meatiness, and general impression of having aged this on smoked Goodyear comes through quite strongly. I'm not a scotch nerd, but I love some Islays -- I try to keep Lagavulin 16 or Laphroaig 10 in the house regularly. This doesn't quite pick up the aroma well; the burning tire is off-putting. But there is a redeeming sherry / raisin note that tempers it. T: Yeast autolysis is evident; there's a big, meaty flavor going on. It's an interesting combination; it gives the beer heft and pairs nicely with the boggy, peat, soy, salt, oak, and smoke contributions from the barrel. The sugars in the base beer work pretty well; I like the sweetness of younger scotches, and the roasted malt serves as a nice substitute. They've started to oxidize, creating a treacly raisin inflection that adds a nice element to the rest of the beer. As I'm looking over the flavor descriptors I'm typing and glancing up at the name of the brewer, I can't believe I'm enjoying this. But I am. It's a great marriage of imperial stout and peat. M: I've had the base beer; the aging has dried it out a bit and tempered its heat. The oxidation is an overall improvement. Low carbonation, velvety body. It's a tad too sweet, but not impossibly so. O: I wanted to hate this. It sounded awful. But maybe the unique transfer method helped it calm down and evolve. Sorry to let you down, guys. But I liked it. Serving type: bottle 08-24-2012 06:24:26 | More by Arbitrator womencantsailCalifornia 1.18/5 rDev -65.9% look: 2.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1 Pours black with minimal tan head. Overload of peat, burnt plastic, tire fire, super smokey, and a fair amount of wood. There's a weird meatiness to the aroma, too. A little bit of chocolate, some roasted malt. The beer tastes like sugar and a fire. Burnt wood, peat, smoke, chlorine, and pain are also present. This is really horrible, horrible stuff. Undrinkable. Serving type: bottle 08-23-2012 15:35:59 | More by womencantsail drabmuhMaryland 4.2/5 rDev +21.4% look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5 Beer shared by Brad, thanks. This version does not resemble the horrible no barrel aged version of this beer. Beer is black and has no head, no carbonation, no lacing, no nothing. Looks like oil. Beer smells like peat. Very strong. Beer is medium in body and very very very very very very smokey. Amazingly dry and smokey. Very dry, wow. An interesting beer, the whiskey severed along side this beer also kicked my ass. I don't know if I'd have this again, it hides the alcohol well but damn, this was dry and smokey, with hints of sweetness and booze. Wow. Serving type: bottle 06-19-2012 01:33:26 | More by drabmuh HuhzubendahDistrict of Columbia 4.43/5 rDev +28% look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5 Bottle shared by ygtbsm94. Thanks Brad! The beer is black with a soapy, tan head comprised of broken bubbles. The beer appears oily and viscous, leaving filmy lacing clinging to the walls of the snifter. Scotch whiskey comes through immediately to the olfactory senses. I am a huge fan of Ardbeg, Laphroaig, and Lagavulin, three of the best whiskies from the Islay region of Scotland, so I am pretty excited about tasting this brew. The flavor offers peat, smoke, wood, salt. A superb balance of flavors. While the presence of the peaty scotch is bold and aggressive, it still finds balance among the oak and roast flavors. The beer is thick and chewy, yet smooth and silky. Strong and bold, but not hot. I just love the feel of this beer. Long lingering flavors of smoke and peat, the distinguishing characteristics of a delicious Islay scotch. Overall, this was just fabulous. If you enjoy imperial stouts any of the whiskies mentioned above, I highly recommend trying this beer. Serving type: bottle 06-04-2012 20:35:36 | More by Huhzubendah SammyOntario (Canada) 3.9/5 rDev +12.7% look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5 Crazy stuff, acquired in trade. A complex mix of sweetish IS, that is cocoa, chocolate malt, brown sugar, cane sugar, with in-your-eyes Smokey peat. This bottle aged for a couple of years, the smoke rejuvenates in the second half of the bottle. Big boozy stuff, you get that mostly in the initial aroma. Black with reddish highlights, a little lace. Above average smooth mouthfeel. This would be amazing closer to the 2020 expiry. I needed help finishing this and my 23-year old, home from higher education, was up to the task. Serving type: bottle 04-04-2012 03:44:20 | More by Sammy beerSexualizerOntario (Canada) 2.55/5 rDev -26.3% look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 2 Dear fellow BA members, My girlfriend and I tasted this one in fall of 2010. I bought it in Calgary and procrastinated partly because they aren't available in Toronto and partly because it is an intimidating beer. 17.5% is a hot beer and I'm not a fan of Islay scotch. Here are the results of the tasting. First, BrewskiSlayer's opinion (thats my girlfriend here on BA): "Barf. My first impression is that this beer is deee-sgusting. It tastes like someone took a dump on a piece of bacon and then wrapped in tin leather like a taco. I literally don't think I can motor through this. F**K." And she didn't motor through it. here is what I wrote: "So BrewskieSlayer (I changed here name from what is in my notes. I don't actually call her BrewskieSlayer at home) hates this beer. More objective I will be. It pours black with a slight dark brown hue circling the rim. It is Islay aged, so smokey and medicinal notes are to be expected. Smells like booze and caramelized sugars poured over peat. Boggy, earthy notes. It is an imperial stout but the sweetness is surprising almost eisbock like. Maybe they had to freeze it to get the abv which would explain it. Not being a fan of Islay whiskey I was surprised at first sip. Worth trying (like all beers are) especially due to its limited availability in Canada. Tastes like sugared ash bandaged in molases soaked in booze. Don't love it. Glad to try it though." Essentially, I was conflicted and trying to be positive but in the end it got the better of both of us and we sacrificed some to our homies/ the sink gods. Good luck with this one. Sincerely, BeerSexualizer and BrewskiSlayer Serving type: bottle 11-22-2011 17:42:20 | More by beerSexualizer 05HarleyNew Hampshire 2.68/5 rDev -22.5% look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3 Best by: 25/02/20 Purchased through Beer Planet Brussels, Belgium Price - $17.50/bottle (ouch!) Pours deep brown boardering black with a thin lite brown head with little to no retention. A thin ring around the glass is all that's left after a couple of minutes. Tiny specs of lacing try to stick but eventually slide back down. The aroma is earthy with a combination of vanilla and medicine followed by smoke. It has a strong whiskey nose that's unmistakeable. The flavor is wicked sweet with flavors of vanilla, raisins, smoke, bacon and tobacco which is an odd combination. It borders a port taste which I tend to like but it's just too damn boozy. The body is thick and syrupy with the carbonation riding way back in the trunk. In the middle some heat tries to warm things up but is quickly shut down from the sweetness. Finishes sticky and dry. Overall this reminds me of whiskey and a summer barbecue with teriyaki sauce and cigarette smoke. It's unbalanced and way too sweet. Quite frankly, it's just god awfull. I worked hard at getting the opportunity to try it but was sadly disappointed. **updated on New Year's Eve (12/31/11) with my last bottle and my beer buddy Rochefort10nh. Serving type: bottle 11-12-2011 00:41:51 | More by 05Harley nhindianPennsylvania 3.58/5 rDev +3.5% look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5 375ml bottle poured into a Mikkeller wine glass. Bottle provided by alpineclimber, thanks a lot! A - Pours a viscous, oily, jet black with no hints of any kind of color coming through. It's like a pit of tar, only slightly more fluid. There's only about half a finger of dark tan head, comprised of large, soapy bubbles. There isn't much retention at all, but that's to be expected with a beer of this size. When it fades, however, it leaves a thick ring of foam around the edges and a milky cap. Some slight lacing, but it fades quickly. S - The nose on this is big, aggressive, and foreboding. Thankfully, I'm not getting the overwhelming char and soy that was in the base Black, and instead it's replaced with a somewhat smokey aroma. Separate from that smoke is the peat malt, which adds yet another depth of 'smoke' to it. A bit of dried tobacco leaves. It actually does take on the smell from an Islay single-malt surprisingly well, with an added layer of complexity from the beer underneath, giving it an edge of chocolate. There is very little alcohol heat in the nose, which is blowing me away, and hopefully can continue into the taste. T - Hmm. The taste is confusing me a little. As in the nose, there is all kinds of smoke here, but I don't think it's as balanced. The soy that was so present in the base comes through again slightly, giving it a sweet and salty characteristic that conflicts with everything else. Almost immediately, I'm getting a charcoal flavor that brings BBQ to mind instantly. It appears as if a boxing match is happening in my mouth. It starts with that sharp, briny, sweetness and then the Islay characteristics comes through to battle it, giving off flavors of that peat, which is similar but all-together completely different than the smoke from the charcoal. In the finish, the sweetness gets up off of the mat and strikes back, giving off a slight candied-fruit taste before ending with a soy and seaweed aftertaste. Shades of alcohol are felt in the back of the throat as it goes down. M - Mouthfeel is surprisingly light-bodied given the appearance with low carbonation. It actually sort of feels like a whiskey going down, which is quite the feat given the amount of alcohol and sweetness in this beer. Feels pretty slick, but sometimes watery, going down. D/O - Drinkability is moderate and tough to judge. Compared to the base Black, this is worlds better. However, I think Black itself is just too big to really allow itself to be transformed completely by the Islay cask, which is amazing. I thought what came through of the scotch was great, especially how the peat played within the other flavors. However, the sweetness and sugar is a bit much at the start and finish and really hurts the drinkability. Before opening the beer I thought the alcohol would be the big question mark, but it turned out the be the sweetness and soy. I still have the Cognac version of this beer to try and am hoping it's better than this. Still, an interesting beer to try just for the shear magnitude of brewing that goes into making a beer of this specifications, but it's not the easiest to drink. Serving type: bottle 09-16-2011 01:55:43 | More by nhindian eric5belliesAustralia 3.95/5 rDev +14.2% look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5 Drank from my Duvel Tulip A - Pours the classic oily ebony colour with a tanned large bubbled head that fades away after two minutes or so to a film. S - Aromas are very pronounced. Some whiskey barrel definitely present with some stewed dark fruits. Some saltiness also present almost hickory smoked BBQ ribs like aromas. Definitely some sweetness also mixed in with some peat. Very interesting and a little different T - Wow, this beer is very different in flavours and so pronounced. The initial flavours are quite sweet and boozy on the tongue with the barrel age really coming out. Once swallowed the massive peat flavours just take over and the sweetness returns toward the end in the form of a nice port that is sweet and not quite balanced. Overall the dominance is earthy notes. M - The mouthfeel on this is rather chewy, maybe because of the sweetness. and the carbonation is low to medium. O - I can see how this beer could rate at either end of the scoring spectrum, because of the fact that its so damn unusual. That is what makes this beer a high score for me. I applaud any brewer with the balls to brew such a beer. This beer is not hot at all and the 17.5% is well hidden, but in the end the sweetness makes this beer a challenge to finish. Serving type: bottle 09-08-2011 14:42:31 | More by eric5bellies PaulStoneAnchorCalifornia 2.7/5 rDev -22% look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5 A: Absolutely no head, but that is to be expected from a beer with 17.5 ABV. It has almost no light shown through it, except for a tiny 3cm layer of somewhat light that gets shown through. Pours a jet black, solid black. S: A lot of fussels, oak, sugar, roasted barley, and scotch. T: Some Oak, Scotch Whisky, but a lot of burnt sugars, with a terriyaki beef jerky, along with a charred, burnt sugar on the end, and a lot of terriyaki sauce. M: No carbonation, but it is very thick on the tongue. O: This is beer drinks very smooth for the high ABV is has, it is very smooth. I got a lot of teriyaki from the beer, although that could of been from the sugar washes and the constant fermentation of the dark malts. But, for 17%, it drinks really smooth. Serving type: bottle 09-05-2011 07:46:46 | More by PaulStoneAnchor OverlordCalifornia 3.35/5 rDev -3.2% look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5 Pours a turbid, brackish black. Surprising, no? Small thin ring of bubbles, tan in color. No real head. Smells like peat whiskey, whiskey with peat, a bit of saltwater whiskey with a hint of jerkey, whiskey, whiskey, some chewing tobacco, a smidgen of chocolate, and whiskey. Taste, despite the aroma, is more nuanced. The saltwater/beef jerky sensation is a bit offputting at first, but after a while I started to dig it. It melds somewhat with the chocolate, chaw, and bitter/coffee rind background. The sweet/peat mixture is intriguing. Interesting. Could be thicker. Thanks to a generous raffle-r! Serving type: bottle 06-16-2011 08:43:24 | More by Overlord nickhillerTexas 4.68/5 rDev +35.3% look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5 A: thick and black as motor oil, absolutely no head, no lace. S: savory, smells like a smoky A1 barbecue sauce, cigar-whiskey-custard (I had this once as a dessert at Uchiko in Austin, absolutely fantastic and this smells--and tastes--exactly the same). T: an incredibly interesting mix of burnt flavors--charcoal, barbecue sauce, charred meat, cigar, soy sauce, oak/whiskey--then super sweet--honeycomb, molasses, candied sugar. Finish is intensely flinty/stoney and as dry as a mouthful of carbon. M: oily, viscous and as warm as whiskey. O: never had a beer like it, probably won't again. It wasn't easy to drink, it's definitely a sipper, but I don't think traditional "drinkability" was what they were aspiring to. In terms of innovative brewing, it really doesn't get more thought provoking than this. Serving type: bottle 06-06-2011 03:12:19 | More by nickhiller rhinos00Colorado 4.75/5 rDev +37.3% look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5 Much thanks to forgetfu for opening the Mikkeller Black vertical at the tasting. A- Pours a dark chocolate color. Zero visibility. Produced a fingers width of cream colored head. S- Bold and aggressive. Loads of peat with a seaweed, salty, chocolate malt background. Complex and very aromatic. T- As with the others, the front is dominated by a sweet, sugary flavor. However, unlike the other variants, the extreme and aggressive Islay scotch characteristics actually cut in and balance the beer nicely. Sort of like fighting the over the top sweetness with over the top barrel characteristics...works quite well. Finish is of dark, roasted malts with a mix of peat and seaweed. The finish just seems to linger on the palate imparting fantastic, long-lasting flavors (unique to this specific variant). M- While the body was still on the thin side, it was a slight more viscous than the others. Coated the palate nicely. D- Although there was plenty of extreme flavors going on, it was much more balanced in terms of sweetness than the other variants. I could definitely drink a whole lot more of this one. Overall, this along with the cognac variants were my favorite of the vertical... this was not unanimous. Of the 6 of us, only about half of us actually thought this was the best, while the other half didn't particularly care for it. Oddly enough (not so much) the half that did like it the best, also enjoy drinking scotch, particularly Islay scotch. Serving type: bottle 03-25-2011 17:28:55 | More by rhinos00 biboergosumAlberta (Canada) 4.03/5 rDev +16.5% look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 375ml bottle, no wax of any sort, just 'Islay Edition' mentioned, perhaps as a distant early warning... This beer pours black, full stop. No highlights, no backlit edges. A half finger of creamy mocha head is all that it gives up. It then settles rather quickly, leaving a low wall of lace around the glass. It smells of smoky peat, iodine, seawater, roasted malt, sweet dark fruit, and warm alcohol. The taste is very sweet caramel chocolate malt, subdued peat, briny, woody smoke, sugary black fruit, and whisky-tinged alcohol. The first gulp of this behemoth nearly knocked me on my ass. The carbonation is quite soft, the body full, creamy in a sugary manner, and weirdly smooth. It finishes still high on the saccharine horse from hell, the drying from the 35-proof booze still no match - it has other insidious intentions, as you can well imagine. Hoooo-weeee. In the end, the purported booze and Island whisky characteristics actually play second fiddle to the big, bad, diabetic malt here. After the post-first-sip acclimatization to a seaside flavour profile for which I've already experienced a lifetime's worth, the gargantuan sweetness easily overtakes the Islay muscle. Lost in all of this confusion is the outlandish ABV - whether by sugar or sea, you will be hoodwinked into drinking this too quickly, if you so ignore this feeble warning. Ach! Serving type: bottle 03-16-2011 01:25:31 | More by biboergosum kwjdOntario (Canada) 4.4/5 rDev +27.2% look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5 Pours jet black with thin brown head. Head quickly dissipates, but the beer looks really thick. Nice lacing on the glass. Smells of strong peat, as you'd expect with the name "Islay", but there is nice chocolate and roast balance. Sweet flavour actually. Very creamy mouthfeel, very sweet. This doesn't taste boozy at all at 17.5% alcohol. This really is a great beer. It may have been expensive, but I'm glad I got to try it. Serving type: bottle 01-29-2011 01:13:53 | More by kwjd JeffoNetherlands 3.75/5 rDev +8.4% look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5 Opened a Black horizonal including the base, whisky, highland, and peat editions, in that order. From a bottle into a snifter. Blue wax APPEARANCE: Poured out black and produced a small tan head with lousy retention. No cascading effect on this one either. Black body and zero carbonation evident. Head dissipates quite quickly but a ring remains. Looks flat by the end and leaves no lacing down the glass. Starts out fine, but nowhere near the caliber of the base and whisky versions. SMELL: Strong peat aromas over the roasted malts and dark chocolate base. Smoky notes of course, with hints of coffee and wet wood. Pretty nice really. TASTE: Quite tasty as well. Lots of peat and wet wood, with a good dose of roasted and sweet caramel malts. Quite sweet for sure. Lots of peat and smoky notes throughout, with boozy notes and port wine again. Bold and lingering aftertaste is full of sweet malt and smoky peat flavors. Enjoyable for sure. PALATE: Medium-thin body and medium carbonation. Not overly creamy or smooth, however, and a little airy on the palate. Goes down slightly watery and finishes sticky with a bit of heat. Feels kind of flat by the end. Barely passable, and not up to standards of the base or whisky editions. OVERALL: This was a flavorful, interesting beer that was sold short by its average appearance and body. The peat aromas and flavors added an interesting dimension to the brew, but the palate needed to be bigger to support the flavor profile. If it'd had the look and feel of the whisky edition, this may have been a tighter race. Postscript: For the record, my tasting buddy chose this one as his favorite. Serving type: bottle 01-05-2011 15:50:32 | More by Jeffo MasterSkiIllinois 4.38/5 rDev +26.6% look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4 Thanks to wordemupg for sending this my way. Served in a Goose Island taster glass. A - Pours with a quarter-finger of foam that quickly settles to a thin ring and leaves a few wisps on top and a few spots of lace on the sides of the glass. The body is unsurprisingly black. Pretty impressive for 17.5% (or more, thanks to the barrel-aging). S - Smoke, peat, hickory, Islay whisky, saltwater, brine, dark chocolate, dark fruits (plums, figs, dates), licorice. There's a bit of alcohol supplied from the Scotch, but this is far less boozy than I anticipated considering the re-cock-ulous ABV. There's a hint of permanent marker that I associate with this type of barrel/cask but it's not overly distracting. T - Again, it's pretty big Islay character, and again there's a bit of an initial alcohol bite - however it's still far mellower than I anticipated. Surprising sweetness that's challenging to qualify - sweet leaf and tobacco perhaps, mixed with molasses and port? Finishes with smoke, salt, bacon, and light roast and char bitterness. M - Some definite warmth after maybe an ounce. Body is full, but not as heavy as you'd think. Low carbonation, soft silky body, sticky finish. D - Splitting a 375ml bottle 3-4 ways is advised. Still, I'm looking forward to opening my other bottle somewhere down the road. Reminds me a little of Highland Weasel, but in this case the base beer is big enough to handle the intense cask flavors. Definitely a sipper and worthy of contemplation. Avoid if you dislike smoke or peat. Serving type: bottle 09-15-2010 14:17:59 | More by MasterSki pompixFrance 4.5/5 rDev +30.1% look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5 Black At first nosing, it smells like kibbles. The nose evolves on smoked and salted fish. Incredible. The taste is stunning. Begins very sweet, then becomes salty, on dried fish, smoky coffee et charcoal. Endless finish with beautifull balance between sweety and salty notes. Mouthfell is really thick, oily with low carbonation. This beer is really a monster, I love ! Serving type: bottle 09-03-2010 10:38:55 | More by pompix IronDjinnAlberta (Canada) 4.38/5 rDev +26.6% look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4 From a 375 ml green bottle, best before date on back label states an impressive 25/02/20. Pours out an absolute pitch black, creamy dark tan head that settles to a dense cap. Wood and whisky aroma is apparent the moment the bottle is opened, dark dried fruit comes next, layers of molasses and licorice. Alcohol warmth is very present. Flavour is big and overwhelming at first, it seems tasty but is like trying to swallow a brick--intense. Sweet currants up front, pipe tobacco, wood, molasses, licorice, cherry, peaty whisky, bittersweet on the finish, while the aftertaste goes on for miles... During some of those miles are notes of coffee grounds and espresso, then a more milder roasted malt. I figured there was some malt lurking around in there. There's also an alcohol warmth, but it is far more contained than I would have expected for this abv%. Mouthfeel is full, slick at first, then gets sticky and a bit oily. Here's one for the peaty scotch fans, those who enjoy their taste buds bulldozed over, and fans of big beer. It's intense at first but you get used to it. Not sure when I'll be craving another one of these, but I wouldn't turn one down. Very drinkable for the abv%, but not for the meek. Serving type: bottle 08-21-2010 07:02:21 | More by IronDjinn wordemupgAlberta (Canada) 4.7/5 rDev +35.8% look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5 375 ml bottle poured into tulip aug9 2010 A like its name shes pretty black, dark mocha foam fizzes out quickly but considering I expected nothing at all that's pretty pretty good, what it lacked in lace it made up in legs, legs on a beer that's something you don't see every day S a fair bit of earthy smoke with some booze, dark fruits, mild chocolate and some port, fairly complex and unique T wow, there's a lot going on here, the fortified wine is hard to miss but so is the peaty scotch aspect from the barrels, some of the smokey earthy flavors lead me to believe I'm sipping on a cigar. I'd be lying if I said there's no booze but nowhere near 17.5% and the chocolate is barley there and shes pretty sweet but god damn this beer tastes sexy. I pick up on some faint coffee and candied cherry to go along with all the other flavors pummeling my taste buds M thick, silky, a little sticky and a little heat but nowhere near what you would expect from a beer this strong D I doubt I'd crack a second bottle of this one and a buddy to share it with wouldn't hurt either, but that being said this beer is just so tasty I can't help but say it's highly drinkable and I can't wait to see how it ages this was a world class beer and I can't wait to drink it again. this bottle was naked but it's normally covered in blue wax and reads "(Blue Wax)" on the box it came in. A little confused I checked the Mikkeller web site and this is indeed different from the other beers listed on BA. It's not to often I'd pay over 15$ for a single beer but this one's worth it and you should buy it if you get the chance Serving type: bottle 08-10-2010 07:07:07 | More by wordemupg |
Black (黑) (Islay Edition) from Mikkeller ApS
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The official ball for the Euro 2012 Football Championship certainly sounds impressive. After all, it's been developed over a two-year period and tested across eight countries.
Uefa, European football's governing body, calls the Tango 12 "a modern interpretation of the classic design, including a coloured outline inspired by the flags of the two host nations, Poland and Ukraine".
Wow. But I'm left with a question. After kicking it around for a couple of hours, can you use it power a lamp or charge a cell phone like the Soccket?
When I first wrote about the Soccket back in the spring of 2010, I loved their pitch; a ball that during normal game play can capture and store energy, which can then later be used to provide a charge for batteries or lights.
Four Harvard undergraduates came up with the idea during a course on innovation they took together in 2008. They wanted to solve a persistent and fundamental problem – millions around the world do not have regular, reliable access to electricity.
"We lose power all the time in Nigeria," says Jessica Matthews, one of those four Harvard students. Matthews, who was born in New York but whose parents are Nigerian, says she thought about her regular visits she to her aunt's house back in Nigeria, where a diesel generator would be cranking away. "I couldn't breathe," she says, "and I couldn't believe that this was normal."
From shared experiences, the Harvard team also knew that many children in the developing world spend their evenings studying under a single streetlight, or worse, next to dangerous, expensive and eco-unfriendly kerosene lamps.
Those same kids, they noted, often spent a great deal of their daylight hours playing football (soccer if you're an American). They asked: could there be a way to harness some of that energy, and give those kids a more reliable source of power?
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The answer, it turned out, was a qualified "yes". They built a prototype inflatable ball in early 2009 which had an induction coil mechanism inside. It stored energy the same way a shake-to-charge flashlight does.
They tested the ball in South Africa in the summer of that year, and found that the energy output was good but not great. The kids, though, really took to the idea, despite the fact the Soccket didn't quite feel or play quite like a regular soccer ball because of the energy-harvesting mechanism inside.
Inspired, Matthews and her classmates decided to keep working on the idea. In 2010, to coincide with the World Cup in South Africa, they released a second prototype. This one didn't need to be inflated. It was built to be harder, and more durable. Inside, Matthews says, the induction coil was replaced by a gyroscopic mechanism. "We realized that the best motion you can capture is the rolling motion of the ball, not the bouncing motion. The ball is always rolling, whether it's on the air or on the ground." She says the new mechanism made the ball three times more energy-efficient per minute of play. Still, the ball had a bit of a wobble.
But the group managed to get the ball out to kids in various countries in Africa and Latin America through local NGOs and sports clubs. They even started a "buy one, give one" style program that allowed people in the developed world to get their own Soccket, while at the same time ensuring that another one would go to a kid in the developing world.
Perhaps most importantly, the project caught the eye of former US President Bill Clinton. It received a relatively small amount of money from the Clinton Global Initiative. And during a panel discussion in April of 2011, Jessica Matthews shared the stage with Clinton, who called it "extraordinary - kick a ball, turn on a light". He went on to say that the Soccket "gives us a way to bring power, and improve the quality of life, and improve the learning and working capacity of poor families without building an expensive grid."