Brewery: Mikkeller
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
ABV: 7.5%
Version: 500ml bottle
Source: Courtesy of Beermerchants.com

Brewed at Nogne in Norway, Beer Geek Breakfast is an oatmeal stout with added gourmet coffee, and one of several brews Mikkeller offer on the breakfast / brunch beer theme.

It’s pitch black with a fluffy dark brown head and a wonderful chocolately coffee aroma, which certainly sets things up well for the taste. And it doesn’t disappoint. A lovely velvety smooth stout, with malt, chocolate, and coffee all in the flavour from the off, with a touch of acidic dark chocolate coffee bitterness soon pushing through just enough to make its presence known, maintaining a perfect balance of flavours throughout. And then there’s more coffee. As if all that wasn’t enough there’s a lasting slightly dry, chocolately coffee finish with just a hint of that bitterness. It may be an over 7% beer but it doesn’t taste like it, the alcohol not evident at all in the taste, but it’s full bodied and the strong flavours (did I mention coffee?) ensure drinking’s not rushed; beer this good should be slowly savoured anyway, especially as Phil from Beermerchants only sent me the one bottle.

Highly recommended and worth seeking out, which I can make easier for you by providing this here Beermerchants link.