It's Alive!

Belgian Strong Golden Ale

It’s Alive! is Mikkellers answer and tribute to the trappist beer Orval. It’s Alive is an easy-to-drink beer, with a lot of hops. The color is amber, the foam is high, white and dense. The potent Brettanomyces culture makes It’s Alive continue to develop in the bottle.

ABV

8.0

Rating

3.63266

Rating count

12,876

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Mohit G.

Opened this after 5 years

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Chris Martin

Tasty orval clone-ish!

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Jamie Putney

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Rami O.

A good attempt but would not buy again.

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Ryan D.

Been sitting on this one for at least 8 years. No better now than back then.

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Nat C.

Weird perfume thing happening here for me 🤷🏽‍♀️🍻

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Tim Foley

My God, this glass is filthy!

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Wojciech Ł.

Taki dzikus z karmelkiem. Subtelny, w ogóle nie jest kwaśny.

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Alter Egoo

(2016) Aromat delikatny, białe owoce (gruszki, agrest, liczi, ananas), suszone morele, mandarynki, sporo nut dzikich, stajennych i kwiatowych. W smaku podobnie, intensywne, trochę miodowej słodyczy, trochę brettów, pestki, głóg, przyprawy, wino. 4.0

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Kind Beers

(LCI) Tomei um susto, achei que minha primeira Mikkeller ia ser uma decepção, mas só precisava esperar esquentar um pouco e aí... IT'S ALIVE! TÁ VIVA! Muito boa! É um tributo da Mikkeller à famosa cerveja Orval.

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Scott Kryder

Nice and smooth! Lighter Belgian flavor

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Darriuss

Я живу.

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John Cardwell

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Jared R.

11/6/10

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Poul Erik Deichmann Dahl

Let Brett, meget barleywine nydeøl aktig

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Davor Širec

Vintage 2017, BB 17/08/22; Brewed by De Proef in Belgium 🇧🇪 Mikkellers take on famous Orval brewed with brettanomyces & light rock candy; Lazy gusher with no loss of the beer; Aroma needed some time to opened up: light brett funk with notes of old ↘️

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Sharon Vu

After walking around, refreshing, and a light citrusy taste.

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ryan

Jammy! Jam! Not too overbearingly sweet just pleasantly so. Lingers in the mouth. Most enjoyable rare beer tasting event

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Frank Karioris

It’s old. It’s a bit over the hill. But still sparks joy!

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Ronald Blue

This bottle is past its prime, but it still tastes good. Great funk and a solid base.

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J M

It's dead. Mostly clear amber body no head. Bready caramel cardboard. Bready cardboard flavor. Medium body no carbonation. 4/2/2/1/5 1.4

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Piotrek Rapacz

Bl z lat 2012-2016

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Dakota VT

Mild. Not much flavor.

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Tad

2010 vintage

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Stella

From Tad - 2010 bbf 2016 bottle

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The Devil Drinks Beer

When you can’t drink the water, must drink beer!

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