Beer Geek Balkan Breakfast
Sofia Electric Brewing x Mikkeller
| ABV 11% | Size 330ml |
| Country Bulgaria |
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| BBD (DD/MM-YYYY) | 13/05-2025 |
Imperial Stout
” When on 1st April we said we will be doing a collaboration with Mikkeller, a lot of people thought we were joking. But on the 2nd of April Mikkel came to the brewery. We did this tasty Imperial Stout with something local for the Balkans – Medenka Liubimka.”
This beer is a collaboration between Sofia Electric Brewing and Mikkeller and is an Imperial Dessert Stout brewed with Medenka pastries and vanilla. The beer was brewed for over 16 hours with a double mash schedule for a fuller body. A total of 50 KG of medenka pastries were added in the middle of the boil with 60 KG of honey and 60 KG of muskovado sugar.
Stouts & Breakfast
Malty, thick body, lingering sweetness and notes of roasted coffee, cocoa, and brownie batter are what make a stout. Stouts range from very sweet to dry, either way the coffee notes in them make it the perfect breakfast beer. They are often more of a sipper and hence are a great alternative to coffee during a Sunday brunch. Pair your chicken and waffles breakfast with your stout to really bring out all the sweet and luscious characters of the beer. You won’t even realize you didn’t have a coffee since the warming nature of the high alcohol content will allow you to start the day even without the added caffeine kick.
Stout
A stout is a big, dark, toasty and complex beer, made using roasted malts. Typical stylistic expressions will include either time in a barrel or the use of one or two adjuncts. In later years though, more modern versions relies heavily on the use of adjuncts to give the beer taste.
