Happy Birthday, Mikkeller Bar!
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Today is the first birthday of Mikkeller Bar in Copenhagen. This time last year I was in Copenhagen for a few weeks of work. We missed the bar’s opening night but over the following two weeks we became their first regulars, thanks to the bar being 100m from our hotel and, of course the incredible beer selection. Fifteen taps (now twenty!) constantly rotating through the huge Mikkeller range and a few guests from around the world, plus many bottled beers, including my favourite: the barrel-aged Mikkeller Nelson Sauvignon.
One night two big Mikkeller fans, one from Denmark and one from the USA, made a short movie while we were drinking there. The Danish fan, “Dr Ericschon”, is famous in the Danish beer world for making so-bad-they’re-good fan adverts for Mikkeller. This one is my favourite. The American fan is actually a big fan of the fan, so much so that he re-makes the same ads. The movie below shows them meeting at Mikkeller Bar.
If you look closely at about 0:19 you’ll see my colleague Pete and I in the background, alongside Kristina Bozic, co-owner of West Lakeview Liquors in Chicago (They stock a good range of NZ beers, including Epic and 8 Wired, if you’re ever feeling homesick in Chicago).
Here’s a photo I took during rehearsals: Dr. Erik Schon meets Not Dr. Erik Schon, May 11 2010.
Happy birthday, Mikkeller Bar! I wish I could be there to help with celebrations and see what other bizarre things are happening. Maybe I’ll pop down to Hashigo Zake for a Mikkeller toast.