The civet coffee beer is not the only adventurous brew that Mikkeller has attempted.

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It smelled at first of cardamon, then of cedarwood and plum, with a civet or musky finish.

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The Owston's civet is an endangered species found in the forests of Vietnam, Laos and southern China.

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But when he started brewing beer in 2003, he realised the civet coffee would lend the ideal taste to a strong stout.

BBC: Danish beer made with ��civet poo' coffee

Of Borneo's eight vivverid species, the researchers recorded six: the Binturong (Arctictis binturong), Malay civet (Viverra tangaunga), Common Palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphro), Small-toothed Palm civet (Arctogalidia trivirgata), Banded civet (Hemigalus derbyanus) and previously mentioned Otter civet.

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