De Molen Amarillo

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Draft. Pours amber orange with an off white head. Fruity and piney hoppy aroma with floral notes and sweet malts. The flavor has sweet piney and fruity hops, with sweet malty noted. Nice.

Bottle 33 cl bought @ Birra ed Oltre (Naples, Italy). Yeasty aroma, some ashes, smoke, leaves, piny character. Orange and spicy belgian-like notes. Dark hazy orange, great and shapely foam, some suspension. Highly carbonated, fruity body, boozy and syrupy with caramel notes. Smoked notes again, boring in the end. Resinous and grassy finish, but I didn’t like it.

02.05.2011. On tap at Schouskjelleren brewpub. Dark amber colour with beige head. Aroma is fruity with good hoppy bitterness with notes of orange and pine. There is also some sweetness. Very good beer!!

Bottle from Mane Liquor. Pours a hazy orange with a fluffy, white head that lasts and lasts. Fresh sweet fruits make up the aroma - pineapple, orange, mandarin. Spicey hops come through in the taste, wherease the sweet fruits are much more subdued. Moderate bitterness with a slightly higher carbonation level. Good beer

Bottle. Hazy amber, huge, creamy off-white head leaving lacing. Aroma: yeast, citrus, grape, fudge. Taste: pineapple, citrus, a bit smoky, sweet, toffee or fudge, toast, medium bitter. Full-bodied and moussy. Was hoping for more, but OK I guess.

Draft at Monk’s Cafe. Pours a dark, cloudy burnt orange color with golden tangerine edges when held to a light and a half finger white head that quickly settles into a very thin ring. Not much in the way of lacing. Sweet malty aroma which is odd for the style with hints of caramel and biscuit. Underneath, there is some sweet citrus peel and tropical fruit with hints of pineapple, mango and orange peel. These are very faint and maybe I’m stretching a bit but there’s something there. Sweet boozy alcohol. Medium bodied and syrupy with a thick sweet boozy presence that really overpowers the hops. Huge malt presence that is more prominent than the hops with hints of biscuit, caramel and toffee. Underneath, there is some sweet alcohol heat and sticky dry hops. Very earthy and kind of cloying with all dryness and subtle sweetness. Not much citrus or tropical fruit that the aroma suggests. Boozy, thick and syrupy. Very disappointing.

2011 - 04 - 02 330ml bottle. hazy, dark orange colour. big frothy, fading white head. bitter taste. earthy aroma. not really my taste...

Very nice fruity (lot’s of Lychee aroma’s) beer with very good bitter hops. Combined all together in a nice full bodied beer! Passion fruits, lychee, toast, roasty, citrus, herbs, golden, amber, cloudy, white foam, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, full body, oily feel, lively, average carbonation, bitter, long finish,