De Molen Amarillo

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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This is very well carbonated as a careful pour produces a tulip filling, five-finger thick head that is a light tan color. The beer is a lightly red stained honey color and shows an almost brilliantly clear, red-orange stained gold color when held up to the light. The aroma smells sticky with hop notes of candied citrus zest, tangelo, lychee, ripe-concentrated berries, but also some herbal notes and a touch of grassiness. The hops really make the aroma exuberantly fruity smelling. Towards the finish, when you really dig around, I get a soft subtle note that smells a bit like ripe cheese; soft but more significant is some malt influence aromatics of toasted crackers, and crushed pale malt. As the beer warms up the nose picks up a bit more funkiness that is sort of musty along with the previously mentioned ripe cheese. Definitely an enjoyable nose to smell for a spell.

Lightly sweet up front, the beer has an ample carbonation that froths up out of the slightly viscous stream of beer as it flows across the tongue. The beer is not heavy, but I do prefer my Double IPAs a touch lighter on the palate (this is still pretty quaffable for a beer of this strength though). In the finish is a lingering hop bitterness as well as a menthol and pine like herbal hop character; A touch of alcohol heat seems to bring out this last note a bit more as well, the sharp menthol especially really lingers on the tongue. The hop influenced fruitiness in the flavor leans more towards bright berry flavors as well as notes of candied orange zest and ample lychee. A touch of grassy hop character becomes noticeable after a bit as does some cracker like malt and of course a more prominent sweet malt character that boosts the fruit-leaning hop notes. The subtle funkiness of the aroma (despite getting even more accentuated with my second pour) really isn’t much noticed in the flavor, it perhaps contributes a touch of phenolic character that mixes with the sharper herbal hop notes and hot higher alcohols.

Where the aroma was all fruit hop character the flavor has a mix of fruit and herbal hop character. This is definitely a nice beer, it can get a little harsh and alcoholic in the flavor at times, but you can’t have everything with a 9.2% abv beer.

bottle. heavy candied orange dominates the nose. caramel heavy and sweet throughout. medium-full body, creamy and sweet with round mouthfeel, flavor as well dominated by sugared caramel orange candies. filmy finish with zingy hop bitterness but none of the hops are distinct in flavor. starchy spiced orange and cedar shaving lingering late.

Bottle at a tasting at Rotem’s place. Thanks Dagan. Hazy dark golden, white film. Mango and some grass aroma, taste begins soft, then bitter but not offensive. Light body, soft carbonation, long finish.

Color doraro palido ligeramente turbia, poco carbinatada y con espuma blanca y persistente. Aromas a maltas, levaduras y notas resiinosas y citricas. Sabor maltoso ligeramente acida y con una buena dosis de amarillo. Retrogusto a lupulo y alcohol bien balanceado.

33cl bottle. Pours cloudy orangey brown with a nice generous head. The nose is initially a bit elusive but herby notes come through. The taste has a creamy grapefruit with a kinda lime marmalade note on the end. The palate is medium to full bodied with a creamy texture in the middle section and a clean but not too sharp finish, in fact its very elegant. Overall, a lovely balanced beer.

Bottle. Cloudy orange with a decent white head. Lovely aroma. Grassy pine. Flavour is hugely hoppy. Pine again with a little orange and some powerful grapefruit. Syrupy sweet caramel with a fairly clean bitter finish. Like an oil based, pine scented wooden floor treatment. Really delicious though.

11.2oz bottle. Poured a hazy amber color with a larger sized off white head. Aromas of fruitiness, toasted caramel, and some citrus rinds. Tastes of caramel, toast, some lighter earth, fruity, and citrus. Alcohol well hidden with a thinner body.

One of the best beers i have ever tasted. String taste. Perfect aroma!

An amber coloured beer with a thin, white head that early disappeared. The aroma is fruity with notes of orange, caramel, hop. First the taste is sweet than the dry, hoppy bitterness is coming. Very soft carbonation, big body. It’s very good but I miss the lack of hophead bitterness.

12oz bottle pours a translucent, bright orange with a thin, white head. Nose is nice, big grapefruit, boozy, orange rind, resinous, caramel. Very sweet flavor, almost candy like, honey comb, oranges, lemons, light pine, a little soap. Big, boozy, sticky finish. Not your typical DIPA, much more sweetness and far less bracing bitterness than you’d expect. I didn’t think I’d like this, but wound up being unique and enjoyable.

Pours gold into a tulip. White head quickly recedes to hug rim. Dusty, earthy caramel aromas. Sweet toasted caramel upfront turning slightly sour in the lasting bread finish.