De Molen Donder & Bliksem (Thunder & Lightning)

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Bohemian Pilsener
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Serve in Flute, Footed Pilsner

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Bottled 330ml. -Hazy orange coloured, medium sized white head, weak malty nose. Malty, slight hoppy and flowery with grassy notes in the finish. Strong bitterness. So far the only De Molen beer that has disappointed me. Never mind, I forgive them.

Bottle sample at a tasting at Ariel’s place. Thanks Dagan. Pours yellow slightly hazy with a huge head, aroma of malt, lemon, some acids, olives, flavor of carambola, malt, saaz, lemon, vanilla, nice bitterness, medium bodied

Bottle, a bit warmer than the recommended 7C, poured amber-gold with just the thinnest ring of head, touches of grape and melon on the nose, honeyed on the palate with a little spice and butter coming through, and a peppery, malty and dry finish.

33 cl bottle @ Olutravintola Konttori. Rated on 14.01.2011
Aroma has some grassy hops, grainy malt and hints of butter. Flavour is rather grassy with some grainy malt. A straightforward Bohemian Pilsener without overdose of butter.

Bottle sample at a tasting at Ariel’s place. Thanks Dagan. Murky golden, nice frothy white head. Soft citric aroma, along with alcohol and grass. Bitter taste but nothing aggressive. Light body, lively carbonation, citric finish.

Bottle traded with Bierkoning, many thanks! Golden with a frothy, moderately durable head. And a weird, pleasant aroma. I get grainy malt, dust, yeast, citrus, floral notes (lavender?), subtle white grapes, lots of grass and some nuttiness. Moderate carbonation, quite full-bodied for a pils, and an interplay between malty sweetness and Czech herbal noble hop bitterness that would suit a good IPA. Nicely done!

Bottle sample at a tasting at Ariel’s place. Thanks Dagan. 6.?% ABV. Hazy golden with a big white head. Strange citric soap aroma with prickly pear, some yeast and noble hops. Sweetish flavor with some bready malt notes and a bitter finish with decent grassy hops. Medium-bodied. Aroma is kinda weird but the flavor is pretty nice.

On tap at De Molen pouring clear copper with gold edges and thick dense tan head. The aroma has some dusty biscuit malts, light earthy hops and a touch of fruity esters. The taste delivers earthy hops mixing with floral hops and a bit of resiny bitterness laced with biscuit malts. It has both resiny hops riding on top of slick malt like sweetness.

750ml bottle, hazy golden blonde hue, with a frothy white head, with a yeasty, fruity citrusy, faint funky sourness nose, with some spicy floral lemon, grapefruit peel accents, a light straw, honey pale, toasted cereal sweetness malt note in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, honeyed wheat, pale, toasty malt, light vanilla spicy character, with a mild flowery leafy, grassy, citrusy hop flavors, with a faint lavender herbal backbone, leading towards a yeasty, citrusy, lingering leafy hop bitterness finish.

Into the glass pours an orange-yellow beer, very cloudy, with a fine white head. The smell shows lots of aromahops, yeasty and fruity-sweet. Starts with lots of aroma hops, citrus, slightly yeasty and sour, very fruity in the background. Goes into a very fruity finish (grapes and citrus fruits), combined with aroma hops and some yeast!

Bottle. Lemon yellow with a white head. Nice citrus hop presence. Crisp and refreshing.