De Molen Heil & Zegen (Salvation & Blessing)

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Superb Beer. Looks excellent in the glass deep red with a touch of haze, tan sticky looking head., huge aroma of spice, wild strawberries, toffee, caramel, treacle, liquorice, hops, orange - it just go’s on an on. Palate is instantly mouth coating with big hops up first, tonnes of dried fruit, apricot, more treacle, some mineral earthy motes, all the aromas follow through on to the palate except the strawbs perhaps. Lots of spicy chunky malt with a lovely warmth from the booze within, but not at all over powering abv-wise. Finish is long with lots of marmaladey treacle and some very well played hops making for great balance between bitter and sweet. Just a fantastic beer, and after having it at least 5 or more times I can safely say one of my all time favourites. De Molen are indeed, Righteous!

(750ml, bottle #159) Pours a murky amber-brown body with a spare beige head. Aroma of grapefruit, apple, caramel, toasted grain, and brown sugar. Flavor of citrus, light pine, brown sugar, caramel, and apple with a bitter finish.

Bottle from bu11zeye. Light orange pour with almost no head. Aroma is pineapple, sour grapes, caramel, and alcohol. Taste is kinda fruity, caramel, brown sugar, and cardboard.

bottle, thanks to bu11zeye, clear amber pour , soft caramel pine nose, flavor of pine, molasses, brown sugar malt, medium finish

(750ml bottle thanks to bu11zeye) clear medium amber, no bubbles. Nose of honey, hops, and brown sugar. Taste is very bitter, uncarbonarted, too many esters for me.

Dark brown, and unclear. Has an off-white head mostly lasting. Heavy sweet aroma, druid fruit, plum, figs, soy sauce, dark. Flavor is heavy sweet, heavy bitter too, light acidic. syrupy texture. Soft carbonation.

soy sauce, smoke, roasty, dark brown, light brown foam, medium sweetness, medium bitterness, full body, creamy, soft carbonation, bitter, heavy long finish.

(bottle, 33cl, #48/1248) Hazy, ruby brown colour with a beige and short foamy head. Caramel-malty and slightly bready aroma with a vinous-fruity, almost Sherry-like note. Sweet-bitter flavour, almost full bodied with a smooth carbonation. Hearty (cara-)malt character with notes of bread, liquorice and a well-attenuated slightly fruity and resiny hoppy touch; sweet-bitter malt-accened finish with a vinous touch and a well-masked alcohol. Very good. 12.X.11

Bottle #48: Amber to deep amber coloured, small and stable tanned head, dry caramelly and (port-)vinous nose, a good dash of aromatic hops underneath; medium to full bodied, pretty soft, solid bitter-sweet flavour; perfectly balanced caramelly and hoppy finish, dry hoppy aftertaste. Fine brew...

2008 Vintage 75 cl. bottle/shared@Kulminator: bottle nr. 271/384: dark brown with a ruby hue & egg-white head, smell is despite the age an explosion of American, lots of grapefruit & pine, underneath there is a malty & caramely sweetness, taste is bitter but also very fruity including lots of grapefruit but also some grapefruit, berries, pineapple, sweet lemons, caramel malt sweetness buried underneath, bitter aftertaste, pine, I am also getting some sourness in the aftertaste & ome brett, not sure if it is intentional, this is halfway between a barleywine & a IIPA

Bottle from 2009. No head. Dark red.-amber colour. Powefull malty and fruity aroma. Rasin and plumb dominating. No fresh hops left. Light sweet powerfull bitter flavor. Vinius. Batley wine like. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate. Too flat. Maybe I waited too long.