De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis (Bordeaux)

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Imperial Stout
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Serve in Snifter

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Tap @ BBF 2010. Almost black and opague. Candied fruit, grapes, maple syrup in the aroma. Roasted but vinous flavor with ash and candied fruit, licorice, grapes. Almost perfect balance. Another jewel in the Molen crown.

Draught at Borefts Bier Festival 2010. Black - brown head. Burned, nutty, wine, fruity, oakey, wooden, tartness, acid, licorice, sparkling notes.

On tap @ 2nd BBF. The aroma has roast, dark chocolate, some vanilla and subtle hints of oak and red wine. Black coloured beer with a beige lace. The taste is sweet, bitter and has chocolate, vanilla and light oak. Delicate, subtle and very complex. Probably the best in the H&V series.

From tap. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark roasted malty, toffee and mild fruity wineous. Lingering dark malty and fruity wineous. Smooth, dark roasted malt and fruity into a mellow finish.

Tap at 2nd BBF @ De Molen. Not much carbonation, something I’ve seen more often in some of the Hel en Verdoemenis series. The Bordeaux barrel aging added quite some delicate flavors and took off the sharp edges of the original. A little more carbonation would have made this brew majestic, now it’s only amazingly awesome.

Draught at Borefts Bier Festival 2010. Pitch black coloured with a medium sized beige head. Roasted aroma of dark chocolate, cocoa powder and oak with notes of red wine. Roasted flavour of dark chocolate and cocoa powder with notes of liquorice, rubber and oak. Roasted finish.

Tap @ BBF ’10. Dark color, hardly any head. Aroma of thick roasted malt, some red wine, some chocolat. Tastes a lot like the splendid original H&V, but with soft tones of red fruit added. The thick H&V omnipresent. Lovely malty, hint of oak-aging. Just great stuff.