De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis (Hell & Damnation)

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle 75cl @ home by De Molen pre tasting before Ølfestival Aarhus with Menno.
Clear dark red brown almost black color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dusty, roasted, dark chocolate, wood, oak - peat, smoke, moderate yeasty and hoppy, pine. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is full, texture is oily oily - syrupy and very thick, carbonation is soft to flat. This is realy the best of the begian style and the danish imprial stouts .. Very good work Menno. A glas of this is nice but a bottle is much better it gettes better and better. ;o)) (150508)

Bottled at Ølfestival, Århus, 2008. A pitch black beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of roasted malt as well as notes of wood and soy sauce. The flavor is sweet matly and very roasted combined with notes of alcohol and chocolate as well as light notes of coffee. The body is thick.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours completely black and opaque with a creamy, cappuchino-like light brown head. Very intense aroma: burned malts, peaches, licorice and cough syrup. Also an intensely full body, plenty of sweet licorice, roasted malt and a light ashy note. Finishes with a light malt bitterness and a warming alcohol. Truly a great Imperial Stout. 231208

Århus2008. 33 cL bottle. Pours hazy brown with a lacing off-white head. Chocolate and roasted malt aroma, very inviting. Light acidic touch from the roasted malt and mild chocolate smoothness swept inbetween. Light acidic touch into the finish. Smooth and acidic. Nice one.

Bottled. Black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is coffee, nuts, chocolate, roasted malts and some mild caramelly notes. Flavour is nuts, coffeebeans, alcohol, chocolate, roasted malts and some mild cocoa. Kickass, and all this package in a nice and smooth balance.

Bottled at Monk’s Café, Stockholm. Transparently black with dense pale brown head. Aroma of aniseed and ouzo. The surprsingly slender and vital body gives it extreme drinkability for a beer it’s size. The flavours are concentrated Salty chocoalte is first in line. It has also grainy malt, licorice and tar. Underneath there are vague fruity notes, raisin perhaps. So unassaulting that it takes a while to realize just how intense and complex it is. One of the best new imperial stouts I’ve had in a long while!

Bottle at Århus Ølfestival. Black coloured with a small beige head. Roasted aroma of dried fruits, liquorice and hops with notes of alcohol.. Roasted flavour of liquorice, dried fruits and hops. Hoppy and roasted finish.

UPDATED: SEP 18, 2008 Bottle, 10% at ÅBF08. Powerful sweet liquorice aroma. Cloudy black colour, no head. Roasted flavour, hint of yeast. Sweet, roast coffee, very nice. 8 4 8 4 15

Draught at EBF08. Black colour. Vinous flavour, yeasty and roasted. Very low carbonation. Some fruitiness. 7 3 7 3 16

UPDATED: JAN 2, 2010
Date: April 25, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, DLD
Appearance: opaque dark brown, robust tan head, drippy lace
Aroma: rich chocolate aroma, touch of dark caramel sweetness
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, dark caramel brings out the chocolate, roasted adds the balance, long bitter finish
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Corked bottle at Ølfestival 2008, Århus
Very dark brown color. Medium aroma strength, mild Imperial Stout, with some cardboard. Very good body, sweet; all the flavors are well combined together: caramel, malt, a lot of chocolate, delicate roasted malt... And a good bitterness too. Very well brewed.