De Molen Hemel & Aarde (Heaven & Earth) Caol Ila Barrel

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

Serve in Snifter

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[5/11/12] Draught sample at Copenhagen Beer Celebration. Black with a light brown head. Aroma full of peat-smoked malt. Very smoky flavor with scotch. Medium-full-bodied.

Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012: Lagom kladdig, ganska lätt men med en tydlig fatton.

Draught at CBC 2012 Pitch black coloured with a huge beige head. Sweet and roasted aroma of whisky, earth and peat. Sweet and roasted flavour of whisky, earth and peat with notes of alcohol. Roasted finish.

Tap at CBC. This is barrel aged in Caol Ila scotch barrels, not "coal." Muddy to opaque ink pour. Medium carbonation with low lacing. Nose is sharp formaldehyde- extremely peaty to over the top. Taste is soil, dirt, formaldehyde. Someone said, "dead baby chihuahua." (??) Dry palate. Too much oak tannin. Definitely stayed too long in the barrel. Hot tamale.

From tap. Pours hazy dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is tarish and peated malty. Sweet, dark roastedmalt nd smoked. Bitter and dry finish.

On tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012. Solid black with a large beige head that leaves behind heavy lacing. Aroma is coffee, smoke, leather. Creamy mouthfeel, heavy on the palate, big smokey finish. Taste is smoke, oak, coffee, molasses, dates, chocolate, vanilla. Nice one for sipping after dinner in the winter. 

Draught @ CBC ’12. Rated on 11.05.2012
Aroma is rather strong on islay peat – like smelling a glass of laphroiag. Also some ash and licorice. Flavour is sweetish with peat, smoke, licorice and hints of ash. Also some woody notes. Laphroiag in the form of a beer.

Draught @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012.
Pours a pitch black colour with a creamy beigeish head. Intensive aroma of islay whisky, tar and dark chocolate.Very aggressive flavour of peat, tar, dark berries, bitter hops and islay whisky, meaning Caol Ila. Roasty finish with tar and peat again. Probably the most whisky-intensive beer I’ve ever had. Excellent stuff.

Draught @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration.
Pours pitch black color with small head. Aroma of very strong peat and coal, caol ila bourbon, vanilla, smoke and some dark chocolate. Flavour of very bitter malts, caramel, peat, vanilla, tar and ash dry dark chocolate. An astonishingly whiskey-like brew, excellent.
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Draught @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration

Pours pitch black with s smooth head. Strong aroma of smoked whisky, peat, roasted malts, wood, vanilla and oak. Taste is creamy smooth with a massive amount of smoked peaty whisky notes, vanilla licorice and oak, hints of roastiness. Finish is smooth with a lot of peated whisky notes. Nice, tasty barrel aged IS.