De Molen Mooi & Machtig (Cognac Barrel)

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Barley Wine
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Serve in Snifter

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UPDATED: DEC 13, 2011 Aroma has glue/solvent, cognac and loads of sweet stuff. Flavour is very (cloyingly) sweet with huge sugar, caramel and malt, some yeasty hints. Good beer, but not my thing. Too sweet. Edit: tried with 2.5 years of age. And thats awesome.

Tap @ 2e BBF. A clear red/bruin colored beer, with a small beige head. The aroma of sweet port wine, almost no bitter. The taste is sweet, a little sticky and a little alcohol. Like a port wine with some notes of cognac. The aftertaste is nice sweet and a little burny.

UPDATED: FEB 11, 2011 De Molen Festival 2010 ... and one of the starts of the show ... deep red brown ... nice light bubbly off white head ... sweet rich creamy toffee ... loads fo rich fruits nose ... juicy plums ... light green raisins ... big toffee ... juicy and sweet and sticky .... tk2 deep copper ... thin lacing ... sweet malts ... juicy toffee nose... very sweet juicy malts ... light oxidation ... little vanilla .... ligh berry... 4.2 ... bottle at home ... sweet roast vanilla toffee malt nose ... sweet juicy oily ... plums ... raisins ... 4.0

On tap at Emelisse Oktoberfest. Clear copper amber colour, dense off white head. Aroma is very sweet, white raisins, cognac, very malty. Flavour is very sweet, thick malty, white raisins, chocolate, light cognac. No alcohol noticed. Fullbodied, thick, slick, sticky. Very sweet, too sweet actually, but very good as well.

UPDATED: MAR 12, 2011 24th September 2010. Borefts Beer Festival.
Clear red amber beer, no head. Light soft palate. Sweet malt with subtle port flavours with lovely sweet cognac. A little lactose sweetness in the undertone. Very well hidden 17.0%. Some strawberry sweetness before a dry finish. Immensely drinkable and I spent a good part of the second day with 8 glasses of this treat. It stood up to and was better than every other beer at the festival (and there were many great ones) with the exception of the Kaggen. Absoloutely delicious.

8th and 10th March 2011
Draft at Arends Nest. This great beer has developed further. Amber beer, clear. Zero head. A light touch of apple on the nose. This tastes like a quality sweet dessert wine that has a drop of cognac added. Lovely! On the 10th had a couple of glasses where it came across as more sherryish with sweet woody cognac. My work mates and many others - including the bartender - could not accept this as a beer. Shame for them - I think it’s a classic beer.

Draught at Borefts Beer Festival 2010. Resembles a port wine more so than a beer, but tasty enough, and hides its alcohol well.

head: none
colour: amber/brown
smell: fruity, caramel, alcohol, grapes , pears sirup ( a famous sirup here in belgium )
taste: sugar, pears, alcohol, bit of peaches, salty, bit of oranges, caramel, carrots, alcohol bite in the end , texture is oily, end is sweet

From tap at Borefts Festival. Pours amber with a medium off white head. The aroma is chlorine, sweet fruit, booze and dark fruit. The flavour is sweet malty with notes of caramel, sweet fruit and some hops.

UPDATED: MAR 21, 2012 Tap @ BBF 2010. Cognac and confit fruit in the aroma. Confit fruit and cognac in the very intense flavor. Full bodied. Viscous. Long cognac aftertaste. Tap @ ACBF 2012. Deep amber color. Cognac clearly noticeable in the aroma. Vanilla. Heaps and heaps of malt, vanilla, cognac. Very sweet, so needs the cognac to be enjoyable. Oak in the aftertaste.

Draught at Borefts Bier Festival 2010. Clear amber - white head. Sweetness, honey, vineous, cognac, flowery notes, light alcoholic, sharpness, nice malty, ryebread. 17% - I don’t think so !!!