De Molen Rasputin

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

Serve in Snifter

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spicey, live and vibrant with poison ivy and fresh hop enlivened into an otherwise old brew. cheesy molded barley with none of the offense, so busy with flavors wafting in and out... you pick yours as they evade your palate. Highly demonstrative warm and interesting in it’s self. What better can i say then a BEER DRINKERS diversion. Sweet tight finish.

Medium brown hazy look with a small brown head. Aroma of piney hops with some smooth chocolate and honney notes. Flavor is very smooth aswell with sweet honney like sweetness along with some quite salty liquirice and a hop bitter finish. Very nice though quite different from what i expected

750ml shared with friends at Skarven in Tromsø. 10.5% ABV, batch 697, bottle no. 507. Leather dark body, fawn-coloured head with a solid stand. Inviting aroma of coffee, dark berries and dark fruits. Delicious flavour with well blended elements of dark malts, dark fruits and dark berries. Bitter malts and anise to a smooth long-lived finish. Great (celebration time; for the first time we can drink De Molen beers at a cafe in Tromsø, 04.06.2011).

Bottle. Ruby amber colour with a beige head. aroma is licorice, oxidation, alcohol, fruit. Flavour is licorice, oxidation, alcohol, fruit, roasted malt. Full body. Warming nice beer.

Appearance: Slightly transparent dark brown color with a radiant ruby tint and a tiny brown head.
Aroma: Oily, fatty, nutty dark chocolates with prunes, and crystallized fruits soaked in ruby port.
Flavor: Smooth and balanced composition of dried plums heated on some dark peat and dipped with a resinous black-tar. Very sweet belgian-type of candi sweetness coming from the background.
Mouthfeel/Palate: Soft, silky body with a smooth carbontaion. No traces of ethanol.
Overall: Sweet dessert-stout with a very faint belgian touch.

A black beer with a big and long-lasting, beige head. Aroma is temptating, liquirice, roastiness, chocolate and balanced sweetness. Taste is quite similar than aroma and very tastefull, liquirice, roastiness, coffee, medium sweetness, long and balanced roasted aftertaste. Full bodied, smooth and slippery to drink. Very balanced and quite sweet IS, easy enjoyability meets strong flavours, great beer.

Tap at Olympen. Black with a big, light brown soapy looking head. Aroma is surprisingly floral, lavender, soap, red berries, juicy raisins and prunes, chocolate and vanilla. Very little of the usual chocolate, coffee and roasted notes in other imperial stouts. Very sweet at first, but a sizable burnt bitterness finishes it off, saving it from becoming too sweet. A liqour like alcohol warmth made it a bit like eating liqour filled chocolates. Oily, thick, sticky and creamy. Gorgeous texture. Different. I really liked this.

Cloudy dark almost black, no real head. Strong aroma of burned malt with lots of liquorice, dark coffee and chocolate, dark flowers, prunes, spices and hops. Flavour is sweet with bitter finish. Nice complexity and warming alco well balanced.

UPDATED: OCT 10, 2008 Brewed on 27 March 2008, Bottled on 03 May 2008. Bought at Cracked Kettle, number 236 of 548. Deep ruby-black body with a foamy, stable beige head. Complex aroma with coffee, dark chocolate, dried fruits, dark chocolate, vanilla, liqueric perfume. Oily, dense texture and mouthfeel with flavor of dark chocolate, roasted cocoa beans and coffee, dried fruits like plum and some oak. Strong alcohol but well balanced. Dry, liqueric, roasted and long aftertaste. Delicious stout

bottle, #65/548, bottled 5/2008, thanks to bu11zeye for this one, espresso colored pour, with slight crema head, aroma of roasted nuts, coffee and cocoa, flavor is smokey chocolate and coffee, excellent