De Molen Sladek Hopburst

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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(330ml bottle, #427/480) Pours a hazy golden body with a dense rocky off-white head. Aroma of perfume, citrus, and florals. Flavor of caramel, nuts, citrus, yeast, grain, and grass with somewhat dry finish.

750ml bottle, #175 of 415 bottled March 2011 - thanks to Secret Santa. Hazy orange amber with a billowy off white head that dissipates. Papaya, peach, lighter and full ripe / non acidic citrus, alcohol is present which is surprising at 6%, straw. High carbonation out of the bottle, lower on the palate, quite smooth, moderate body, sweet with a bitter edge that grows towards the end, becomes quite dry and very fruity, even more bitter. Quite tasty.

33cl, bottle #852. Orangée, col fin beige collant au verre. Arôme est fleuri, presque de feuilles de thé, poussiéreux et fruité. Bière sèche, malt pale et pils, légère amertume, aspectd e grains et écorce, houblon laisse une fine amertume et je note un profile fruité; citronné et pêche.

Bottled. Many thanks to yngwie for thos one! Pours a fizzy, hazed, bright orangey-golden body. A huge airy blond foam on top. Inviting aroma of summerflowers, freshly cut grass, and ripe oranges. Taste is hop driven, rounded citrus, mixed bag topical, and a fine floral note. A balancing, lightly sweet and toasted malt character in there to back up. Firm, light minty bitterness. Healthy body. Cream-ish texture, Fruity bitter, sweetish malty ending. Well-crafted with great drinakability. And the Sladek hop, new for me, is a really nice variety.

75 cl bottle @ home, bottled on 04.03.2011, BBE 04.03.2016
Aroma is fresh and sweetish with exotic fruits and hops, but it feels also a bit watery. Flavour is fresh with grassy hops and some exotic fruits. Some ash too. Bitter aftertaste. Refreshing, but could be less ashy.

750 ml bottle. Brewed on 10.1.2011, Bottled on 4.3.2011.
Pours a deep amber colour with a large, foamy, white head. Aroma of stinging floral hops and exotic fruits. Flavour of pale malts, stinging floral hops, exotic fruits, caramel, cardboard and ash. Medium bodied, quite high carbonation and a bitter, crispy finish with some light fruitiness. Somewhat unbalanced because of the ash and the high carbonation.

75 cl bottle. Brewed on 10.01.2011. Bottled on 04.03.2011. BBE 04.03.2016.
Pours hazy orange colour with small head. Aroma of light fruity hops, malts, bread, some nuts and toffee. Flavour of fruits, malts, toffee, caramel and distant vegetables. Strong CO2.
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sweet aroma,amber, white foam, hazy, light sweetness, lightly bitter, soft carbonation, long nice bitter finish.

Murky orange body, white head. Deep ugly hoppy aromas. Slightly "burned" yeast, really rough flavour. Some pines. Not good at all.

330 ml bottle. From Bodegraven, the Netherlands.
Hazy orange colour with average to big white head. Piney, fruity bitter hops (not very aggressive though) and balancing malt in aroma. Tasty piney, fruity hoppy bitterness (not too harsh) in flavour. Quite pleasant after all. Balanced. Tasty. Erg lekker!

Redish brown, hazy body with medium off white, quite bubbly head. Nice, ’old style’ (or what I think it is) IPA aroma with resin, overripe banana, barnyard, little soapy and lychee. Fruity taste without having any sweetness strangely, more of a lingering bitterness than a complex or extreme one. Dry finish and an okay mouthfeel. With a lower carbonation it would have been a good English style session beer but as it is it doesn’t really fit for me. (33cl bottle)