De Molen V Years - 20k

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Black IPA
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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bottle from fonefan himself. roast and dough with pungent and musty hops in the nose. creamy and velvety texture with soft carbonation. Christmas spiced flavor (wood, holly, resin, grassy and pungent hops) with a hearty and warming alcohol. quite nice.

Bottle from Vinmonopolet Vika early 2012 Full body & high complexity Well integrated hops Very enjoyable

Pours a clear and dark brown beer with a beige head. The aroma is malt, caramel, sweetness and alcohol. The flavor follows the nose. The palate is sweetness. Overall a good and complex beer.

Bottle thanks to Santa/fonefan! Dark black pour, thin disc of carbonation and an aroma of cola, malt and chocolate. Flavor is also a little cola, peat, and finished with a little more smoke. Above average.

Pours dark copper with a beige head. Aroma is roasted caramel, light malt, nuts and light malt acidic. Flavour is roasted caramel nuts, light malt acidic and some citrus hop.

Bottled. Poured cola brownwith a tall, quick-forming khaki head. The aroma picked up nutty notes, molasses, and dark fruit, with accents of juniper berries and some sort of funky, exotic citrus rind.. airy overall, with a hit of oxidation on the back of the nose. The flavor found light, sour oak and metallic notes throughout.. toasted nuts and licorice at the core (more licorice toward the back).. finished with tacky bitterness and more of the sour funkage. Medium-bodied with a fuller feel on the palate due to high carbonation.. this didn’t have a poor feel and flow to it, but something wasn’t quite right.

Bottle (75cl) from Vinmonopolet (Vika), Oslo. Huge, light beige head with good retention, collapsing unevenly, leaving quite a bit of lacing. Hazy, very dark brown colour. Complex aroma dominated by hops and roasted malt, with grapefruit, licorice, caramel, chocolate, raisin. Medium body, soft carbonation. Extremely well-balanced taste, unifying the malty sweetness, hop bitterness and citric acidity. Long-lasting, dry finish.

Bottle. Dark amber color with greeeat head. Very hoppy flavor and aroma. Some licorice.

Bottle. Huge creamy head with excellent duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich hops, roast malt, flowers and notes of fruits. Full bodied and low carbonation.

Bottle. Creamy lightbrown excellent fully lasting head. Heavy malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Great beer.