De Molen Vlaams & Hollands (Flemish and Dutch)

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Sour Red/Brown
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle shared at local beer tasting. Clear amber body, white laces. Aroma of sour fruit, hops and wood. Taste of same sour fruits, sweetened by malts. Sweet and sour finish with cherries.

Bottle. Deep, reddish body with a disappearing beige head. Aroma has caramel, malt and fresh fruit. Flavor is sweet malty, some caramel, moderate acidic fruit and vinous. Moderate bitterness. Fine body and slightly sour aftertaste. A malty and vinous beer, that’s almost a lighter version of Flemish red or maybe a more beerish version of a Flemish sour? Quite nice.

Bottle.Pours amber with with an off-white head. Aroma of malt, fruitiness, some spices, yeast and caramel. Flavor is sweet and malty with congac, wood,some red berries, yeast, some spices and fruitiness. Medium body, average carbonation.

Details:75cl bottle (#361/560) bottled in March 2009 and tasted in July 2011.
Tasting:Very stiff cage that combined with the green wax is more challenging to open but better looking. Slight pop sound when opening. It pours quite low on carbonisation and ends in a thin creamy white head. The color is cloudy red and appealing. The aroma has a caramel touch at first and oak and a gentle sourness later. Mostly a malt nose with a little lactic sour aroma in it. The flavor represents this with a slight lactic sour flavor that ends in a dry oaky finish that doesn’t stay very long. There is a decent malt character present. The body is medium to heavy and a lot bigger then other Flemish Sour Ale, it is also a bit sticky. This makes the beer a lot less drinkable then other Flemish Sour Ales. The lighter sourness also makes the beer less refreshing.
Conclusion: A less sour, refreshing but maltier and heavier bodied variant of the Flemish Sour Ale.

Karamellig-herber, sehr ausgewogener Antrunk. Der Hopfen breitet sich im Mittelteil aus, denoch bleibt das herbe Aroma aus dem Antrunkführend. Die Karamelligkeit steigert sich konstant. Zum Ende grasig. Interessant, wie die grundverschiedenen Aromen harmonisieren! 10/11/11/12//11 Wenig säuerlicher Antrunk mit deutlich malzigem Beiton. Dabei ist das Bier süffig, mit der Zeit wird das Bier würzig-malziger, somit auch aromatischer. Zudem wird das Bier säuerlicher, dennoch bleibt dieses Aroma insgesamt mild. Im Nachgeschmack trocken, wenig aromatsich, das Malz ist nur noch durch seine Röststoffe vorhanden. Nettes süffiges Bier, das sich aber nicht sonderlich hervortut. 11/11/11/10/11/11

UPDATED: JUN 4, 2012 15th May 2009
Copenhagen Beer Festival. Hazy brown beer. Semi dry palate. Just a light touch of sourness plus a sprinkling of spices.

9th December 2009
Hazy red brown beer. Light biscuit head. Palate is light and slightly soft and semi dry. Not too sour! Coca cola, creamy malt and a subtle drop of worcester sauce.

In short: A sweeter, muddier and more vinous attempt at the classic Flemish Sour style. Good beer.
How: Bottle 750ml. Split three way at Cheval Blanc, Montreal
The look: Cloudy burgundy body topped by long-lasting small beige head
In long: First, this waxed, corked and caged bottle was a bitch to open. Nose is mostly typical classic Belgian Flemish Sour with the sour oak, cherries sensation and such. Taste is a little less classic Belgian Flemish Sour than the nose. Big chewy body, lots of wood, oak sourness, lots of fruity caramel, liquorice candy, tannins, grapes, yeast. A bit vinous. Sourness level is medium and the beer has a medium tannic astringency. Overall this was rather faithful to the style although it was less clean and polished than the good examples of the style (Rodebach Grand Cru and friends). Enjoyable beer. That was about the tenth beer of a long beer night. Many more followed. Too many. And the day after it was the same old story. Same negative attitude from my girlfriend. Why doesn’t she congratulate me about the three rooms I didn’t puke in?

75cl bottle thanks to Menno for this one. Reddish brown, with a very slight haze. Very thin beige head. Definite red wine and woody aroma. A little vinous in the mouth. For a 5% odd ABV beer, it tastes heavier than it is. Some carbonation in mouth. The woodiness continues into the finish with more red wine and red berry fruits. Not really sour. Just a touch on the finish. Some dryness and tartness on finish. Touch of milky choc. Decent fruit on the finish. Interesting.

Bottle. Dirty, muddy brown with a light tan head, and just very murky looking. Aroma is full of cherries and a lactose like sweet/sourness. Very lightly funky aroma. A little too sweet in the taste for me. Sweetish cherries and some pruniness that finished with lactose and some decent woodiness and a light sourness. Medium body with softer carbonation. Not as sour as I would have like or funky, but all the same fairly solid.

Big bottle. Stamped nr. 339. Dark and deep red with a tanned white head. The nose have clear notes of the red wine barrels. On top of that some wood, malts and sugar. The taste is sour with a bit of dish washer water in the finish. Some nice little farts, burned sugar, a heavy malt base, some wood and sour cherries. The name is absolutely well chosen for this beer