De Molen Vuur & Vlam (Fire & Flames)

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

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

A slightly cloudy, copperbrown beer with a almost medium and blond head. Ou, ou, great aroma, that is full of fresh fruitsallad, tropical fruits, papaias and some sweetness and pine forest. Taste is also fruitfull, papaias, quite lot of piney and slightly grassy bitterness. Medium- bodied, quite lot of carbonation, nice to drink, but overally body is still too light, that reduce enjoyability. Great tropical fruitsallad, that charms, fruitfreaks, great beer!

Aroma of tropical fruit, lots of mango and pineapple, quite sharp. Taste has bags of tropical fruit, bubblegum note in there. Some earthiness, hint of pepper. Awesome. Really enjoyed this.

Bottle at Post Office Vaults, Birmingham. Smells awesome - so fresh, clean and thinly sweet. Taste is irresistibly hoppy, especially on the sweet, juicy finish. Very fizzy, which adds dryness. In fact, by the bottom of the glass (into which the bottle was poured*) I’m convinced that the fizziness is taking away from the hop taste slightly. But still, it’s really good. (*unnecessary elucidation.)

33cl bottle. Pours golden with a lazy bubble or two and a nice generous head. The nose has pine and grapefruit pith. The taste has lemon and grapefruit sorbet. The palate has a medium body, a thick, creamy texture and a nice zingy finish. Overall, it’s like a Belgian (or Dutch) influenced IPA. Nice beer.

7/II/2012 33cl bottle from De Molen beer shop (Bodegraven) @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: 22/VI/11 (2012-112)

Clear amber to copper red beer, creamy yellowish head, bubbly, little adhesive. Aroma: sweet ripe fruits, peaches, syrup, honey, sweet malts. MF: too much carbon, light to medium body. Taste: fruity start, citrus, grapefruit, melon, honey. Aftertaste: still fruity, bitter, bit peppery, dry finish with bitter ending.

"Cooked vegetables and burnt toast" was the description my wife gave of the aroma. I just think it’s a tasty beverage! A nicely (relatively) mellow ipa. More like smoldering embers than fire and flame, but in a very comforting way.

Dark yellowish colour, hazy liquid with off-white head. Pours with lots of crust, intersting looks. Aroma is very complex with some hays, herbs, grass, citruses, fruits (like apple), hops. Very intensive and satisfying fragrances. Taste is bitter, real IPA. Very, very good beer.

Bottle poured a hazy amber with a lasting amber head. Aromas of bread,earthiness, pine,orange zest and grapefrut.Palate ws medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish.Flavors of bread, earthiness, grapefuit and light pine with a smooth dry bitter lingering grapefruit finish.