De Molen Eiken Hel & Verdoemenis

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Imperial Stout
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Serve in Snifter

dark brown, thinnest tan small bubbled ring that dies fast. Nose and flavor similar with heavy ash and roast, burnt brownie, oppressive residuals. Thin and sticky, one-sided, the only

330mL thanks to anders37. Pours essentially flat, deep ruby. No head. Nose is quite impressive: super intense cherry dark chocolate, mild booze, definitely on the sweet side. But very different nose than normal H&V. Taste is a bit sweet, slightly ashy, syrupy, some red apple, and lots of coffee liquor. Just too sticky and sugary for me. Finish is drier and powdery. A bit headache inducing. Aesthetics wise it is lacking.

Bottle courtesy of GT2, thanks! Black and headless. Aroma of chocolate covered caramel candy. Taste is similar with vanilla and brandy. Nice stuff.

Thanks GT2! Straight black pour with no head. Peat and earthen chocolate lead to huge creamy mocha and ganache. Uber thick rich palate with a creamy texture and sweet finish.

(Bottled, rated 2011-11-26) Almost black with no head. Softly licoricey nose with vanilla and roasted maltiness. Lots of malt, vanilla and licorice in the flavor, with sweet coffee and balanced roasted bitterness. Some tannins from the barrel add complexity. Quite full body, almost no CO2, sticky but not cloying. This is a beer you run into maybe once a year - excellent stuff!

Dark color with no head. What a wonderful smooth palate. Very full flavored beer with lots of licorice. From my Backlog.

33 cl. Opaque with a lasting ring of creamy foam. Nose of chocolate, grain, toasted nut, wood, and some light orange-grapefruit. Flavor is dark chocolate, coffee, vanilla, toasted oak, soy, oats, and a minty-alcohol finish. Medium-heavy body is smoothly carbonated, and well-balanced; sweetish as it should be, but never sticky.

(Bottle, 0.33 l - bottle nr 520, at Pikkulintu, 20111128) The beer poured black and oily without forming any head. Aroma had vanilla, roasted malts and wood. Palate was full bodied and dry with low carbonation. Flavours were vanilla, chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, wood and bitterness. Aftertaste was warming, roasty, ashy and bitter. Even though I feel that using oak chips is cheating I liked this one: wood and beer were in balance.