De Molen Amarillos Winter Warmer

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Courtesy SoLan. Copper-brown color with a nice even white head. The brew looks viscous on the pour. Nice aroma - mint and citric/floral aroma with some chalky smells. Real herbal and floral taste with just enough sharpness from the hops. Some sweeter notes come in, but everything is balanced and clean. Nice.

Courtesy bierkoning. Amber. Small white head. Aroma- floral, herbal, citrus, fruity, light sugary sweetness, light resin. Flavor is similar with a good amount of pale malt support. Nice hop bite on the dry finish. Medium/full body, soft carbonation. Real easy to drink. Excellent.

Couretsy SoLan. Pours a murky, dark amber. Aroma is floral and hoppy, with some slight citrus notes. Flavor is restrained and well balanced. Very nice beer.

Bottled 12/2007
Courtesy of bierkoning, thanks Edo! Amber color, small off-white head. Amarillo hoppy nose: pine needles, yeastyness and fruityness. Nicely balanced with piney Amarillo hoppyness and malts, fruity sweetness. Really easy to drink for being 9.2 % and EBU 77 beer ... good one.

Bottled. Hazy pale nutbrown colour with mediumsized beige head. Aroma is is bigtime amarillo hops. Flavour is very fruity hoppy along with mild sugary hints. Alcohol shows as a small burn, but doesn’t go into the flavour too radically. Wellbalanced and nice DIPA. Probably the first DIPA I have had from the Netherlands.

Bottled. Red-brown coloured, beautiful lasting head. Very strong hoppy aroma with lots of fruity notes, really inviting. Hopbitter flavour, which develops to be more sweet and sugary, but eventually finishes really bitter. Somewhat sticky mouthfeel. Just a tad too sugary and sticky for me, but otherwise brilliant brew.

Beautiful deep amber body, lots of sparkle and a huge off white head, thick lacing; Very big and very good thee like Amarillo nose, yeast is present, hard to put words on, Dutch serious and un-serious at the same time, arrogant and inviting; Soft smooth body soft big carbonation, very balanced maybe a bit to balanced since it becomes a little innocent (which it aint); Initially very pleasant hop bitter finish with a small bite as well, unfortunately the Amarillo aroma is overpowered by to much yeast and dough aromas, it is a bit like a bread that have been left to rise for to long. Great and very interesting and different beer. Thanks!

Bottle. Poured a lightly hazed copper color with a large off-white head. Herbal, floral and minty aroma. Also some citrus hop notes mixed in. Citrus hop with caramel and fruity malt. The aroma and flavor had odd characteristics but both were a nice change to the ordinary and being pretty tasty helps. Medium body with some warmth in the chest.