De Molen Amerikaans

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Bitter
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Bottle. Unclear orange with a high dense head. American aroma indeed: lots of amarillo, oranges and mandarin. The flavours however disspoints me somewhat. They definately lack the power of good amarillo pale ales from the states (or Denmark) and has only faint hints of pine and grass.

Bottled (thanks Papsoe). Hazy orange colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is some fruity hops, yeast and quite much caramel malts. Flavour is very fruity hoppy along with grass and some spices. Biting carbonation.

Bottled. Hazy and brown in colour with a medium sized head. Malty base with notes of caramel, hops and a bit fruity.

A Mes rate: Bottle at Ealing Beer Festival.
Amber brown with a thin beige head that comes back easily with a swill. Nothing unsusal just some glorious Amarillo with an excellent malt base. Really good fruity notes. Lovely dry finish, very drinkable. Really good stuff.

(Bottled, 0.75l) Very hazy amber with a medium, lacy and quite lasting head. Fresh Amarillo aroma with caramely malt, but also some ashy "homebrew" feel - a bit like Nøgne IPA, with less fruitiness. The same solventy "homebrewness" continues in the flavor, along with a solid malty base, and aromatic-floral hopping. Finishes dry, bitter and mildly ashy. Medium-bodied with slightly fizzy carbonation. Very nice for a 4.5% brew, despite the unclean homebrew feel.

Bottle. Clear medium orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lancing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - grapefruit. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (160508)

Bottle@Home. Grassy, fruity and floral aroma. Light amber color, beige head, good lace. Light fruity, floral, grassy, malty. Little thin, could need some body. Refreshing and flavorful.

Draught Good yellowish, very fine head, leaving some lace over fully hazy amber-straw beer. And now for Amarillo jumping out of the glass, with a background of slight malt sweet, and dry hop bales finish. Very good nose. Soft citrussy hops in the taste, with lemonpeel, grapefruit and many yeasty esters. Thick, yeasty-creamy MF, medium bodied. Sample maybe too shaken (newly opened keg). Good, very aromatic beer, but ending a bit thin in the palate.