De Molen Eiken Hel & Verdoemenis

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Imperial Stout
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Bottled (from Ölkonsortiet, Aalborg). Pitch black colour, not much head. Aroma is coffee, liquorice, some caramel malts as well as mild sherrylike notes. Flavour is coffee, liquorice, toffee, smoke and roasted malts. All in a good balance. Yet another very balanced and pleasant brew from De Molen.

2009 Bottle, thanks to oh6gdx (Patrik) for sharing! Inky, viscous, luscious, bloody black pour. The aroma is hellishly good and from the bowels of the earth with magma, ashes from a hellfire, carbon, quartz, the whole molten core. Thick flat and perfect palate. The chocolate in the flavors are up-front, powerful, and extraordinary whereas the coffee flavors are very subtle. It’s like the heaven in balance to the devilish aroma. The smooth creamy palate carries every molecule of this elixir to every cell of my body. It’s like drinking chocolate that has been filtered through carbon, smooth as mother’s milk. This is Haute Bier!

Thanks Patrik! Pours inky and pretty black. No chance of getting a head on this. The aroma is bonfire, bitter chocolate, peanuts...a big complex nose. Superviscous...coffee burn, rich chocolate...mouth-coating. There is some rum character, as opposed to cognac. This is a crazy beer, so thick. You get alcohol late and it cuts through - only slightly - the thick malts. It actually tastes quite nutricious, with a big fat oak finish. Astonishingly drinkable, as the heat is muted.

Bottle on the train to Huddersfield, with Craig.Opaque black with practically no head at all. Full bodied. Malty aroma with lots of roasted notes, chocolate, some vanilla and oak. Sweet but well balanced taste. Wonderful !!

Bottle 33cl.
Clear dark black color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, burnt, chocolate, spruce, wood, bourbon. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is syrupy, carbonation is flat. [20090516]

Sampled at DØE Beerfestival 2009, Valby. Pours a very dark/black beer without a head. The aroma is coffee and chocolate. The flavor is coffee and vanilla. The palate has no carbonation. Overall this is a really great beer.

Bottled. Big imperial stout like the hel en verdoemenis, but with clear oak chips added to aroma and taste, without the beer becoming too dry. It is still very nice and creamy, which keeps the liquid strong chocolate taste alive. I should have bought more bottles, again. :-) Tap at Copenhagen Beerfestival 09. Dark flat. Soft malty, nicely rounded. Bit red wine as well, malty. Soft and balanced. 4.2

Bottle@Home. Strong choclate and mocca aroma. Pitch black colour, no head. Very sweet, light bitter, loads of chocalte, coffee and mocca. Very complex flavours and very flavourful.