De Molen Engels

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Bitter
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Bottle courtesy Absumaster. Pours malty, a bit funky smelling white parachute head that leaves but a littl lace. Light body underneath that has an understated bitterness to it, understated carbonation, medium mouthfeel with some mouth tingling. Drinkable, drying aftertaste.

Cask, in a local squatbar in Amsterdam. Hard to say anything bad about any Molenbeer, over an over. Orange coloured, more to a pale ale than a bitter, (too) cloudy, taste of lemongrass, abricot. Hoppy but not extremely bitter. slighly watery. Great beer

Cask, GBBF 08. Hazy gold with a small head. Aromas are citrus with ginger spices and yeast. Flavours are wheat and spices with winter fruit.

(Cask at GBBF, London, 5 Aug 2008) Cloudy copper colour with brief, white head (leaning in the mire direction). Fruity, yeasty nose with apricots and dried fruit. Fruity, yeasty taste with notes of apricots and a nice, dry bitterness in the finish. Rather far from an English bitter, but still an interesting beer.

Cask at the GBBF 2008, gravity dispense. Cloudy golden colour, moderate head. Nice fruity / berries aroma. Berries in the flavour too (blackcurrants, boysenberries) with a moderate but nice hoppy finish.

Draught. Low fluffy off-white lasting head. Hazy thick looking orange body. Lemon oranges abricot colriander aroma. Mild and fruity flavor with spicy notes but not much hops bitterness. Low carbonation. Long sweet aftertaste.

Cask at GBBF ... Hazy yellow ... banana bubblegum clove nose ... light mellow and fruity little sweet loads of hops in linger,

GBBF 08. Cloudy yellow with an intensely hoppy mace and clove aroma. Poor flavour though - it’s rather flat and dead.