De Molen Ruig & Rood (Rough & Red)

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Irish Ale
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Bottled 75cl. Aroma has caramel malts, yeast and citrus. Hazy, orange-brown coloured with an off-white, medium head. Taste is bit bitter, bit sweet. Medium-Full bodied. It has oranges, caramel malts, yeast, some grassy hops. Bit dry finish. Nice one.

Bottle, courtesy of fonefan. It pours a hazy, copper body with a nice beige head. Sugary, caramel nose with some beef-stock. Grains and fruityness too. The flavor is sugary and sweet, with caramel and roasted malt notes. Quite fruity, and with a grainy touch. Full-bodied and effervescent, slightly sticky and warming. A pleasing, sweet, delicious and warming beer, challenging the styles. (080823)

(Bottled) Hazy medium amber with a large, bubbly head. Pretty fruity aroma of caramely malt and toffee. Caramely, toffeeish, very grainy malt with lots of orangey fruitiness and some grassy hops. Long, dryish-hoppy and fruity aftertaste. No signs of the 9.5%. Medium-bodied palate with foamy, but balanced carbonation. Very interesting hybrid with Barley wine, Tripel and Brown ale character, with lots of toffee-caramely maltiness... is this really bottom-fermented? No "homebrewish solvents" in this one.

Bottled. Hazy orange brownish color, medium head. Soft aroma of some fruit, bit caramel, some hop. Strong alcoholic taste, quite sweet, slight fruity, some yeast. Warming. Very soft bitter finish. Decent.

Draught at "Italia Beer Festival 2008" - Brescia.
Dark orange color with discreet head. Fresh aroma of sweet wood, must and cereals buckets. Not much typical style with a decided alcoholic notes that dragged for along time.

Muddy amber with a small off-white head (Long rested bottle, poured very carefully. I prefer less sediment). Aroma is quite unique and surprising. It has grainy and spicy hoppy notes that matches the lager yeast and Saaz, but I can see the Irish part as well in some caramel malt aroma - does it work? I’m not convinced, I thought it was a bit of a mess. The flavour is very malt forward, with bread and caramel. Medium sweet with a little hop bitterness and some fruitiness. The finish has an unpleasant bitterness that I can’t quite place - hops, old yeast, or husk tannins?

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a hazy reddish amber with a dense off-white head leaving laces. Aroma of yeast and burned caramel and some fruit. Quite full-bodied with sweetish burned caramel and fruit and an astrigently bitter finish. An Irish Ale at 9.5% ABV?? - well, that’s a first. 230808

TFODRBSG08 Courtesy of Fonefan. It’s dark, red-golden with a huge, creamy head. The aroma has sweetness, notes of heather, yeast, malt and fruit. The flavour is sweet with hops that gives notes of grapefruit. I also find caramel, malt, a little spices and yeast. The alcohol gives a warming feeling.