De Molen Tsarina Esra Imperial Porter

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Thanks to joes for the bottle. Pour is mahogany with a small beige head. Aroma is chocolate and roasty. Nice flavor, but has a smokey/meatiness that I don’t care for...almost tobacco. Decent body and smooth.

[Shared at WLV tasting 4/5/08] Pours dark black/brown with thin brown head. Sweet roasted malt aroma with plenty of smoke. Flavor of smoked peat, candied belgian malt, chocolate with a dry finish. Considerable sticky syrupy body. I really enjoyed this one and hope to some day have another taste!

Courtesy SoLan. Lifeless near-black pour. Nice aroma - sweet roast, tannins, alcohol. Aggressive and roasty aroma. Bitter roast on the taste, but still smooth, with the alcohol complimenting the tastes present. Some clean nutty tastes come in. A real nice Baltic.

(sample from irishboy)dark brown with red highlights.smoke chocolate,cocoa,and pine hops is what i get from it.mouthfeel is thin.

Black, no head. Aroma is chocolate, caramel, smoke, alcohol. Taste is chocolate, caramel, alcohol, dried fruit. Nice thick body.

330ml bottle; Nose of coffee, chocolate, caramel and light floral hops; black with a very small beige head; flavor of light hop bitterness, caramel, and chocolate.

12 oz bottle, via jbrus. Pours a very dark brown body with just a few large bubbles clinging to the outside of the glass. The nose is roasty and smokey with lots of burnt malt and a hint of alcohol. A little bit of hoppiness as well. The flavor is heavy roast with some smoke and soy oxidation notes. A little bit of alcohol, but not much for an 11% beer. Chocolate, cocoa, maybe even a bit of leather. A lot going on here. Mouthfeel is perfect for me, very minimal carbonation gives it a great viscous oily smooth texture. Overall, very nice, just my kind of beer. A little bit of an odd ball for a Baltic, not quite as much on the licorice that I like, but I give it credit for being a little unique.

Courtesy bierkoning. Bottle #568. Black/dark brown. No head. Aroma of earth, roast, dry grains, tobacco, bittersweet cocoa, nuts, graham cracker, subtle alcohol. Huge dark chocolate in the flavor with the same notes from the aroma. Rich. Intense. Full body, smooth. Excellent.