De Molen Tsarina Esra Reserva

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

LCRBM08: 75 cL bottle, courtesy of Menno. Pours pitch black and with a dense chocolate brown head. Aroma is smooth and roasted, chocolate, wineous and spiced, very inviting aroma. Smooth and wineous flavoured to a dense roasted malt base with notes of chocolate on the back of the tongue. Nicely decending into the finish with a mild warmth and smoothness. btw: makes a fantastic blend with 3 Fonteinen Hommage :)

Cask (gravity) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.
This to celebrate my rating #4900 on ratebeer. Clear dark black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly dimimshing, beige head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, cream chocolate, licorice, vanilla, alcohol. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long long duration. Body is full, texture is oily - creamy - syrupy and so smooth, carbonation is flat. This is a beer that Mrs. fonefan loves and me also. It is so powerfull and complex - balanced - impressive.. Very very nice .. It is not for lager boys.... ;o)) It was my first and last beer the first 2 days on GBBF, Mrs fonefan did not drink much else the second day ... ;o)) Lovely work Menno, you are one of the best ! (050808)

Cask, 11% at GBBF08. Good creamy vanilla aroma. Black colour, very small light brown head. The flavour is very powerful, roasted, vinous, liquorice, and a good amount of alcohol and vanilla. Citric hoppiness. Citric finish with burning and rough alcohol.

Cask@GBBF2008. Black colour, fluffy beige head. Aroma is wood, quite vinous, raisins and alcohol. Flavour ia sweet dark fruits, a bit vinous, raisins and alcoholic. Yet quite well balanced due to the oak barrel aging.

Bottle at 1st Borefts Beer Festival at De Molen. Black coloured with a small beige head. Roasted aroma of dark chocolate with notes of port wine and whisky. Roasted flavour of dark chocolate and port wine with notes of dried fruits. Dry roasted and warming alcoholic finish.

Black with tiny beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, coffee, bourbon and woody notes. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, wood, vanilla, bourbon, coffee and liquerice notes. Warming alcohol towards the end.

1. Stillage From a Wooden Cask at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 04/08/2009 Big roast aroma. Black and strong in alcohol with a crisp and slightly bitter warming chocolate finish. 2. Stillage from a Wooden Cask at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 05/08/2009 Coffee roast aroma. Black strong in alcohol and rich on the palate with a little bitterness in a warming lasting roast finish.

Wooden cask@GBBF2009. Opaque black, small steady tan head. Lots of vanilla and whisky in the nose. Full-bodied. Flavor is dominated by roasted malts, vanilla, whiskey, some peat. It’s a bit sweeter than toasted. You find Tsarina Esra base here easily. Good beer ;)