De Molen Vlaams & Hollands (Flemish and Dutch)

Bottle provided by JohnC at the Socal sour tasting at stone. Glad to be able to try this. Pours brown with a tan ring. Nose is sweet and tart. Taste is muddled and pretty dissapointing.

Thanks to Papsoe for the bottle. I brought this to Dr. Bill’s SoCal Sour Tasting. When compared next to all the other sour ales, this one wasn’t very sour. I guess if there were a ’subdued sour’ this was it.

Tried at 11/07/09 Socal Sour tasting at Dr Bills/Stone. Way over the top oxidized hops. No sourness. Not much else. Not as good as I was hoping, but I still really enjoyed the opportunity to try this rare beer.

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a sweetish malty sour vinegar aroma. Sweetish fruity malty oak flavor with hints of red wine. Sweetish fruity malty finish.

Bottled. Aroma has red wine, maltiness. Hazy, red-brown coloured with a lasting, off-white head. The taste is sweet, has some sourness, fruitiness, some malts and red wine. Good beer. Had this one on several occasions, never really made notes. A rerate is appropriate.

0.75 l bottle at PBF. Hazy reddish brown color. Sweet meaty aroma with red wine, nuts and tobacco. Nutty, woody and berryish red wine flavor. Needs more sourness and backbone, now this is fairly bland.

Bottle at Københavnske Øldage 2009
Hazy amber color; medium head. The aroma, mild, sourish, wild, is quite nice. It has a medium body and the flavor is less interesting.

Bottled at PBF (5.7%). Hazy nut brown, small head. A whiff of vinegar starts it off. Sweet buttery malt with some roastiness and oak carries it on over a medium body with a bit of yest and fruit. Finally it mellows out with low bitterness. Quite interesting.