Groot & Sterk
Brouwerij De Molen in Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Spiced Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.35
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Smoked spiced ale with sea salt and scorpion & chipotle chilli.
Translates as "Big and strong".
Translates as "Big and strong".
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8/10
Bottled on 14-1-2015. Lots of smoke and spice, some alcohol flavor. Chili adds a nice kick, hot in the mouth. Very rich. Mexican Christmas!
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2015
at 23:00
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bottle ambrato molto carico noce velaya discreta schiuma media persistenza nao intenso affumicato leggero carameloo filo sapidi speziato pepato filo piccante alcool nascosti
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2015
at 13:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Lovely sweet smoke aroma and some deep toffee notes. Cloudy copper red with a small beige head. Sweet, smokey and a nice peaty almost manure note. Finish has more caramel coming through. I love it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2015
at 20:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tasting at Matt’s; bottled 14-01-2015
Dark amber color with sparse head. The aroma is sugary, malty, smoked, and lightly sour. Moderately sweet, but with a mild sour note; nice malt flavor, with a earthy soul, and quite strong smoke; the relatively strong bitterness and alcohol warmth are a good complement. It has a strong nutty character.
A bit strange, but very good in its way.
Dark amber color with sparse head. The aroma is sugary, malty, smoked, and lightly sour. Moderately sweet, but with a mild sour note; nice malt flavor, with a earthy soul, and quite strong smoke; the relatively strong bitterness and alcohol warmth are a good complement. It has a strong nutty character.
A bit strange, but very good in its way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2015
at 23:03
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330mL bottle, pours an opaque murky dark orangey amber with a small off-white head. Aroma brings out smoke, sea salt, caramel malt and dark fruits -- pretty dry, smoky and spicy. Flavour is very strange, with a blend of smokiness, bready caramel malt, and salt. What a weird concoction. It works, but it's not exactly elegant. Good experiment.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2015
at 22:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared with markoijelena at Majstor za Pivo in Belgrade-Serbia. Pours a dark amber hazy color, practically no head. Nose: smiked meat, speck ham, black pepper. Mouth: frizzy-gassy start, chili feel in the throat, rich sweet maltiness, lovely richness but a bit too heavy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2015
at 10:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - a stunning cherry red. Perfect neat head. Nose - smoked ham mostly. Very reminiscent of Schlenkerla. Taste - red fruits intermingled with smoked ham. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy smoky texture and a long dry smoky finish. Overall - the smoke is very prevalent but somehow the sweetness and alcohol redresses the balance. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2015
at 12:35
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle at home dark brown ... thin tan lacing ... soft smoke ... soft fruit ... long soft fruit malt nose ... soft fruit .. soft toffee fruit .. long
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2015
at 15:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours hazy red-brown with a thin white head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, spice. Taste is sweet and boozy. Spice and booze and malt finish. Chewy, gnarly.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2015
at 15:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at craig’s. Pours deep amber, nose is smoky, peaty, caramel, taste is rich caramel, toffee, light smoke, lingering salty chili.o
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2015
at 15:04