Cuvée #3
Brouwerij De Molen in Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.82
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A special blend for the 7th anniversary of Monk’s Café Sweden. This is a blend of several of our beers, barrel aged in all kinds of oak barrels.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0.33 l bottle from ’De Bierkoning’, bottled in March 2015. Clear, very dark red to black with a thin, soapy, tan layer. Very intense, sweetish, slightly roasty, smoky and a little boozy aroma of vanilla (bourbon), iodine, charcoal, dark chocolate, red wine and cognac. Sweet, smoky, moderately boozy and slightly roasty taste of iodine, vanilla (bourbon), red wine, cognac, some charcoal and dark chocolate, followed by a rather long, slightly peaty, rather boozy and slightly warming finish. Medium body, slightly oily mouthfeel, flat. Heavy barrel-notes and thus not too much left of the base beers, also rather thin, but nevertheless a decent sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2016
at 15:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Nose is marmite or Japanese Nato. Soy, apple, cocoa, cherry. Flavor os cocoa, plums, more like Japanese pickled and slated plums, peat, some band aid and chocolate. Light and a bit thin. Fun. Good but not great, and not as nice as the #4.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2016
at 20:32
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Back of the bottle reads 27 MRT 2015 (March?, I think).
This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a black as night color. It poured like ink out of the bottle and left no head.
But the aroma made up for everything. A fully combined rich sweet and roasty chocolate covered sour fruity (leaning to cherries, slightly). Dry oakiness.
The taste had the rich and roasty cocoa bean dryness really coming across in the aftertaste. Light sticky to dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium in body. Good sipping quality created due to the dryness. Carbonation feels fallen off due to the age, I’m guessing.
Overall, I’d say this was a pretty good Double/Imperial Stout that I would have again.
This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a black as night color. It poured like ink out of the bottle and left no head.
But the aroma made up for everything. A fully combined rich sweet and roasty chocolate covered sour fruity (leaning to cherries, slightly). Dry oakiness.
The taste had the rich and roasty cocoa bean dryness really coming across in the aftertaste. Light sticky to dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium in body. Good sipping quality created due to the dryness. Carbonation feels fallen off due to the age, I’m guessing.
Overall, I’d say this was a pretty good Double/Imperial Stout that I would have again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2016
at 21:03
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 0.33l. Pours pitch black color with thin creamy light brown head and average sparkling appearance. Aroma of oak, dark fruits, alcohol, roasted malt and licorice. Taste starts with moderate sweet and sour licorice, follows by roasted malt, chocolate and herbs with warming alcoholic mouth feel and mild bitter finish. Full body, creamy texture and average carbonation in palate. Complex and barley wine-ish imperial stout...
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2016
at 14:47
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle. Pours an opaque, black with a very thin, brown head. Complex aroma of roasted malt, licorice, dark chocolate, oak, booze and vanilla. Sweet flavour of licorice, roasted malt, vanilla, dark chocolate, coffee and oak with a warming alcohol finish. Full body with a thick, oily texture and soft carbonation. Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2016
at 22:10
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
From tap at Nederlandse Bieren Festival Delft. Wow! Dessertwijn/port diep zwart kruidig. Klassieken Molen kruidenmix. Enorme bordeaux pruim. Backlog from 2015/06/28.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Dec 2015
at 13:29
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Lots of whiskey in this, to the point where the finish has some sour mash. Pours black and murky with decent head. Some roast. Light tangy finish. Not my thing. Tap at churchkey.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Dec 2015
at 16:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On draft at Churchkey during the 2015 Oerebbuak Abraxax Launch Party. Pours black with a tan head. Whisky aroma. Flavors of oak and prunes. Bitter roast finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Dec 2015
at 16:23
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft. Clear dark ruby maroon color, tan head. Nice aroma of licorice, toasted coconut, burnt espresso. Taste is rich, spiced, boozy, roasty. Complex and characterful. Delicious.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Dec 2015
at 17:21
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Black with thin light tan head. Aromas of whiskey, dark chocolate, oak, burnt roasty notes. Tastes of dark chocolate, oak, whiskey, burnt roasty notes. Medium-full body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Dec 2015
at 21:06