Brouwerij De Molen Fresh Hop '16

Fresh Hop '16

 

Brouwerij De Molen in Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱

  IPA Regular Out of Production
Score
6.74
ABV: 6.3% IBU: 37 Ticks: 41
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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle at home. Aroma is herbal hops, biscuity malt, tea, touch of pine resin, with mild floral and soft fruity notes. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and above medium bitter. Body is medium. Not exactly a fruity hop bomb, but definitely pleasant in a leafy herbal tea IPA kind of way.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2025 at 04:51


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy amber color and a off-white head. Caramel-malty, herbal, fresh hops. Cool.

Tried on 24 Nov 2020 at 10:43


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap @ Borefts. Golden color. Grass, tea and citrus in the aroma and flavor. Malty. Fairly dry.

Tried from Draft on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:05


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Dec. '16. A 0.33 l bottle, thanks Marko for sharing! It poured a hazy copper body with medium sized head. Lightly hoppy aroma, citrus, herbal, peppery, touched with grainy and caramel malt, even a bit estery and weird muddy from its yeast. Flavor was bitter, herbal, pine, spices, fruity with light tangerine and melon. Also lightly malty with wet caramel. Medium to full in body with longer fruity (melon) and herbal finish. Some peppery spices retained for quite long, too. Hard to describe, even harder to rate, but pleasant and rather complex IPA. Nothing I would describe as "fresh", but not bad either.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2017 at 10:19


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draught @ 8th. BBF 2016 [ 8th Borefts Beer Festival 2016 ] @ Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands. [ As De Molen Fresh Hop (2016) ].Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, light sweet malt, moderate hoppy, straw, minerals. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, hay - grass, pale malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160923] 6-3-7-3-13

Tried on 25 Aug 2017 at 11:17


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Amberkleurig bier met schuim. Smaak is bitter hoppig en fris met iets van zwarte thee, ananas en mango. Gewoon erg goed.

Tried on 22 Jan 2017 at 06:45


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

23rd September 2016
Borefts VIII. Keg. Clear amber beer, thin pale cream colour head. Palate is light, smooth and semi dry. Smooth malts, light sweetness, whisper of grain. Light spice. Good bitterish orange peel with a trace of lemon. Mild floral tone. Light dry finish. Not bad.

Tried on 18 Jan 2017 at 03:09


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Borefts Beer Festival, 2016. Pours hazy orange, white head. Hoppy, malty, fruity, grassy, sweetish, some caramel, light to moderate bitterness in finish. Bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 02 Jan 2017 at 14:14


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

0.33 l bottle from Pivoteka, Zagreb. Shared with Višnja 666 and Goran. Thanks! Murky dark orange, medium off-white head. Elderberry, citrus, fruity, floral, malty. Sweet, no real bitterness. Medium body, medium carbonation, light hoppy finish. Not a fresh beer, strange for De Molen.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2016 at 12:01


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Pivoteka Zagreb, shared with heavy. Hazy dark golden body with a small, lasting white head. Strange aroma, caramel, paint, herbal touches, feels slightly oxidized, vague tangerine maybe. Just a bit dull and messy. Not what one would expect from a fresh hop beer. Taste... interesting huge melon taste (actual melon, more so than some Hüll Melon beers I’ve had), creamy, ending dry and bitterish. A slightly messy mix of nice flavors which clash more than they should. Interesting stuff, but not one I’d order ever again.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2016 at 06:30