Pours a murky copper/amber colour with a beige head. Complex aroma of yeast, malts, citrus fruits (noticeable grapefruit), and plenty of hops. The hop is strong in this one. Dry hoppy, herbal finish. American Double / Imperial IPA-ish. Nice brew.

Bottle at Winterbierfestival. Gouda: Amber coloured brew with distinctive American hop bitter taste with some hints of fruitiness.

Huuuge thanks Ryan for this (now) rarity! Murky brown body, off white head. Highly oxidized maltiness, brown sugar in the aroma, so basically sweet and full, Light taste, raisins, light oxidation, light bitterness too. Did not age entirely gracefully, but nothing to drainpour.

Bottle at Castlegate. It pours hazy orangey - amber with a decent white head. The aroma is sweet, stick, rich malt, umami, herbal, orange sponge cane, marmalade, bready and earthy. The taste is dry, tart, zingy, umami, leather, tart, tangy, orange peel, spice, some booze, earth and leather with a drying finish. Full body and fine, foamy carbonation. A rich malty bastard.

Bottle. Murky brown color. Lemon, pineapple and melon in the aroma. Firm oily earthy hopflavor with citrusfruit and pineapple. Malty sweetish. Confit fruit. Oily hopbitter finish. Good beer.

Bottle/Fest. A- Licorice, caramel, raisins, floral. A- Copper color, clear liquid, off white head. T- Licorice, caramel, dark fruits, floral, mild spice. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- No idea of the age on this bottle, nor have I even heard of Rooie Dop before now. Of course, being brewed at De Molen I figured it was good. Lots of different flavors and aromas happening. Hard to pinpoint many of them. Sort of like a porter/dubbel hybrid? Whatever exactly it is, it was a good interesting beer.

Dark brown coloured body with a paper-thin tan head only coating the top and fading very quickly thereafter. Aroma of burnt sugars, light earth, pitted fruits, raisins, grapes, prunes, plums, grain, rye, cacao and a touch of other fruits like apricots and pears, but these are relatively mild, but the big notes here are in the sugars. Medium-bodied; Assertive alcohol and malt flavours dominate with some grain, rye, hops and earth around, but the prunes and plums along with some raisins and other dried fruit flavours also come through, and leave this sweet at the end. Aftertaste shows some grain, earth, pungent alcohol warmth with toffee, but mostly all about the pitted fruits and dried sweet fruit notes that this leaves from the raisins, plums, prunes and apricots that all come through flavour-wise and with those definitely above the malt and toffee notes. Overall, a decent beer with some good flavours, but much too thin for the style, the alcohol and the complexity - this is begging to have more of a mouth-coating feeling, however it leaves the palate clean and only showing the sweetness. Decent, but if there is another beer from this brewery at this price point versus a traditional beer from De Molen, I'll stick with the latter. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from New Beer Distributors in New York, New York on 10-June-2017 for US$5,99 sampled at home in Washington on 25-November-2017. This beer was brewed on 31-March-2014 as well and kept for most of it's life either on the way to New York from Holland or at the store itself. Brew Date: 31-March-2014 // Purchased: 10-June-2017 // Sampled: 25-November-2017

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