Hemel & Aarde - Bowmore / Caol Ila BA
Brouwerij De Molen in Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.70
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled at Monks Cafe Wallingatan, Stockholm. Pitch black colour with a small brown head. Aroma is liquorice, some whisky, mild toffee, some sherry elements with some wood too. Flavour is liquorice, some chocolate, mild vanilla, some wood, oak and mild alcohol sweetness to it. Silky smooth to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2023
at 12:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml bottle [11.0% abv]. Opaque, black colour with small, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, beige to tan head. Peaty, smoky, and roasty, dark malty aroma, additional BA-induced peat flavours, notes of peat and leather, slightly disguised hints of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, treacle. Taste is sweet-ish, slightly roasty dark malty, peaty and caramel malty, notes of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, caramel, treacle, peat, hints of leather, a touch of vanilla. Relatively thin, not watery but by far not viscous texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, very fine but efficacious carbonation. Balanced, round, harmonious after 8 years cellaring, dangerously drinkable - one from the good old days when De Molen just became famous for excellent Impy Stouts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2020
at 13:56
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap @ Borefts 2012. Black and opague. Hefty medecinal peataroma with dark chocolate. Full bodied. Malty chocolate flavor with peaty notes. Well balanced mix of chocolate and peat.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle, courtesy of Koelschtrinker, many thanks! Pours darkest brown without head. Aroma is tar and peat throughout, ice cold smoke, ash. Body is heavy and intense, peat galore, more cold smoke, low carbonation. Super sweet. Peaty as nothing else. Very good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2018
at 17:24
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Unclear dark brown color with beige head. Aroma is cold peat, chocolate. Taste is peat, chocolate, super peaty, not too complex, rather dry, salty, iodine. Oily mouthfeel with fine-bubbled carbonation. Very awesome!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2018
at 15:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
How: Bottle, bottled on Aug 28 2012.
Where: Tasting 2018-11-17.
Appearance: Black colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, peat, vinous, fruit, chocolate.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Chocolate, peat, caramel, roasted malt, vinous, some vanilla.
Where: Tasting 2018-11-17.
Appearance: Black colour with a beige head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, peat, vinous, fruit, chocolate.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Chocolate, peat, caramel, roasted malt, vinous, some vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Nov 2018
at 11:02
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
330ml bottle, many thanks to Kolshtrinker for this. Pours black, small tan head. Nice nutty sweet whisky notes on the nose. Taste has good whisky integration, not too overpowering with soft peat, caramel and dry bitterness, working well with the base beer to allow the strong dark Hemel & Aarde malt to shine as well. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2018
at 15:48
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Many thanks to Kappldav123 for sharing!. Fantastic deep and sticky intense beginning. The whisky harmonises great with the dark intense beer. Smoked wood, fantastic deep in body, dark dries fruits, intense caramel and peated whisky. Very dry, moderate bitter in the aftertaste, fantastic intense. Long peated dry caramelly malty aftertaste, voluminous, intense, great!
Tried
on 22 Aug 2018
at 19:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle looks very simple but really good. Beer in the glass deep black, almost no head. Heavy malty aroma. Starts intense malty and quite smokey. Notes of bacon, smoke, wood. Finish dusty-dry malty. Goes down warming. Awesome!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2018
at 18:01
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Full pour in the Hanging Bat, Edinburgh. I ordered it for the description of smoked beer, which is what I would call it rather than Imperial Stout. Nice smoke aroma, mild smoke in the flavor. heavy roasted malt flavor, and some whisky is noticeable in the flavor. Thick palate, some sugar under the smoke and dry malt flavors. Excellent beer.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2016
at 23:39