Eiken Hel & Verdoemenis
Brouwerij De Molen in Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.86
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9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 10
Long time want! Bottle 115 / 816. Opened at a complete line up of all 666 éditions, this being the prelude of that beer. Pours black, no head. Smell is intense, immense dark chocolate. Taste is full, intense dark chocolate. Notes of wood, cognac has blended away, but releases enormous complexity. Intense dark chocolate ending. Lovely beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2018
at 19:39
9/10
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Tried
on 04 Feb 2018
at 13:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, courtesy of Koelschtrinker. Bottled 9 April 2009. Pours darkest brown. with no head. Aroma is oxidized, booze, cognac barrel, oak, roasted. Body is heavy but not sticky thick, as the oxidation adds some acidity to break the oiliness. A bit milky, too. Nuts, caramel, more roasted flavours in a flat but sweet beer. Boozy too, but never taking the spotlight. One can only wonder what this beer was when it was a little younger. Sweet and flavourful nutty palate. Warming without being overwhelming. Good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2017
at 15:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Purchased a bottle from the Ale House, Amesbury bottle cellar (I dont want to remember the price of this) ha ha. Date of bottle is 1/28/13. Pitch black color, no head. Aroma is chocolate hints, roast and booze. Booze at this age and only 10 %? Uh?
Flavor has a mild brownie batter base, dark fruits,molasses, and.... a slight amount of booze which teally shouldnt be here at it’s age. But with 40 year old cognac... ok, Well, I will not be able to track another bottle down, so no matter. If you get it at a reasonable price, pull the trigger.
Flavor has a mild brownie batter base, dark fruits,molasses, and.... a slight amount of booze which teally shouldnt be here at it’s age. But with 40 year old cognac... ok, Well, I will not be able to track another bottle down, so no matter. If you get it at a reasonable price, pull the trigger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2016
at 20:11
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
This beer is dark colored, has no head. It has a hint of chocolate an a taste of caramel.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2016
at 15:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Date on the back read: \"Feb 29, 2012.\"
This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a black color with no head and no lacing.
The smell, still had a nice sweet dark fruitiness up front over some light black licorice and then some sweet milk chocolate, nice good for the most part.
The taste was mainly sweet with a nice dark fruitiness up front over the sweet milk chocolate underneath. Fairly sticky in the aftertaste and leading into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium in body. Sessionability rolls out a fine sticky feel on my tongue. I’d say good.
Overall, as an imperial stout, I’d say its nice to have and would have again, it works for the style and for me.
This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a black color with no head and no lacing.
The smell, still had a nice sweet dark fruitiness up front over some light black licorice and then some sweet milk chocolate, nice good for the most part.
The taste was mainly sweet with a nice dark fruitiness up front over the sweet milk chocolate underneath. Fairly sticky in the aftertaste and leading into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium in body. Sessionability rolls out a fine sticky feel on my tongue. I’d say good.
Overall, as an imperial stout, I’d say its nice to have and would have again, it works for the style and for me.
Tried
on 14 Jan 2016
at 13:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle looks really good. Beer in the glass dark black, small head. Heavy malty aroma. Starts oily-malty, very strong, alcoholic notes. Very earthy. Hints of strong black coffee. Oily-malty aftertaste. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2015
at 07:09
10/10
Tried
on 29 Sep 2015
at 16:53
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
330ml bottle. Black color with beige head. Roasted malty aroma, chocolate, light coffee, caramel, wood, alcohol. Sweet and bitter taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2015
at 14:56
8/10
Tried
on 16 Aug 2014
at 13:51