Hel & Verdoemenis

0,33L bottle, bottled 28.08.2013. Pours dark brown almost black with medium tan head. The head disappears rather quickly. Aroma: intense coffee, dark chocolate, very faint fruits and alcohol. Taste: very intense coffee, dark chocolate, liquor and dark fruits, maybe even raisins. Long bitter finish with hints of alcohol. Medium carbonation. Overall: really great beer. Fully deserves the high rating.

(tap) clear, bright, very dark brown colour with a small brown head; aromas of roast, coffee, stewed fruit; rich and intense flavour with a long medium dry finish; well hidden alcohol; thick palate

750ml bottle [#303, 2010 vintage]. Black colour with average to huge, frothy to creamy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, tan head. Complex dark malty aroma has notes of coffee, chocolate, roast, treacle, some liquorice. Taste is minimally to moderately sweet dark malty, notes of coffee, chocolate, roast, treacle, some liquorice; oily texture, sticky palate.

One of the older brews from the Molen, a great beer that has came to be the basis for some very special variations.

Very rich, smooth and oily. Roasted malts. Vanilla sweetness and then some sweet creamy coffee. Aftertaste is dry and bitter.

On tap at Le Fine Mousse, Paris 11th June 2013. Pours deep black, quite a head on it, aroma is typical imperial stout, lots of coffee, leather, you get some Belgian yeast. Really good and satisfying

330 ml bottle into tulip glass; bottled on 4/8/2011, bottle 1671. Pours dense pitch black color with a nice 1-2 finger dense dark tan head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice soapy lacing clings on the glass. Got a few gel chunks from the bottom in there too. Aromas of huge dark chocolate, char, roasted malt, coffee, smoke, molasses, raisin, and roasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of roasted and dark malt notes. Taste of huge dark chocolate, roasted malt, char, toast, coffee, smoke, floral, molasses, vanilla, raisin, and roasted earthiness. Lingering notes of dark chocolate, roasted malt, toast, char, coffee, smoke, molasses, raisin, vanilla, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of deep roasted flavors with moderate dark malt sweetness; and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Light-medium carbonation and very full bodied; with a very creamy, slick, and chalky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is an incredible imperial stout! Big complexity and balance of roasted and dark malt flavors; and very smooth to sip on. An extremely enjoyable offering.

Bouteille 330ml, courtoisie de mathieuc. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de malt rôti, moyen de café, légèrement fruité (petits fruits foncés), de chocolat noir, de houblon herbeux et de mélasse avec des notes d’alcool et de réglisse noire. Ronde-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-doux ainsi qu’une texture riche, légèrement crémeuse et aux notes huileuses. Léger goût fruité (petits fruits foncés, traces de fruits confits) avec des notes de réglisse noire ainsi que des traces de vanille lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de malt rôti avec un moyen-léger goût de chocolat noir et un léger goût de mélasse sucrée puis en finale l’on retrouve un moyen goût de café avec une moyenne amertume de houblon herbeux aux notes résineuses ainsi qu’un léger goût d’alcool réchauffant. Post-goût long, moyennement amer de rôti, moyen de café et de houblon herbeux, léger de chocolat noir et d’alcool.