330ml Bottle - Amber with a slight haze. Pine, toffee, grapefruit, dried apricot and raisins in the aroma. Hoppy, fruity and sweet taste with notes of grapefruit, passion fruit, toffee and peach.

33cl Bottled shared at home. Pours a dark orange with little head and low carbonation. Aroma is lovely, all citrus and caramel. Too much of this sweetness comes over in the taste though, and the finish is surprisingly thin.

Deep hazy copper coloured body with a bright orange tint and a super thick, luscious seven centimetre tall tan head - nice! Aroma of alcohol, earth, caster sugar, grapefruit and a bunch of herbal notes with a touch of honey. Full-bodied; Strong assertive sweetness with a good lightish hop finish and a good malt backbone. Aftertaste is strong with honey, malt, alcohol and a light hop flavour. Overall, a nice imperial ipa with less emphasis on hops and more on sweetness and body. I sampled this 33 cL bottle purchased from New Beer Distributors in New York, New York on 09-June-2012 for US$6.20 sampled at home in Washington on 11-May-2013.

Bouteille 330ml au St-Bock. De couleur ambrée et quasi-opaque. Nez de caramel sucré, de houblon fruité (agrumes, léger de fruits tropicaux), herbeux, légèrement résineux et aux notes citriques, moyen de pain avec des notes de sucre bonbon et d’épices (poivre doux). Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture légèrement huileuse. Goût moyen-amer de houblon fruité (agrumes, notes de fruits tropicaux), légèrement herbeux et citrique (une amertume présente toute la gorgée) et accompagné de notes de pain lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de caramel sucré avec des notes de sucre bonbon et quelques traces de sucre brûlé puis en finale, l’amertume de houblon se fait plus herbeuse, légèrement résineuse et aux notes asséchantes tout en étant appuyée par des notes épicées (poivre très doux). Post-goût moyen-long et aux notes sèches, moyennement amer de houblon herbeux, légèrement fruité (agrumes et zestes, traces de fruits tropicaux) aux notes résineuses et citriques ainsi qu’avec un résiduel de malt sucré. (15 avril 2013)

330ml bottle. Pours dark orange with a small head. Aroma is toffee, pine and mango. Taste has melon to start with a piney hop, mango and caramel finish.

Bottle from Beernavigator. Bottled 10/12/12. Pours reddishamber, small offwhite head, slightly cloudy. When opened and poured a burst of amarillo scents comes out but they die rather fast. Left is a sweet fruty nose with peaches, honey and cloudberries. The taste is sweet and reveals that the hops have seen and said goodbye to their best days. It’s still nice, fruity, slightly oily and midbitter but there are also a little metal and a small tone of carbage.

Bottle 330ml @ Sommerhuset
Pours hazy deep golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, citrus, orange and grapefruit finish. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long carmael, orange, citrus and grapefruit finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Bottle 330ml @ My parent’s place
Pours slightly hazy amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, citrus, orange, peach, spices and hint of alcohol. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long orange fruity and bitter finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.[8 4 8 4 16 - 4.0 3/26/2013]

Bottle at home, 17th march 2013. Had it at the recommend 10 degrees, this thing poured the biggest head, nothing I could do to avoid it, filled 3 glasses, horrible and wasteful and an issue I have found common in many de molen beers. Any way what wasn’t froth tasted ok, not Over pouring, fairly bitter and balanced, not my favourite though and I would not buy again.

Bottle @ Home. Pours dark amber with a offwhite head, leaving nice lacings. Aroma is sweet malt, caramel, fruity hops, peach, citrus, grapefruit. Flavor is malt, caramel, peach, melon, grapefruit, grassy hops. Medium body, soft carbonation, alcohol well hidden, fairly bitter finish. Nice one. 230213