Brouwerij De Molen Castles & Vinyards

Castles & Vinyards

 

Brouwerij De Molen in Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱

  Eisbock / Freeze Distilled Special Out of Production
Score
6.83
ABV: 19.0% IBU: 18 Ticks: 11
Borefts '24 Eisbock on Talbot Wine barrels.
 

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5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 5 Overall 5.5
12 oz. can, pours a deep dark mahogany, no head. Aroma is full of oxidation, dusty red wine barrels, cardboard, and booze. Flavour is ridiculously intense, with intensely harsh booze, oxidation, vinous notes, and some sugars. Ultimately, the notes here don’t work for me—lots of bready oxidation, booze, and feet on the finish. Not a fan.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2025 at 07:45

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Medium brown. On the nose, it's boozy, with some plastic, grapey, maybe some toffee. Low carbonation, slightly oily, tannic, and actually less boozy on the palate than on the nose. For something that expresses as boozy and unbalanced on the aroma, it's actually more balanced on the palate.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2025 at 07:43

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Poured from 330mL bottle. Medium dark amber brown with no head. Boozy, oxidized wine barrel, cured meat, dry muted oak, medium body, intense, verges on gimmicky.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2025 at 07:37

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330mL bottle. Pours dark brown with a minimal head. The nose is a bit weird, some oxidation and woody sugars, booze. Flavour is very intense, dark sugars, some dark red wine barrels, cardboard. It's okay, but pretty lopsided and boozy.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2025 at 04:41

8/10
LCI 19 prokenten! #freezeDistilled
Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2024 at 15:34

8/10
keg at Borefts 2024 Friday ...dark black ... thin tan lacing ..soft sweet caramel toffee chocolate roast malts nose ...soft sweet buggy chocolate roast ..big sweet malts ..heavy boozy chocolate roast malts ..dark sweet chocolate roast
Tried on 06 Oct 2024 at 05:53

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Borefts 2024. Black beer no head. I mean, it's hot. Boozy. Some blackcurrant aroma from the red wine barrel. Red wine throughout when you tune into it. And throughout cassis is very insistent. I mean it doesn't even settle down. Big abv toffee
Tried from Draft on 28 Sep 2024 at 13:07

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Borefts 2024. A very dark brown beer, no head. Aroma of red grapes, strong dark malt, wood. Taste of dried fruits, boozy, bourbon, raisins, heavy strong finish.
Tried on 23 Sep 2024 at 12:01

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at borefts. Pours black, nose is red wine, toffee, vanilla, chocolate, taste is similar, chewy.
Tried on 23 Sep 2024 at 09:34

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
20/IX/24 - on tap @ Borefts Day 1, Brouwerij De Molen (Bodegraven), BB: n/a (2024-991) Thanks to the Brewver crew for sharing today’s beers!

Clear dark brown beer, no head. Aroma: bleh, very intense but not very nice, alcohol, weird, malty, grains, meh. MF: soft carbon, full body. Taste: sweet, very malty, grains, more alcohol, sugary, meh. Aftertaste: some dried fruits, very oxidized, lots of alcohol burning the throat, don’t like it.
Tried from Draft at Brouwcafé de Molen on 20 Sep 2024 at 18:05