Brouwerij De Molen

Microbrewery in Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Owned by Royal Swinkels (Bavaria Brouwerij / Swinkels Family Brewers / SFB)
Associated Webshop: The Beershop Online - formely known as De Molen Beershop - Out of business

Established in 2004

Closed in 2025

Contact
Doortocht 4, Bodegraven, 2411 DS, Netherlands
Subsidiaries
Brouwerij De Molen owns 1 brewery:

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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Hazy amber colour, medium white head. Aroma is of flower hops. Flavour is of pine and grapefruits hops. Interesting combination of hops. Nice!
Tried on 08 Jun 2008 at 03:19

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Corked bottle at Ølfestival 2008, Århus
Hazy golden color. It has a quite nice hop aroma, with resins and a bit flowery too. Medium-weak body, the high bitterness and the lack of sweetness make it feel dry. Not very interesting.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2008 at 14:09

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Corked bottle at Ølfestival 2008, Århus
Very dark brown color. Medium aroma strength, mild Imperial Stout, with some cardboard. Very good body, sweet; all the flavors are well combined together: caramel, malt, a lot of chocolate, delicate roasted malt... And a good bitterness too. Very well brewed.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2008 at 14:08

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Corked bottle at Ølfestival 2008, Århus
Explosive bottle; cloudy brown color with too many floating particles. Too simple aroma. Quite good chocolate flavor, even if the mouthfeel is a bit harsh. Good, not more.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2008 at 14:07

8.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
2009-06-01, corked bottle, 8-5-8-4-17=42
Dark amber color, hazy; big creamy head. The aroma is light, spicy, a bit cheesy, a bit fruity; mild but very nice. Medium body, smooth mouthfeel, good malt flavor, with a Belgian touch, good fruity hoppiness, strong bitterness. Even if 1 year old, it’s very interesting and excellent.

2008-05-16, draught at Ølfestival 2008, Århus, 7-4-8-5-15=39
Cloudy amber color. The first beer that comes to my mind is t’Smisje Double IPA: a Strong Belgian Ale (from the yeast) combined with strong and American hops. Nice aroma, but milder than an american IIPA, with a touch of vanilla and cream. Good body strength, the strong malty flavor is corrected by the Belgian yeast; it has a good hopping, aromatic and resiny. Very good.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2008 at 14:05

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Corked bottle at Ølfestival 2008, Århus
Hazy amber color. The aroma has some toffee, hop, vanilla. It has a medium-strong body, with a characteristic Belgian yeast touch (that gets a bit harsh in the end), some good malt flavor and good bitterness. Very similar to the Amarillo.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2008 at 14:04

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
2009-02-09, small bottle at Monk’s Café, Stockholm, 6-4-7-4-14=35
Hazy deep blond color, medium head. It has some nice malts, with honey and hay shades, with some residual sweetness, hence the body is not weak, and a quite strong hopping. Interesting.

2008-05-16, corked bottle at Ølfestival 2008, Århus, 7-3-7-4-14=35
Hazy blond color. Good atypical pilsner, very grassy hops, some sweetness.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2008 at 14:02

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 6
Corked bottle at Ølfestival 2008, Århus
Hazy deep blond color. The aroma shows initially a powerful american hop, then elderflowers too. Dry and quite thin mouthfeel, too simple. Strong bitterness, with some good hop oils.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2008 at 14:01

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Corked bottle at Ølfestival 2008, Århus
Cloudy deep blond color. It has some banana aroma. The mouthfeel is quite dry and yeasty, with some malt sweetness and light wheat and banana, not impressive.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2008 at 13:59

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle at ÅBF08. Sweet and sour. Muddy dark brown colour. Sweet flavour, some smoke. Quite nice smokiness. Some sourness, but still OK.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2008 at 13:46