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
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aroma of cola and coconut, roasted malts. Flavor is roasted malts, slightly tart , dried dark fruits, licorice,
Tried
from Bottle
at
Loom Beers & Coctails
on 23 Aug 2025
at 22:55
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.33 l bottle from 'Mr. Hop', best before February 2029. Black with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish-malty, quite roasty, gently smoky-medicinal and a little fruity aroma of dark chocolate, licorice, coffee, peat, seaweed and some dark fruits. Quite sweet, malty, gently roasty-bitter, quite smoky-medicinal and slightly fruity taste of dark chocolate, coffee, licorice, whisky, peat, seaweed and some dark fruits, followed by a long, gently roasty-bitter, slightly boozy and a little woody finish. Medium to full body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Lovely brew, fairly complex, quite outspoken. Will miss this brewery, even if it's already not the same as it once was.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Mr. Hop
on 22 Aug 2025
at 17:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Not bad at all, the note of alcool is not so well hiden, a bit unpleasant at the palate, malty, fruity, decenty hoppy, aromatic, 23.01.20, at Epalinges
Tried
from Bottle
from
Amstein
on 21 Aug 2025
at 09:42
9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
Justičná tasting 8/2025. Dark brown color with beige head. Aroma of dark malt, peat, dark chocolate, medium roastiness, cocoa, whiskey, wood, nougath. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2025
at 19:13
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 10
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
Bottle. Malty aroma and taste, roastyness, wooden barrel notes, smoky peat, medium bitter, light sweet notes. Full body, malty roasty peaty bitter sweet finish. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2025
at 19:10
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
16th August 2025
Murky looking brown beer, small and short lived tan head. Smooth and mildly dry palate, mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light but reasonably tasty malts, abundant caramel and cream, a little toffee. A bit of a contradictory thing going on, rich ripe fruits but, also quite vibrant. Smooth bourbon, as in, very smooth, a little oak induced vanilla. Rather good then. Sad that De Molen is no more but optimistic that Menno will take up the mantle again in Spain, but hopefully without the stress. Go Menno!
Murky looking brown beer, small and short lived tan head. Smooth and mildly dry palate, mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Light but reasonably tasty malts, abundant caramel and cream, a little toffee. A bit of a contradictory thing going on, rich ripe fruits but, also quite vibrant. Smooth bourbon, as in, very smooth, a little oak induced vanilla. Rather good then. Sad that De Molen is no more but optimistic that Menno will take up the mantle again in Spain, but hopefully without the stress. Go Menno!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2025
at 19:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
0.33 l bottle from 'Mr. Hop', best before February 2029. Hazy, ruby with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish-malty, gently fruity and a bit boozy aroma of molasses, raisins, prunes, vanilla, whisky and some chocolate. Very sweet, malty, moderately bitter, gently fruity and quite boozy taste of molasses, caramel, raisins, prunes, whisky, vanilla and some chocolate, followed by a long, moderately bitter, rather boozy finish. Almost full-bodied, gently effervescent and a bit fizzy mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Quite tasty and rich, but also quite sharp and not as smooth as their Barley Wines from the past.
Tried
from Bottle
from Mr. Hop (webshop)
on 06 Aug 2025
at 18:08
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
That is the definition of a good ipa, powerful, aromatic and bitter, citrus, tropical fruits, a bit sweet, a real pleasure in the mouth, 08.02.19, at Epalinges.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Amstein
on 04 Aug 2025
at 18:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Small cream head, if rather stable, over red-highlighted, near-black beer. Black chocolate, intense, with caramelized coating, as a Twix bar or something of that ilk. Very sweet, chocolate, cacao powder. Perfumey - caramelsyrup with Nesquick powder; raisins. Very full bodied, viscous and chewy, alcoholheat. Ultra sweet and chewy Eisbock. Txs to Stef!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2025
at 08:51