Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2008.
ABV: 11%
Origin: Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Website: www.brouwerijdemolen.nl
Molen de Arkduif, where Brouwerij de Molen is based. Photo: PH Louw, from Wikimedia Commons.
Available from a huge claret cask at the Great British Beer Festival, this limited edition imperial porter is from one of Europe’s most innovative and consistently interesting brewers: regular versions are also available bottled. It was near-black, with almost no head and a heady winy estery aroma over smooth but intense dark malt, leading to an equally estery and winy warming palate with vanilla and spiced orange liqueur, and a lightly smoky smooth finish with fine chocolate and a little charred wood. The finish was perhaps a little shorter than expected, but there’s no denying this is an outstanding example of a cask matured beer.
Read more about this beer at ratebeer.com: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/de-molen-tsarina-esra-reserva/89159/
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