We’ve featured several of the De Molen Pale Ales and IPA’s, but as the cooler weather closes in its time to feature some of their dark beers.
In the brewery’s own marketing material they describe this beer as “a very special brew compared to our normal ways. Unlike almost all our beers this is brewed completely according to the traditional way”. No smoked malts, crazy ingredients, barrel-aging or dry-hopping. Just a good solid traditional style porter – “the way it was supposed to be once!”
The romantic history of the Porter will describe it as a blend of beer styles, which became popular sustenance to the street porters of London. The uglier truth is that the beer was a mix of the leftovers, and was all the common labourers could afford. Either way, the style endured.
Made with chocolate and dark crystal malts, this porter offers a smooth rich mouthfeel, with flavours of chocolate, dark fruit, coffee and a woody hint. It finishes with a soft, but sustained roasted bitterness.
The traditional style Porter from BBNo - no fancy additions, just a good ol' fashioned English Porter
An American style Porter with all the traditional porter characteristics plus a definite fruit and grassy hop character
De Molen's Imperial Porter - all the sweetness and complexity of an imperial stout, without the roasted bitterness
by Brouwerij Emelisse/Slot-Oostende
Smooth roasted malt, with hints of chocolate and coffee
An old 19th Century beer style, dragged into the current craft beer world by a creative and talented brewer
A classic English style porter, full of roasted malts and hints of chocolate
A delicious English style porter, with the addition of a subtle smoked malt
An English style porter, with secondary fermentation with the Drie Fonteinen lambic yeast
A Berliner weisse with hibiscus flowers and fresh blueberries
A big, juicy American style double IPA, dry-hopped with Amarillo
An American-style Pale Ale-ish, featuring Columbus & Amarillo dry-hop
An American Strong Ale, a big malty body, lots of fruit flavours and a pleasant hop bitterness
A combination of English and German smoked malts combine in this rich, tasty dark treat
De Molen's annual spring time release is 'Day & Dew' - an IPA featuring a bevy of US hops and bergamot fruit
De Molen's first take on the currently trending north-east IPA
A Double IPA made for Boreft's, featuring hops from De Molen's own hop fields
One of De Molen's Bereft Festival 2017 beers, this is a smoked Earl Grey IPA - heavy on the smoke and tea, light on the IPA!
A barley wine with smoked malt and three varieties of chillies. Different but delicious!
De Molen's take on a Belgian Tripel style - lots of sweet malt and generous hop bitterness
An English Strong Ale, like a smaller version of a Barley Wine
The flagship imperial stout from De Molen - 'Hell & Damnation'
De Molen's 'Heaven & Earth' - s smoky, peaty Imperial Stout
An imperial banana choco porter, this is one of the 2017 Borefts Festival beers from De Molen
The spring seasonal offering from De Molen is technically an India Pale Lager
Essentially an American Pale Ale, with a decent caramel malt body
De Molen's 'Beautiful & Ruthless' is part quadruple part imperial stout
De Molen's 'Malt & Mocha' is their winter seasonal coffee imperial stout
This collaborative brew between De Molen and Omnipollo is an Imperial Pineapple IPA
A session bitter, nudging toward an IPA dry-hopped with Amarillo
One of De Molen special 'Bereft Festival' beers from 2016, a Red Rye Ale
A beer sitting between a pale ale and an IPA, celebrating 50 years of Maris Otter malt
An old-school IPA, the gift of De Molen's brew team to John Brus for his recent marriage to partner Petra
A delicious smoked dopplebock is the result of a collaboration between De Molen and Sound Brewery of Washing State USA
De Molen's farewell to their European summer is this hoppy wheat ale
A light and refreshing summer style Berliner Weisse, dry-hopped with Simcoe, Mosaic and Citra hops
De Molen's Imperial Porter - all the sweetness and complexity of an imperial stout, without the roasted bitterness
A classic Belgian style saison, with a twist - dry-hopped with Cascade & Amarillo
A bottom fermented India Pale Lager, dry-hopped with Simcoe & Citra hops
A saison with winter-type spices added including timut and szechuan peppers, mustard seeds and juniper
A refreshing India Pale Lager, dry-hopped with Cascade for a fruity, bitter bite
A massive Imperial Stout, with loads of roasted malt, chocolate and coffee
A collaboration between De Molen and Reketye (HUN), this dopple bock features smoked malts and smoked paprika powder
A collaboration between De Molen and Beavertown (UK) sees a beery take on the traditional Gin & Tonic
