If you ever find yourself in The Netherlands in September, google De Molen’s famous beer festival Borefts. Each year they hand select breweries to invite to their festival that runs for two days at the brewery.
Of course De Molen make many new beers just for the festival, and this beer is just that. Made for last years festival we managed to get our hands on a few cartons of this beer, just for our beer club.
The name translates to ‘Rust and Rye’, which is one of the less-obscurely-named De Molen beers. A rusty copper colour, and a good dose of rye in the malt bill.
At first it seems a perfectly drinkable beer without any one attribute jumping out. A decent aroma, a little malt sweetness balanced by some bitterness and spiciness.
But as the beer progresses it seems to build. The body gets a little thicker with a fruity, slightly jammy sweetness. Then a building dry rye spice cuts through to leave a pleasant lingering bitterness.
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!
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A simple, traditional style porter 'made they way porters used to be'
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
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De Molen's 'Malt & Mocha' is their winter seasonal coffee imperial stout
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A session bitter, nudging toward an IPA dry-hopped with Amarillo
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
