This beer from De Molen is actually one of last years Borefts Festival beers. We tend to sit on a few of these beers over the year, waiting for the right time to include them. Luckily these big imperial stouts are just getting better while we wait.
Unusually for De Molen, the name of this beer requires no translating!
Different & Unusual is an imperial stout featuring 6 different malts plus flaked oats, Amarene cherries and the finished over cedar wood post fermentation.
I pours pitch black, with a stunning dark brown foam that slowly settles to become off white and stable. The aroma is all about the malts and a hint of smoke.
My first sip, and I didn’t actually like this beer. It was very roasty, a bit smoky and even a little acrid, and I didn’t get any of the cherries. But I always say that you have to give a beer three sips before you truly taste it.
The acrid, burnt roast became dark chocolate, there was more sweetness to the malt body; still with a hint of smokiness. I still don’t get a lot of cherry flavour, though there is a really subtle sourness from said cherries.
De Molen really have made their international reputation on making some fine stouts, but even for them this one is a bit different….and unusual!
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The flagship imperial stout from De Molen - 'Hell & Damnation'
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De Molen's 2018 Boreft Festival '9+1' beer is an imperial stout with added aloe vera
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by Brouwerij Emelisse/Slot-Oostende
It is Creme Brûlée - dessert in a glass
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A big and tasty imperial stout that balances the sweetness with a good level of roasted malts and hop bitterness
Four malts, roasted barley and two hops create a beautiful Imperial Stout - with a Belgian twist.
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Imperial pastry stout with vanilla, coconut and lactose
An oatmeal imperial stout with the addition of Jamaican coffee beans and orange peel
Imperial Pastry Stout with vanilla, coconut and lactose
An imperial milk stout with vanilla, cinnamon and lactose
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Another 2019 Boreft Festival Beer, this is an imperial stout with chocolate nibs and fresh mint
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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
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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
De Molen's new core range Belgian Blond with Sorachi Ace hops
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A barley wine with smoked malt and three varieties of chillies. Different but delicious!
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 'Hell & Damnation' Imperial Stout
De Molen's flagship imperial stout has been given a hazelnut twist
De Molen's 'Heaven & Earth' - s smoky, peaty Imperial Stout
This is a fun IPA from De Molen with extracts of vanilla, chocolate and orange
A DIPA with Sladek, Citra Cryo and Mosaic hops, plus the addition of hibiscus flowers
An imperial banana choco porter, this is one of the 2017 Borefts Festival beers from De Molen
Originally a one-off beer, this Imperial Hefeweizen has become an autumn seasonal regular
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
De Molen's 2018 Boreft Festival '9+1' beer is an imperial stout with added aloe vera
An Imperil Stout with 5 different barley malts, flaked oats and hand roasted coconut flakes
This collaborative brew between De Molen and Omnipollo is an Imperial Pineapple IPA
A session bitter, nudging toward an IPA dry-hopped with Amarillo
A delicious bourbon barrel aged quadrupel, made for De Molens Boreft Festival
One of De Molen special 'Bereft Festival' beers from 2016, a Red Rye Ale
A slightly sour imperial stout with walnut extract, caramel and salt, aged in Bowmore Whiskey barrels
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A light and refreshing summer style Berliner Weisse, dry-hopped with Simcoe, Mosaic and Citra hops
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De Molen's Imperial Porter - all the sweetness and complexity of an imperial stout, without the roasted bitterness
A blend of two of De Molen's imperial stouts, then aged in various barrels, blended again and spiked with a wild Brettanomyces yeast
A NEIPA by De Molen with Cryo Citra, Lemondrop, Simcoe and Mosaic hops
A classic Belgian style saison, with a twist - dry-hopped with Cascade & Amarillo
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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
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