De Molen SSS 1914 Triple Stout

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

This is a fine example of a British or Euro-stout. Has that flatter feel with a slight sour flavor. Also seems like a special or different yeast in these kinds. Alcohol is hidden quite well for 10%. Pours a darker brown and on the thinner side for a stout. Cloudy-ish....slightly clear beginning of pour with a little sediment towards the end. Flavors of chocolate, coffee, and some mild fruity stuff that gives that tarty-sour taste. Quite complex. but still retains that base stout flavor and feel. I highly recommend this one.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 7

I've tried this a couple of times (2008, 2009) and both times there was a sourness in the flavour that was slightly off-putting. An almost black pour with a brown head. Roasted malts, caramel and coffee make up the aroma. Flavour starts off sweet with caramel and chocolate, but there is a sour tinge in the mix.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

sampled on 11/13/09. 750ml bottle with mitch. bottle #146 of 510. bottled 10/22/08. pours a pitch black color, ruby hilights at the edges. medium/thick head. aroma is roasty malts, coffee. taste is coffee and roasty malt, some sweetness for balance. chocolate coming out as it warms. body is medium. aftertaste is a little bitter, a little sweet.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

those dutch are tricky awesome bastards .. . nice sweetness level .. . nice roast level .. . super mario 3, end level .. . another huge yet subtle drinking brew..

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

i wasn't as impressed by this one as the others were. it came of as rather pedestrian for the price and/or abv. not bad at all, but also does nothing that stood out from the pack. light-medium bodied for an impy.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Sampled on 11/13/2009. Bottle #146 of 510. This imperial stout pours a eclipse black color form a 750ml bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is chocolate, coffee and dark fruit. Medium bodied Imperial Stout. The malts are chocolate and roasty malt. The hops are earthy. Nice stout, nice balance between the roasty malts and sweetness. Hides the alcohol very well. A touch tart/sour at the finish. Nice carbonation. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Bottled. Murky reddish brown colour, small beigeish brown foamy head. Aroma is cardboard, some sweet malts, mild chocolate and coffee along with some wooden hops. Flavour is quite much the same. A bit out of balance for the flavours.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Pours out in an almost black colour with a large frothy, firm, dense pale brown foam. Full velvety and deep aroma of nuts, dark malts, licorice, coffee, cinnamon and crackers. Full-bodied with rich yet smooth flavours of cocoa, coffee beans, dark malts, woodsy hops and mild pepper. Long full balanced finish of nuts, spicy hops, black chocolate, mild pepper, tar and crackers. Yummy!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle 352 / 696; Sampled July 2008
A reasonable pour produces a three-finger thick, lightly browned, tan colored head in my New Belgium globe glass. The beer sits with an almost black color (just barely a hint of deepest, dark brown to it), but shows a brilliantly clear, dark ruby hue to it when held up directly to the light. The aroma is rich and roasted; notes of burnt toffee, caramelized-burnt prunes, coffee liquor, burnt / slightly acidic burnt grain, sweet dark chocolate and in the finish a combination of roasted saltine crackers and overly toasted, but not burnt bread. With a touch of alcohol noticeable it can smell a touch like fermented prune juice (very burnt of course) at times.

Much lighter in heft than I was expecting, much less than a 1.030 finishing gravity would suggest. This still has a viscous feel to it and a heft that coats the palate, but I would guess that it was a couple alcohol percentage points less than it actually is. Sweet tasting, but no where near cloying; the sweetness accentuates substantial cocoa flavors as well as notes of roasted raisins and a touch of figs. Finishes with a lightly bitter roast malt note, a round hop bitterness and a hint of burnt acidity; each of these combined does not really balance out the sweet up front malt; they actually help to balance the sweet malt quite well it is just that the sweet malt plays a bit more of a role here. The roast profile reminds me a little of a full-city roast coffee that has been heavily influenced by dark chocolate.

Almost more than the roast character, both the fruitiness and the chocolate notes play a substantial role here. A bit more balanced, even more refined than the London-style Porter, there is enough sweet malt here to stand up to the ample roast character, but I think I like the Porter better than this beer. This is still quite tasty and definitely interesting. It drinks a lot easier than its 10% would suggest.