Moord & Brand - Bourbon BA
Brouwerij De Molen

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From:
Brouwerij De Molen
 
Netherlands
Style:
Russian Imperial Stout
ABV:
10.8%
Score:
92
Avg:
4.2 | pDev: 9.05%
Reviews:
7
Ratings:
26
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 15, 2020
Added:
Dec 02, 2013
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  1
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Rated: 4.7 by DvdP from Netherlands

Dec 15, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by Howlader from Canada (AB)

Jun 03, 2016
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Reviewed by Marius from Netherlands

4.25/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pitch black pour, thick, with a small dark-espresso head that is slow to rise to the surface. The bourbon is predominant in the smell, along with caramel, oak, vanilla, cocoa and alcohol. The taste is a bit overwhelmed by the bourbon, as well, making it a bit unbalanced, but not too bad, in my books. Bourbon, oak, a hint of sour cherries, burnt malt, caramel, vanilla. Thick bodied with almost no carbonation.
Oct 03, 2015
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Reviewed by SayBoom from Ukraine

4.81/5  rDev +14.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Was drunk in comparison with Older Viscosity - Port Brewing blindfold.
A: De Molen>PB. Dark black as night, with a nice brown foam, that fall-out fast.
S: De Molen<PB. A solid roast profile. It is also sweet with hints of vanilla, pleasant smokiness and fruits, especially cherry, black currants. Coffee a bit.
T: De Molen>PB. The taste only improved on the aroma. Espresso, bitter chocolate, a presence of the wood. Smooth, easy to drink, finished with massive bitterness.
F: De Molen>PB Thick body and low level of carbonation. Rich mouth with a bitter finish.
O: A nice combination of the barrel, coffee, bitterness and dark fruits.
Oct 03, 2015
 
Rated: 4.03 by TheSevenDuffs from Canada (ON)

Aug 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4.65 by Sir_Goatman from Oregon

Jul 25, 2015
 
Rated: 4.4 by yeaprolly from Washington

Jul 16, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by Ciocanelu from Romania

Jul 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3.96 by tylerstravis from Colorado

Jul 15, 2015
 
Rated: 4.75 by ChicagoNick from Illinois

Jul 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4.04 by Brevbin from Louisiana

Jun 18, 2015
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Reviewed by 57md from Pennsylvania

4.77/5  rDev +13.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Deep dark brown in color. The nose has notes of dark fruit and wood. This offering is rich, creamy and smooth with a solid roast profile. It is also sticky and sweet without being cloying.

The barrel aging seemed to impart more of a sherry quality than a bourbon quality. More noticeable than any liquor essence is the presence of the wood.

This is a unique and well crafted beer.
May 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4.02 by OGShotzy from Pennsylvania

May 20, 2015
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

4.38/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
de molen is the king for me right now. this is the first one i have ever had, or even ever seen on tap, up at choice city in fort collins. the beer looks incredible in the glass, huge thick dark brown head, almost like it came from a nitro tap, and the beer is super dark, stout colored, oily looking and rich for sure. the nose is crazy, hints of smoked malt, which i think de molen always sort of has, and that similar yeast characteristic that i love so much, raisin and bourbon are both intense in this, vanilla is there as well, all in a very complex aroma. the taste is very similar to the nose, equally robust and well integrated. the bourbon does a lot to this, so it would be cool to try a non barrel aged edition. less smoke than i smelled, and more of the rich malt layers. this is a decadent experience with an enormous mouthfeel surprisingly dry for a bourbon barrel, and well carbonated for how thick it is. milkshakey without the dairy. de molen can do no wrong, and i hope their kegs start showing up a little more. very very special brewery, very very special beer. i saw they do what looks like a balsamic vinegar barrel aged edition, which i want to try so bad. never heard of such a thing. well worth seeking out!
May 08, 2015
 
Rated: 4.04 by ColForbinBC from New Jersey

Mar 28, 2015
 
Rated: 4.49 by DrBier from Pennsylvania

Mar 15, 2015
 
Rated: 4.1 by 22Blue from Kansas

Mar 05, 2015
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.84/5  rDev -8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
1L howler from Sherbrooke Liquor. 'Moord & Brand' translates ominously to 'Murder and Fire'...eep!

This beer pours a solid, light-absorbing oily black hole, with a thin cap of equally creamy and bubbly pale brown head, which leaves a bit of streaming mountain tributary lace around the glass as things slowly, slowly sink away.

It smells of roasted, rather meaty caramel malt, bittersweet chocolate, earthy coffee beans, acrid whiskey barrel wood - vanilla, spicy grain, and uber-alles, estery alcohol - besotted dark orchard fruit (maybe some plums, maybe some cherry cordial), black licorice, wet ash, and a small leafy, weedy hop bitterness. The taste is big toasted caramel malt up front, more rich medium cocoa pudding, fairly well moderated Kentucky whiskey notes - grainy wood, saucy vanilla, and spicy alcohol, all - chewy Nordic anise candies (lozenges?), understated cafe-au-lait, a soft, tart citrus element, and weak ashy, leafy, and earthy hops.

The carbonation is rather uninterested in tickling any of my various willing palates, what with its very low levels of frothiness, the body a hefty medium-full weight, and trying oh so hard to be smooth 'n creamy - but for that hovering boozy astringency, the war is lost. It finishes sweet, of the chocomel (tm) variety, natch, with a still peppy, but (I can't believe I'm saying this) 'rounded' Bourbon booziness - all other side players need no longer apply.

Well, they named this one aptly - the roasted, ashy character is prominent, but hardly overbearing - that metric is left to the general gravitas of it all, so much so that my tastebuds feel, if not quite 'murdered', then at least raped and pillaged. Did any vikings originate in Holland, or was that just Denmark and Norway's thing? Anyways, an impressive enough, and challenging Bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stout, you might want to don your big-boy drinking trousers before tackling this one - I know I did!
Feb 05, 2015
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Reviewed by dcmchew from Romania

4.08/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours slowly, pitch black, at first without any head, but a nice mocha half finger one bubbles up in seconds. Short-lived, leaving a really thin lace.
Bourbon barrel really out there in the smell, with a rich chocolatey maltiness. Some spicy rye gets through too, faint hint of smoke, vanillla, some raisin, very faint licorice.
Wow, lots of bourbon in the taste, with a mildly acidic dark fruit zing (plum and not-entirely-dry raisin), making a nice juicy start, sweet with caramel. Barrel and malts follow, changing the scenery almost entirely, with creamy chocolate, vanilla, licorice, followed by dark malts, more and more roasty, burnt and smokey in the finish. Bitter. Alcohol dries up too.
Smooth almost light body, but not watery. A bit oily, flat. Aftertaste has nice bourbon, nice at first but a bit boozy later on, some dark chocolate and roasted grain.
Not really balanced, the big emphasis on the bourbon makes you miss out on the (probably) nice imperial stout notes. Nice, but there are lots of better De Molen brews out there. Reminded me a lot of Rasputin.
Dec 05, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by crosenkrantz from Switzerland

Nov 23, 2014
Moord & Brand - Bourbon BA from Brouwerij De Molen
Beer rating: 92 out of 100 with 26 ratings