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Hel & Verdoemenis - Wild Turkey B.A.
Brouwerij De Molen
- From:
- Brouwerij De Molen
- Netherlands
- Style:
- Russian Imperial Stout
Ranked #133 - ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 94
Ranked #2,476 - Avg:
- 4.25 | pDev: 8.94%
- Reviews:
- 41
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 25, 2022
- Added:
- Feb 26, 2011
- Wants:
- 48
- Gots:
- 19
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Reviewed by Fordcoyote15 from Pennsylvania
3.97/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2013 De Molen Hel & Verdoemenis barrel aged in Wild Turkey barrels. Drank on 10-23-22.
I'm a huge fan of regular Hel & Verdoemenis and would attest it may be the greatest stout ever brewed. So getting my hands on some barrel aged dusties was an opportunity I jumped at when I saw them available.
The crack of the bottle top let out no hiss. The pour was flat as could be also. Pours more oily than I recall the standard to pour, and this looks lighter too.
The smell and I know its passed its prime. Its not explosive with roast and smoke like the non barrel aged version. And I can edge out something off in the smell too. To its benefit I'm getting massive tobacco notes that I associate with old JW Lees Harvest Ale - a flavor/aroma profile I'm emphatic about that seems to come with age.
Taste is so much more void than the standard. Its not chalky, dry, or the bitter roast bomb that i know and love H&V to be. It drinks SO much less extreme. Has this beer actually melded into something so much less intense over the last 9 years? Or is this just a product of variation in the beer from batch to batch? After all, lots of tweaks to the recipe may have been done between this and the fresher versions I know.
I don't love this beer up front. It doesn't hit me with the smoke and ash I want and expect. Theres a note I want to call prune juice because its like the common stout descriptor of "dark fruit" but old and shriveled.
Conversely to up front - on the finish, its all love. It has days and days of old leather, tobacco, and that classic JW Lees mustiness I picked up on in the nose.
Overall I can't say this 9 year old beer is better than a fresh Hel & Verdoemenis. Its truly not. It might be entirely possible that beer simply cannot be improved upon.
Final note- the bottom or the glass yielded some gelatinous slugs.
Oct 25, 2022I'm a huge fan of regular Hel & Verdoemenis and would attest it may be the greatest stout ever brewed. So getting my hands on some barrel aged dusties was an opportunity I jumped at when I saw them available.
The crack of the bottle top let out no hiss. The pour was flat as could be also. Pours more oily than I recall the standard to pour, and this looks lighter too.
The smell and I know its passed its prime. Its not explosive with roast and smoke like the non barrel aged version. And I can edge out something off in the smell too. To its benefit I'm getting massive tobacco notes that I associate with old JW Lees Harvest Ale - a flavor/aroma profile I'm emphatic about that seems to come with age.
Taste is so much more void than the standard. Its not chalky, dry, or the bitter roast bomb that i know and love H&V to be. It drinks SO much less extreme. Has this beer actually melded into something so much less intense over the last 9 years? Or is this just a product of variation in the beer from batch to batch? After all, lots of tweaks to the recipe may have been done between this and the fresher versions I know.
I don't love this beer up front. It doesn't hit me with the smoke and ash I want and expect. Theres a note I want to call prune juice because its like the common stout descriptor of "dark fruit" but old and shriveled.
Conversely to up front - on the finish, its all love. It has days and days of old leather, tobacco, and that classic JW Lees mustiness I picked up on in the nose.
Overall I can't say this 9 year old beer is better than a fresh Hel & Verdoemenis. Its truly not. It might be entirely possible that beer simply cannot be improved upon.
Final note- the bottom or the glass yielded some gelatinous slugs.
Reviewed by kitch from Hong Kong
4.37/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.37/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
A 330ml black waxed bottle, bottled on 2nd July 2013. Enjoy within 25 years. Poured into a snifter glass.
Appearance: Black in colour with no head and no lacing.
Aroma: Roasted malts, chocolate, bourbon, oak, vanilla, toffee, with a splash of licorice.
Taste: Bourbon, dark fruit, light roast, chocolate, coffee, caramel, with slight vanilla notes.
Mouthfeel: Velvety, medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: The barrel aging has improved the base beer, and the bourbon character really stands out, for the better. This was another great sipper, and De Molen H&V variant.
Jan 25, 2021Appearance: Black in colour with no head and no lacing.
Aroma: Roasted malts, chocolate, bourbon, oak, vanilla, toffee, with a splash of licorice.
Taste: Bourbon, dark fruit, light roast, chocolate, coffee, caramel, with slight vanilla notes.
Mouthfeel: Velvety, medium to full bodied with soft carbonation.
Overall: The barrel aging has improved the base beer, and the bourbon character really stands out, for the better. This was another great sipper, and De Molen H&V variant.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
4.25/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Bottle share at RBSG. Near black pour, kind of flat. Goes up from there, way up. Roasty, boozy aroma. Mild sweetness, more heat, syrup, chocolate. Superb throughout.
Jan 03, 2020Reviewed by makromaniak from Belgium
4.71/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.71/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
I think this is the best one i have had of the H&V series yet...roasted malts, chocolate, bourbon, wood, coffee and vanilla...perfect balance...not taken over bij de turkey barrel...smooth...again another great imp from Menno and the lafs...keep em coming please!
Jan 11, 2017Reviewed by GoBearsWalter34 from Illinois
4.64/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.64/5 rDev +9.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours black with a very thin, Lmost non existent head. I smell bourbon, chocolate, nuts, and more bourbon. Tastes the same as smells with the nut and chocolate coming on strong in the end. Also a hop presence. The Bourbon and hop flow up through the nose. The booze also slaps you on the ass, and I asked "please may I have another". Not an overly bodied beer, which puts a little more emphasis on the Wild Turkey. This takes slightly away from smoothness. A very unique and exotic beer that I enjoyed!
Jun 07, 2015
Hel & Verdoemenis - Wild Turkey B.A. from Brouwerij De Molen
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
105 ratings
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