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De Moersleutel: Pastry Factory: Drop It Like It's Hot
This Liquorice paste, cacao nib, coffee bean, vanilla, tonka, almond and spice imperial pastry stout is/was brewed by De Moersleutel in Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands. It's achieved an overall score of 91.36%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 10.00%. It was purchased from Dead Crafty Beer Company in Liverpool on 9 May 2026.
Drop It Like It's Hot is a 10% imperial pastry stout from De Moersleutel, a nod to the Dutch obsession with liquorice. The ingredient list is exactly what you'd expect from the Pastry Factory series: liquorice paste, cacao nibs, coffee beans, vanilla and tonka bean. Subtle it is not.
It pours pitch black with a dense brown head. The nose is roasted coffee, dark chocolate and, sure enough, liquorice front and centre. Vanilla takes the edge off the darker stuff, and the tonka adds a hint of almond and marzipan with a bit of warming spice.
The flavour is rich in the way only these Dutch pastry stouts can be. Bitter espresso and cocoa hit first, then thick chocolate, creamy vanilla and a deep, earthy liquorice note underneath it all. There's a faint saltiness that cuts through the sweetness – without it this could easily have been chocolate syrup – and the tonka keeps things nutty and gently spiced.
The body is thick and viscous, carbonation kept low, with enough residual sweetness to make it feel like pudding in a glass. The 10% is well buried under all that coffee, chocolate and liquorice, only really showing up as a bit of warmth at the finish.
Liquorice is a risky move in beer – it can flatten everything else – but here it plays along with the roast, coffee and cacao rather than steamrolling them. The result is a heavy, decadent stout that stays interesting: sweet and dark, but with just enough bitterness, salt and spice to keep you going back for another sip.
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Beer Listing
| Date and Time | Container | Pub/Place and Where | Strength ABV | Colour | Score Components | Score | Descriptive word(s) | Book No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Jul 2026 at 7:10 pm | can | (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England | 10.00 | black and slightly cloudy |
Taste: 100% Head: 71.11% Aroma: 100% Ease: 77.78% Clarity: 50% |
91.358% | vanilla-liquorice | 1036 |
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