Festbock
Holsten-Brauerei in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany 🇩🇪
Bock - Dunkler Bock Regular|
Score
5.50
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A taste festival! Holsten Festbock is a full- bodied dark beer, aromatic and flavourful. Brewed in accordance with the German Purity Law it contains only natural ingredients. This beverage is characterised by its high original gravity and strong 7% alcohol content.
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4.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
looked nice, aroma of malt, and a tiny bit of sweetness.
flavour, malt, and booze. doesn’t hide the 7% at all. some redeeming caramel malts in the flavour, but meh.
Tried
on 27 Feb 2025
at 05:31
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
500ml can. Pours a clear red-amber with a small, creamy, short lived, beige head that leaves spotty lacing. Sweet aroma of bready malt, caramel and dark fruit. Sweet flavour of bready malt, caramel, molasses, nuts, dark fruit, chocolate and alcohol in a dry, metallic finish. Medium body with a thin texture and soft carbonation. Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2018
at 03:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Appearance: Clear deep nutty brown color with an off white head that leaves an ok lacing.
Aroma: A bit sweet malty and fruity.
Palate: Medium + body. Slightly sweet and a moderate bitterness. Average carbonation.
Taste: Malty and fruity. Well hidden alcohol.
Overall impression: Not very fancy. But Ill have another if somebody gives me one.
Personal stats: Can Espen brought with him from Dortmund.
Aroma: A bit sweet malty and fruity.
Palate: Medium + body. Slightly sweet and a moderate bitterness. Average carbonation.
Taste: Malty and fruity. Well hidden alcohol.
Overall impression: Not very fancy. But Ill have another if somebody gives me one.
Personal stats: Can Espen brought with him from Dortmund.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2014
at 07:32
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Poured from 500mL can. Clear copper brown with off-white head. Aroma right out of the can was almost like 7up, but became more like mild caramel and molasses after sitting in the glass. Taste of sweet malt and very subtle dark fruit. Quite light. Alcohol is hidden.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2014
at 22:13
2.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Way too much sweet malt and caramelized sugar in this one. Overpowering. Not been good in a seasonable way. Tall can.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2013
at 19:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Canette 500ml. De couleur brune-ambrée et claire. Nez de malt moyennement rôti avec des notes de caramel, de noix de fruits (petits fruits rouges) ainsi que des traces d’alcool. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-bas et une texture légèrement huileuse. Très léger goût fruité (notes de pettis fruits et de prunes) avec une goût de grains de malt aux notes rôties lors de l’entrée en bouche suivi rapidement d’un goût léger-moyen goût de caramel aux notes brûlées ainsi que des traces de pain grillé puis en finale l’on retrouve des notes d’alcool aux notes métalliques ainsi que des traces de houblon herbeux et de chocolat noir. Post-goût moyen, légèrement amer de rôti, avec des traces de houblon herbeux, d’alcool métallique et de fruits.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Feb 2013
at 20:46
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
500 ml can. Pours a red mahogany with medium head that dissipates quickly. Aromas of roasted malt and cereal with a hint of toffee. Similar flavors. A bit thin but a nice session beer with lots of carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Aug 2012
at 12:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Originally rated April 2005. Holsten Festbock pours a cola colour (brown with ruby highlights) with a tanned head. The head is not so big, and does not last long, but it leaves some decent lace. The aroma is of raosted malts and alcohol. The flavour is sweet with caramel malts and also grainy in the finish. Very smooth and thin mouthfeel. A pretty good session bock.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2012
at 20:16
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 3
Decent bright brown head and a nice amber body. Aroma is sweet malts, meaning it’s malts with a lot of adjuncts like sugar and rice glaring through. Taste is a pile of cloying sweetness with a brown sugar flavour - like really, they’re not even trying to be smart about all the fake crap they have thrown into this brew. Yet, if you like fake brews, this one is a pretty good example.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2010
at 16:56
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pours dark amber brown. Aroma and flavour of caramel malts, toffee and subtle dark fruits. Not bad.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2010
at 00:27