5

Minder aangename geur vlak na opening. Gebrande mout en cacao. Oppervlakkige smaak.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Clear amber brown colour, small frothy off-white head, mostly diminishing, minimal lacing. Aroma roasted malts, caramel, brown sugar, raisins. Thin mouthfeel, taste medium sweet and light bitter, sweet malts, caramel, spicy notes. Malty sweetbitter aftertaste, caramel, metallic notes, medium body, watery texture, average carbonation, lacks body and character, mediocre.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Roodbruin bier met mooie schuimkraag die snel inzakt. Smaak is licht zoet en licht bitter hoppig met iets van karamel en druif

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Light brown colour with thin head. Certainly a very mild tasting beer. Light maltiness, minimal sweetness. Ok but lacks depth, complexity and flavour.

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Imported from my RateBeer account as Broeder Jacob Gijle Bock (by Broeder Jacob):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 11/20, MyTotalScore: 3.1/5

28/II/16 - 75cl bottle from Bier-winkel.com (webshop, NL) @ home - BB: 25/VIII/16 (2016-238)

Pretty cloudy reddish brown beer, creamy beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: spicy, lots of coriander, yeast, caramel, sweet, bit sugary, ripe banana. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bit oxidized, sourish touch, caramel, yeast, banana. Aftertaste: dried fruits, pretty hoppy, bitter, oxidized, malty, more banana, yeast, metallic touch.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

From tap at Café Gollem Amstelstraat. Not having fun with this. Backlog from 2014/12/13

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Another attempt at popularizing Bock beers in Belgium, a style practically unknown here - call me cynical, but I don’t see the point in this. Anyway: medium, lacing, crackling, off-white head, reasonably stable, over a hazy brownish coppery coloured beer. Aroma of industrial caramel, biscuit, tons of iron, dish water, raisins, dates, weeds, overripe (if not rotting) pear, medlar, brown sugar, pancakes with powder sugar, cocoa, hint of liquorice. Sweetish, fruity, estery onset, some overripe fruits, some candi sugar sweetness, fairly strong and sourish carbonation, very caramelly in the malt department, a bit nutty, outspoken metallic ’sound’ reflecting the iron in the nose, medium body, notably yeasty, finishing in fading caramel malt sweetness along with a certain, yet subtle earthy hop bitterishness, boring yeastiness and a basic sourishness, medium dry, a bit cloying but not overly so; a faint hint of warming, generic alcohol is also present. Something, however subtle, went wrong with its fermentation, that much is clear, and I wonder where all the iron comes from; this is a bit of a disappointment compared with his other beers. Being Flemish, I get the intended pun in the name (and the 6.6% ABV), but that is more or less where the enjoyment stops, I’m afraid. Acceptable alright, but obviously redundant. Concentrate on the Double Port and Double Espresso, Johan, and do not waiste any further time, money and effort on this!

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at Cafe Gollem. Pours deep brown, nose is malty toffee, taste is light spices, malty, dry.

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tap at Het Brouwcafe, Scheveningen. Poured a muky brown colour with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is earthy mineral malt, light yeast. The flavour is moderate to light sweet with a light malt bitter, light ripe fruit yeasty palate with average carbonation. A little light all round I’m afraid.