Compass Series - West 2018
Brouwerij Frontaal in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands 🇳🇱
Bock - Heller Bock Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.97
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle from a local bottle shop. Aroma is dark malt with vanilla, cocoa, some roast, caramel, milk chocolate, some coffee. Flavour is moderate to medium sweet with a decent mild roasty bitterness. Body is medium. Pleasant notes of chocolate and coffee.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Fles 33cl thuis gedeeld. Chocolade, vanille, roasted malts, hazelnoot, licht droog, cappuccino, caramel, rood fruittonen, beetje pastry. Wat dun. (24-9-2020).
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Dark brown color. Cocoa and chocolate in the aroma. Malty sweet, Cocoa is dominating. Velvety. Low on Carbon. Nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
330ml bottle. Pours very dark brown with a medium head. Aroma is rich milk chocolate, vanilla, raisin and caramel. Taste has milk chocolate and caramel to start. Watery chocolate finish with vanilla on the aftertaste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draft glass @ Beerlovers Bar. Ruby brown amber, creamy tanned head. Nose is thick chicory coffee, mocha, chocolate, instant coffee, caramel, low grounds, DE yeast. Taste is chicory coffee, mocha, basic herbal, DE yeast, mocha, sweetish, cacao, coffee grounds, low liquorice,… Bit thinned but decent chicory coffee & DE yeast body. Decent and fun enough.
Stuu (34525) reviewed Compass Series - West 2018 from Brouwerij Frontaal 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at home. Pours deep brown, nose is vanilla, chocolate, caramel, taste is sweet, creamy, chewy, chocolate.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Dark brown with lasting head. This gets better close to room temperature when the cocoa and malty notes come through.