Herfstbock (-2016)

Bottle thanks to ekstedt!Sampled on March 24, 2012, BB Oct 12Clear dark brown color, medium light brown head. Sweet, berry, alcohol scent. berry, cream, alcohol taste. Some dray wall. Medium mouthfeel, medium high dry bitterness. Bitter grainy aftertaste.

33cl bottle. Very thin white head. Deep amber clear pour. Nice bock. .

Clear dark amber color, average beige head. Decent smell and taste, but a bit weak. Low body and carbo. Pretty nice though.

Bottle 300ml.Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, brown sugar, nutty notes, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100314]

Bottle: Poured a reddish brown with a light brown froathy huge head. Aroma is dark fruits and malts. Taste is sweet roasted malts, some dark chocolate, and fruits. finish is a bite metallic and nuts.

Bottle @ home. Clear deep dark brown-red colour, creamy beige head. Aroma of raisins, very port-like, malts and some other dark fruits. Flavour is raisins, chocolate, roasted malts. Rather sweet. Becomes a bit cloying and thin towards the end, still rather nice bock though.

Red-foxy with orange highlights; nearly no head, off-white rim. Sweet, slightly fruity, like sugar-preserved oranges or tangerines. Alcohol and esters (like pineapple ester) define the aroma: sweet & fruity and rather heavy. Alcohol, rosewater, amandine, the juice from canned pineapple, ending in a brusque, nearly harsh short bitterness. Maybe a bit of fruit & alcohol-filled Belgian chocolates - in a cheap version.. Very well-bodied, viscous. The aftertaste betrays the alcohol by a little almond-like flavour. More classical Dutch Bock. Brusque, without becoming truly crude.