Aroma has laurel, licorice and some malt. Sweetish flavor, malty, with a hint of metal, licorice and laurel. Thin to medium bodied. Bittersweet aftertaste, again with laurel. Not bad, but certainly not perfect.

Sample, on tap at the brewpub at 5.5% as "Bock ’15". Clear, dark brownish amber with a thin, creamy, tan head. Sweetish-malty, slightly roasty aroma of caramel, chocolate and nuts. Sweetish-malty, roasty taste of caramel, nuts, coffee and some chocolate, followed by a short, slightly bitter, roasty finish. Medium to full body, creamy mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Nice!

On tap at Pelgrim, Brewpub Rotterdam, Sunday 15th March 2015 in company of Dad & Barry mid brown with a white rim. Quite soft mouthfeel, a little thin in the mouth, fruity with a little dark sugar. Fine. A6 A3 T6 P3 Ov12 3.0

330ml bottle. Clear, reddish brown colour with average to huge, frothy, foamy, fairly lasting, barely lacing, off-white to beige head. Minimally fruity, yeasty aroma, hints of red berries and their parings, a touch of rubber boots. Taste is dry, chalky, minimally fruity, hints of red berries; lively carbonation. Significant out of line. (5/3/5/3/10) Re-rate 28/10/2020: as Bock, 6.0% abv. 330ml bottle. Clear, reddish brown colour with small to average, frothy to creamy, half-way lasting, mininmally lacing, beige head. Caramel and dark malty aroma, notes of caramel and malt lozenge, a touch of instant coffee. Taste is sweet-ish, slightly roasty, dark and caramel malty, notes of dark caramel, hints of malt lozenge, a touch of instant coffee. Creamy texture, smooth and soft palate, fine and soft carbonation. Completely different and way better beer, an authentic Bock this time. (6/3/6/4/13) Compromise overall score.

Ins Glas ergießt sich ein trübes dunkel rötlichbraunes Bier mit schöner beigen Schaumkrone. Geruch röstmalzig, Kaffee, Schokolade. Geschmack röstmalzig süß, schokoladig, Kaffee, minimal fruchtig.

Tap @ Pelgrim brewery, 6,6%. Orange reddish colour, creamy and tan head. Nose is caramel, light malty and spicy, some fruits, Flavour is malty, roasty, caramel and some spicyness. Medium bodied, medium carbonation.

On tap at the Doelencafe. Vintage 2012. Thin creamy off white head. Hazy amber pour. Some caramel. Nice bock

Draft at the source. Dark amber brown color, tan head, solid lacing. Aroma of smokey and dusty caramel. Taste is sweet burnt toast, nuts, caramel. Light body.

Draught at the brewpub, vintage 2011, 1 year old, 6.5% ABV
Beautiful mahogany color, creamy head. The caramel aroma is very nice, elegant, perfumy. Nice caramel flavor too, no oxidisation, light nutty touch; it could benefit from some more body, but overall it’s very good.