Hijos de Rivera 1906 Reserva Especial

1906 Reserva Especial

 

Hijos de Rivera in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain 🇪🇸

  Bock - Heller Bock Regular
Score
5.56
ABV: 6.5% IBU: 25 Ticks: 167
Brewed by Hijos de Rivera’s Brewmasters in the only Company’s brewery placed in A Coruña. It is one of the longest-matured Spanish lagers.

Bright amber color. Roasted malt aromas with caramel and coffee notes. Hop aromas appear as light floral and herbal notes. Roasted flavors and a gentle and balanced warm mouthfeel.
 

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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
0.33 bottle. Nice amber color, sticky but not too big head. The aroma is slightly alcoholic, caramel malt, the hops come with a sour aroma here. Capricorn is carbonated enough to exist, nothing special comes up in taste. Sure fine beer, but I expect a little more from this category. Caramel is sweet but very thin, disembodied, watery.
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Szép borostyán szín, tapadós, de nem túl nagy hab. Illata picit alkoholos, karamell malátás, a komló itt savanykás illattal jön elő. Bak létére elég szénsavas, semmi különleges nem jön elő ízben. Persze finom sör, de ettől a kategóriától kicsit többet várok. Karamelles édeskés, de nagyon vékony, testetlen, vizes. Földes utóíz.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Sep 2019 at 17:25

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Van de tap op terras in Valencia, biercafé. Gouden kleur, stevig schuim. Meer zoet dan bitter, maar goede stevige smaak.
Tried from Draft on 23 Sep 2019 at 16:14

6/10
Pale bock from the north of Spain. On clearance so you know it's essential.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2019 at 22:44

4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
Light amber color. Only a slight apple and stoney aroma. Sweetish and grainy with in fact a total lack of flavor. Some sweet apples and a hint of raisin maybe. Slight bitter aftertaste, not due to hops.
Tried on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:07

3.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 3 Flavor 4 Texture 2 Overall 3.5
On draught in Barcelona. Grain and paper aroma. Clear copper-orange with full off-white head that has beautiful patterns down the glass. Flavor is faint malt, not robust to the style. Also, thin mouthfeel.
Tried on 17 Jun 2019 at 20:29

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
330 ml bottle into lager glass, best before 3/2019. Pours crystal clear medium orange/amber/light copper color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of cracker, white bread dough/crust, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of honey, nuttiness, caramel, pepper, wood, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. A bit of fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big cracker, white bread dough/crust, and toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of honey, nuttiness, caramel, pepper, wood, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of cracker, white bread dough/crust, toasted biscuit, honey, nuttiness, caramel, pepper, wood, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Very clean on lager flavors, minimal fruity/yeasty notes. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, bready/grainy, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.5%. Overall this is a delicious Vienna Lager. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of bready malts and light-moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp/clean/refreshing to drink, with the mellowly bitter/drying finish. Very clean and rich Vienna/Munich malt showcase, with nice earthy noble hop presence/balance. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Feb 2019 at 19:20

5/10
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2019 at 20:18

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
330ml bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, Nov 18, thanks to Mike. Pours clear copper, foamy off-white topping. Sweet caramel aroma, which continues to taste, fairly light body. Taste seems more in tune with a sweet doppelbock. Not too bad.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Nov 2018 at 12:59

5/10
From backlog. Bottle from Supermercados Dia, Viveiro. Amber with white head. Malts, hops, Caramel.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Oct 2018 at 13:13

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle bbe 6/19 oro carico siscreta schiuma media persistenza naso cotto mais un leggero erbaceo attacco piuttosto maltato poco fragrante un lieve riscaltante discreto amaro
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2018 at 23:17