Celis Pale Bock (Belgium)
Brouwerij Van Steenberge in Ertvelde, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Bock - Heller Bock Regular|
Score
5.59
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Based on the original Celis Pale Bock as developed by Pierre Celis in the Celis Brewery in Austin, Texas; Van Steenberge managed to obtain the right to brew the Celis brand in Belgium and distribute it everywhere except for the United States, so this entry only relates to the Van Steenberge-brewed version.
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3.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottled(250ml). -Clear amber coloured, medium sized white lasting head, burnt sugar nose. Aroma of butter, caramel and malt with significant sugar presence. A way too much caramel. If the bottle was 330ml I’m not sure could I drinked a whole bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2006
at 05:55
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bollte. Brown clear color with a beige weak head. Malty aroma. Taste a littlebit as a brown ale with some notes of fruit (apple).
Tried
on 02 Nov 2006
at 10:45
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle. Chestnut, thin white head. Golden syrup/malt aroma. Some choc/dry malt flavour. Finish has some red fruits, but no real hop. Not too keen on the aroma, bit thin in mouth. Not too keen on it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2006
at 11:25
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Medium head with good duration. Brown colored. Tastes a bit like a brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2006
at 13:27
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. Bready, papery aroma. Flavour is also papery. Not very interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2005
at 10:11
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle Murky, amber body. Frothy, off-white head. Nose of faint malts and eve more faint hops. Initial lightly sweet, lightly bitter. Lightly sweet faint finish. Very uninteresting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2005
at 15:20
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
(Bottle 25 cl) Usually a Bock is a strong and heavy, dark bottom-fermented beer. But in the low countries things are different. This isn’t even pale, rather amber-coloured - decent although not exactly gigantic head. Some sweet caramel from the malts - but never cloying. Finishes on a dry, hoppy note. 150996
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2005
at 16:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle claims only 5% Yellowish tinted head, fast gone; dull brown beer with foxy shine. Sweet-bready nose, malty, liquorice - or something similar; know it, can’t put my finger on it. Sweetened yoghurt, maybe? Surprisingly bitterish initial taste, still (faraway- bread, nutty, buttery (diacethyl?), sweetness as from Traubenzucker , bit cardboard. Well-filled for only 5%, slick, longish sweet aftertaste. I know that in faraway Texas, the Spoetzl baby was the aim. But what under heaven is the aim over here? A Bock - of 5%? In Belgium, "bock" is tablebeer, in Germany, it’s something potent. This is neither. Oh well, it isn’t bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2005
at 14:17
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
An amber beer with a small beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of yeast, straw, and nuts. The flavor is very sweet with notes of malt, oranges, yeast, nuts, burnt caramel, leading to a quite hoppy dry end. The mouthfeel is very smooth, but the body in the thin side.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2005
at 15:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught att Bull & Bear Inn, Stockholm, Sweden.
Reddish amber with creamy head. Toffee aroma. Mild and sweet, clean but rounded. Some burnt sugar in a velvetty finish.
Reddish amber with creamy head. Toffee aroma. Mild and sweet, clean but rounded. Some burnt sugar in a velvetty finish.
Tried
on 06 Sep 2003
at 07:30