8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Golden with a big and lasting white head. Clean herbal hop aroma with a biscuit touch. Sweetish and clean malty flavour with a citrus touch and a nice hoppy finish.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2009
at 12:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ BBF. Slight hazy golden color, medium head. Aroma of smoke, slight grain, malt, ashtray. Nice smoked taste, slight bitter, bit malty. Very nice smoked brew.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Nov 2009
at 14:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap (PINT Bockbierfestival 09): Pale amber, big - slowly collapsing - lacy white foam: burnt wood and sweet caramel in the nose; solid sweet-bitter flavour, full bodied; increasing dryness and hoppy bitterness in the lingering and warming finish. Very well balanced, tasty Bock...............
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Oct 2009
at 12:03
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at GBBF 2009. One of the joys of this festival is getting to try different German beers on tap. Orange haze colour. Lasting beige head. Pretty good. Yes a little heat from alcohol. But it doesn’t go over the top. Never sticky. Good bock. Lovely and drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2009
at 13:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at GBBF 2009. Everyone had gone on about how good this was. Smokey aroma. Oddly a touch of TCP, but not in a bad way. Tasty smokey TCP in flavour too. Not too sweet for a bock, some biscuit in the malt even. Finish has as smokey sting. Yep, this is pretty good.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2009
at 13:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[9/11/09] Draught at De Wildeman in Amsterdam. Deep red-amber with a thick beige head. Aroma of smokes sausages. Smoked flavor with lots of meat, caramel, malt, biscuits, lots of oak and a very bitter hoppy finish. Medium-bodied with a rounded-mouthfeel. A great smoked Bock.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2009
at 20:53
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Clearamber, no head. Smokey tarry bacon aroma. Mid-sweet with beautifully soft mouthfeel. Tarry salmiak - like Schlenkerla condensed. So seemless and soft - just beautiful!
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Sep 2009
at 10:35
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Re-rate 9/25/15: Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2015 in Bodegraven. As Gänstaller Bräu Kellerbier Mandarina. Clear golden. Aroma of vegetal yeast and hops. Sweetish flavor with malt, vegetal yeast, and bitterish hops. Quite light-bodied. 4/3/5/3/9=2.4
[9/7/09] Botte sampled at my hostel in Brussels. Slightly hazy golden-copper color with a white head. Aroma is grainy with some malt, cooked vegetables, yeasty notes, a bit oh hops and buttery notes. Sweetish flavor with some husky graininess, yeast notes, vegetables, light sourish notes and a slightly drier finish. Medium-bodied. 4/3/4/3/8=2.2
[9/7/09] Botte sampled at my hostel in Brussels. Slightly hazy golden-copper color with a white head. Aroma is grainy with some malt, cooked vegetables, yeasty notes, a bit oh hops and buttery notes. Sweetish flavor with some husky graininess, yeast notes, vegetables, light sourish notes and a slightly drier finish. Medium-bodied. 4/3/4/3/8=2.2
Tried
on 24 Sep 2009
at 14:15
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours a pale amber with tiny floating impurities and an off-white head. Lightly tart, malty nose. Medium body, a little oxidized, soft mouthfeel. No real bitterness. Over the top. 230909
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2009
at 12:40
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sampled, gravicask, from the German Bar, GBBF 09. Almost clear, golden body, small off-white head. Malty-fruity smell with underlying alcohol heating. Earthy malts in flavour mixed with hints of tart fruits. More alcohol heating to the finish. A bit heavy to drink, but it has got, to be fair, some moments of joy (Earls Court, 07.08.2009).
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Sep 2009
at 03:52