7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Sour milk, clove, and stale wheat aroma. Murky orange-amber color with minimal head. Sour apple and stale wheat flavor - really works well. A nice clean tasting traditional beer. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2006
at 20:23
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught. Some hop aroma. Clear golden colour. Nice, stable, creamy white head. OK bitterness, also a little sweet and malty. Medium bitterness. I do not see why it is called hoppenber.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2006
at 03:12
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Fairly ordinary bock that isn’t up to the standards of Salvator or Optimator, but more successful than the attempts of many micro brewers. Caramel colored. Standard flavor of a bock, with more caramel and sugar.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2006
at 21:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Highly impressive dutch beer. This gruit stuff is really good. Its what makes the aroma and taste so unique. This beer is not heavy and very different to any witbier that I have tried. I recommend this all the way.7/3/8/3/17
Re-rate: I wold guess this is the same batch as my first rate. Got it at a place where this could have easily been sitting for a few years. Pours with a small head and a hazy orange/copper color. Aroma is a bit aged cardboard with light too old sourness but a lot of strong musk, light mustard, and spicy honey, A bit overwhelming at first, but once you get past the aged and musk there are cool little aspects. Taste is musky, light spoiled-orange tea, some sweetness and a cheap honey aftertaste. Coriander and tea aspects linger for a while as well. Easy drinking despite the thicker and slicker mouthfeel. Doing good despite the age. 7/3/7/3/15
Re-rate: I wold guess this is the same batch as my first rate. Got it at a place where this could have easily been sitting for a few years. Pours with a small head and a hazy orange/copper color. Aroma is a bit aged cardboard with light too old sourness but a lot of strong musk, light mustard, and spicy honey, A bit overwhelming at first, but once you get past the aged and musk there are cool little aspects. Taste is musky, light spoiled-orange tea, some sweetness and a cheap honey aftertaste. Coriander and tea aspects linger for a while as well. Easy drinking despite the thicker and slicker mouthfeel. Doing good despite the age. 7/3/7/3/15
Tried
on 25 Oct 2005
at 20:29
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(bottle) Hazy reddish brown colour with a small foamy tanned head. Sweet caramel aroma with chocolate and a light toasty note. Also sweet caramel-malty accented flavour and taste, slightly bitter and spicy (pepper) finish. Reminds me of a (stronger) german Dunkel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2005
at 15:18
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottled (BB 12/2005)
Brown color, small brownish head. Parfumic sweet nose.: lemon, peppermint, prunes, rye and coffee. Quite strange flavor of ginger, cold coffee and dried fruits. Hides alcohol under the spices, but not very drinkable. Reminds me of some christmas beers.
Brown color, small brownish head. Parfumic sweet nose.: lemon, peppermint, prunes, rye and coffee. Quite strange flavor of ginger, cold coffee and dried fruits. Hides alcohol under the spices, but not very drinkable. Reminds me of some christmas beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2005
at 13:19
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
(Bottle 30 cl) This doesn’t really look very appetizing. Muddy brown with a head to match. Some rather indefinable flavours - probably because of the unusual mixture of malts. Has some bitter notes but nothing much more really. This is not unpleasant, just hasn’t really got much pow. 070403
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2005
at 07:51
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
(Bottle 30 cl) Dark orangey, somewhat hazy beer with a fine and stable head. Fresh nose with some indefinable notes. The bitter hops overpower everything else in this brew, but I do sense some underlying caramel malt. 271002
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2005
at 15:11
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
An unclear golden beer with some sediment floating around, and a small white head. The aroma is of milkacid, vanilla ice cream, and lemon mousse. The flavor is slightly sour with notes of lemon mousse, and a dry end.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2005
at 14:31
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
(Bottle 30 cl) Hazy, orangey golden with a small, creamy head. Slightly sour, citrusy notes. Pronounced acidity, but only very subdued traces of malt and hops. 240705
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2005
at 14:23