On tap at Dutch Taproom. Pours deep dark brown with a beige head. Resinous pine and roastes malts on the nose. Flavour has resinous pine and toasted bready malts. Pretty decent, though I'd like more roast and more hops.

Super light but definitely high on aromas

Cna at home. Bit hazy pale yellow. Wheat, oats, zesty hops, lemon zest, light coriander, grape juice. Medium seert, light sour. Light bodied. Tastes like bad lemonade.

Coffee-flavoured Dutch style Doppelbock by Uiltje - indeed the Dutch 'bokbieren' season is upon us again and it has been a long time since I joined this tradition, which is almost exclusively responsible for the revival of Dutch beer culture in the late 20th century, before the advent of U.S.-inspired craft brewing in the early 21st century. Can from Albert Heijn. Thick, regular, quite dense and rather creamy, audibly fizzing, pale yellowish beige, pillowy head gradually breaking on a clear, deep mahogany brown robe, dark but with fiery copper-red glow when held against the light, showing lots of visible sparkling. Aroma of caramel candy, indeed coffee powder coming in second, toast, brandy, fig, raisin bread, toffee, hints of damp autumn leaves, old dry chestnuts, cinnamon, marmite, pear, black peppercorns, brown bread dough, pond water. Rounded, sweetish onset, clean and sleek dark fruitiness (as in dried fig, raisin and dried prune with a dash of pear), actively but finely prickling carbonation, smooth full body. Caramelly to lightly toffeeish, brown-bready malt core, sweetish but not too outspokenly sweet, instead quite quickly bittered by strong coffee powder, both aromatically and flavour-wise, yet working well with autumn-leafy, somewhat earthy hops, toasty malt bitterness taking over from the caramel and a soothing, soft afterglow of brandy-like alcohol with a touch of clove trailing behind. Smooth and slick, clean but in that sense very typical Doppelbock in all respects - the addition of coffee, which has been done quite generously here, sets it apart, even if it is not the first Dutch 'koffiebok' (in itself of course a whim of postmodern craft brewing as all the classic 'bokbieren' were clean and unflavoured with herbs or things like that). Fit for a benign October night - tasty, very malty and warming, with an 'autumny' feel to it. Uiltje still produces likeable beers despite the Heineken takeover so I for one am not ready yet to let them go...

Nagenoeg zwart bier met schuim wat niet heel lang blijft staan. Smaak is bitter hoppig met wat rook, hout en wat stroop en rozijnen.

Can from a local supermarket. Coffee and caramel, brown malts, mocha, coffee beans, bit nutty. Moderate sweet and light bitter. Medium body. Likeable Coffee Doppelbock.

Can from Jumbo. Bit hazy golden. Dry malts, a touch of grapefruit, mango, oats, dry bread, soft floral hops and a kick.of orange zest. Under medium sweet and bitter. A bit watery body. Not very exciting, there's not much hops, mostly some orange zest.

Can 44cl. From a local AH supermarket @home poured into a teku glass. Cloudy yellow golden colour, good frothy white head, slowly diminishing, good lacing. Aroma pale malt, wheat, orange, peach, pineapple, yeast, coriander, grassy hops. Taste medium sweet and below medium bitter, malty, wheat, orange, yeast, spicy and mineral notes. Medium body, watery to creamy texture, average carbonationdry sweetbitter aftertaste, gives a somewhat thin impression towards and in the finish, nice.

Oranjegeel bier met mooie schuimkraag. Smaak is bitterzoet en fruitig met iets van ananas, mango en wat citrus samen met een vleug rozijn en granaatappel.