Anker Bok

Brewed by Brouwerij Het Anker
Style: Dunkler Bock
Mechelen, Belgium

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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Dark brown, active body and nice tan lace. Roasted, nutmeg, toffee. Decent aroma. Quite a sweet taste, dark sticky fruits and sugar. Very Belgian but not a bad attempt. Sticky mouth feel in the end. It’s decent. (On tap at Utrechts Bokbierfestival)

Tap @ Bruges Beer Festival 2012. Color red/brown with big head. Aroma malt, roasted, caramel. Taste malt, caramel, roasted, sweet.

Draft @ Delirium Brussels. Ambrée brumeuse, col blanc dans les tons champenois. Arôme garde ce bouquet très allemand mais avec une revisite belge. Levure et qcq esters sur ce bouquet un peu légumes, fruits noirs. En bouche, profile similaire à l’arôme mixant ce côté belge/allemand, le tout sur un très beau malt au palais toffee/caramel avec une pointe de torréfié. Garde ce côté levure, et note herbacée sur un fini poudreux/râpeux. Une touche d’amertume houblonnée présente sur la fin.

This is a Belgian beer that you will find in Holland sooner than in Belgium, since it is a beer in the Dutch bock style (which is not te same as the German style). It is really sweet: caramel, porto, some fruits and spices. It is not hoppy, nor roasted. This is not what a bock beer should be. Still, this one is quite popular by Dutch drinkers, which is something to worry about. The old fashioned love for sweet beer has not died out. I would not recommend this as a bock. If you are looking for a sweet, easy, winy, alcoholic beer this beer however will make you very happy.

4/II/2012 on tap @ Brugs Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2012-88) Thanks to Klaas for sharing his beer!

Pretty cloudy reddish brown beer, creamy beige head, bit stable, adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, peaches, bit vinous, red wine, sangria even, some citrus, ginger bread. MF: good carbon, medium to full body. Taste: bit sweet start, malty, very bready, some citrus, spices. Aftertaste: bitter finish, more spices, some rotten fruits in the end, spoiling it a bit.

Tap @ de klikspaan, Groningen. Dark brown, small head. Sweet aroma, some smokey hints. Sweet taste, sugar, roasted malts. Medium finish. Not that special overall.

Draft at Huppel. Dark amber pour with white head. Aroma of caramel, fruit and malt. Matching flavour.

Draught @ Cafe Becoloth, Boxtel. Hazy, almost opaque dark orange color, small to medium sized lightly creamy off-white to beige head. Smell malts, wheat and lightly sweet. Taste moderately sweet, lightly earthy. Decent carbo, medium body.

Fantastic! Great burnt sugar start, then roasted chestnuts...deep malty taste very well balanced with almost a touch too much hop. A little more aroma would make this v tasty indeed. Fantastic bittersweet bock.

Van de tap. Geserveerd in mooi ankerbok glas. Donker roodbruin bier met een forse lichte kraag. Het bier is wat dun in de mond en doet een beetje waterig aan. De smaak is wel goed, zei het niet al te uitgesproken, wat kruiden en overrijp fruit, klein beetje gebrande mout. Al met al een aardige bok, maar zeker niet een van de betere.