Araucana Negra Bock

Bottled. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is malts, some wood and fruits along with some semi-roasted notes. Flavour is wood, grass, mild licorice, big time roasted malts with some sour notes. A rather different kind of bock, but still nice.

(Bottled) Dark brown with a small head. Slightly sour, very malty aroma with licorice. Sourish-salty, roasted-malty flavor with medium bitterness. Medium-bodied, low-carbonated palate. Slightly thinner than a doppelbock, but that was to be expected. Quite nice.

(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Stockholm, 6 Feb 2008) Dark brown colour with ruby hints, huge pale brown head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of chocolate and dark berries. Malty, roasted taste with chocolate, coffee, dark berries, more chocolate and a sweetish finish with a delicate cocoa bitterness. Medium body with smooth mouthfeel. Yummy! Nice, chewy and chocolatey brew.

Bottled at Monks Café, Stockholm. Dark brown with a small pale brown head. Big malty and chocolatey nose with touches of fudge, crackers and cocoa powder with an oily hops note. Full bodied with with plenty of toasted malts, dark chocolate, prunes crackers and cocoa powder. Long finish dark bitter chocolate, cookies and prunes.

Reddish brown color, small tanned head. Aroma is smoked, sweet with notes of coffee, brown sugar and dark chocolate. Flavor is dry with presence of plums, oysters, cinnamon, rice, anice. Medium body and long finish.