Celis Pale Bock (Belgium)

Brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Style: Belgian Ale
Ertvelde, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Brown color with an fine sized bubbly head. Slightly bitter and tart flavor.

1st May 2006
Warning! Early amateur rating! Amber ale. Light and refreshing. No bitterness.Very light fruity undertone. Nice.

1995 vintage @ kulminator

head: 2fingers, beige
colour: amber/brown
smell: malts, sweet, vintage, caramel, metallic, watery, wett bread
taste: licqour, chocolat, honey, alcohol, candy , spices, malts, body is thin

Amber with a dense head. Aroma of yeats, biscuits, caramel and spices. The flavour is sweet and yeasty with notes of sugar, caramel and herbs.

Bottle. Pours a clear amber with a small frothy off white head that leaves decent spotty lacing. The aroma is a bready malt with caramel. Thin mouthfeel with a light roast malt with caramel, raisin and brown sugar. Easy to drink a good belgian ale from Celis.

12oz bottle: Clear amber body with a finger-thick white head. The aroma offers an interesting mix of banana, bubble gum, toffee and soft roast. The body follows suit, adding layers of vanilla, raisins and apple esthers. The body is complex, yet lagerish and drinkable. A very nice example of the style.

Bottle from sister. Looked interesting - all gingery and frothy, but taste was a bit of a let down. Inoffensive, but lacking oomph. Not a Bock, but then again it does say amber ale, somewhere on the label anyway.

Bottle, 25 cl. Re-tasted yersterday evening. Clear amber color, dark white head. Aroma malts, sweet. Thin to medium body. Taste sweet, malts, bit fruity. Nothing special, like more the celis white.

Bottled. Rather sweet, full flavour. Enormous carbonation. Sweet and sour. OK, but not outstanding.

Hazy copper color. Aroma of sugars, maybe some caramel too. Quite dry mouthfeel, some caramel flavor, old, expired. Not interesting.