Chouffe Bok 6666

Plum and vanilla aroma. Body is mainly comprised of malty grape notes. Not much of note, thinner than I was expecting.

Burnished brass. Broken, yet thick-edged, dusty-white foam. Peaty, earthy malt aroma highlighted by a minimal level of oxidation and perfume. Concealed plum, date, toffee, and cherry pit essences. Thin, lackluster body. Soft, fuzzy carbonation. Sweet malt jumpstart chases away some of the initial sweetness before it picks up notes of almond extract and cherry. Becomes firmer at the center amid a trail of tea leaves, fruitcake and peat. Abbreviated, wet finish, mostly comprised of semi-sweet malts and restrained leafy bitterness. Interesting and stylish, but other than the tasty peat notes, there’s very little depth to speak of.

Bottle pours a muddy dark tan with a milky white head.   Adequate lacing, little carbonation.   Aroma of light fig/dates with some spices.   Taste is a little earthy, dusty, as well as the typical belgian yeast.   Spritzy mouthfeel, good for burps thats for sure.   Finish is again very earthy.   Odd how the Belgian Bock beers seem to always be somewhat earthy (Leute Bokbier in mind).   Overall, decent.

Bottle. A large off-white head that contained fine-small sized bubbles that mostly diminished. The body of this beer was carbonated and hazy with a brown hue. The aroma was malty, sweet, banana, and spices. The flavor was sweet, malty, spicy, alcohol tasting and a little smokey flavoring. The mouthfeel was smooth. This was a medium bodied beer with sparse lacing.

This bottled brew poured a very large head of foamy fine to medium sized off white colored long lasting bubbles that left behind a poor lacing. The body was a carbonated slightly hazy brown color and the aroma was malty and a bit musty. The mouth feel was smooth with a mild tingle and was well blended for an overall great drinking experience. The flavor was slightly vinuous for a 6.5% beer and contained notes of brown malts and mild spices with a bit of clove.

Guess I was a little surpised to learn this was a Bock beer, it seems more like a belgian ale of some sort. Brown, with some particles, and a bead of pearls around the rim of the glass. Aroma is yeasty, slightly sour, brown sugar. Some European hops. Medium bodied. Balanced finish.

Light aroma. Non-distinct but some caramel. Some hops. Lacing off-white head over caramel brown clear. Light & watery w/light carb. Bit of horseblanket and some light hops. Not sweet or bitter. Weak and watery.

On Tap at Hotel Brasserie Erasmus, Brugges, Belgium. Two years old. Thick tan head atop a reddish brown body. Nutty, alcoholic aroma. Spicy and fruity flavor which sweetens as it warms up. Good.