Christoffel Bock

Brewed by Sint Christoffel Bier
Style: Doppelbock
Roermond, Netherlands

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Bottle. (Winterse Bok) Deep bronze, beige head, slightly cloudy. Fruity, malty, roasted nose, hints of hops, butter and dried fruits. Medium body, dry, medium bitter, slight acidity. Malty, roasted taste, notes of hops, butter, chocolate. Slightly tart finish. (2010-11-21)

Pours a small creamy head, quickly diminishing, a hazy ruby brown no sediment. Aroma: strong malty smokiness, hints of plums and prunes finishing with a soft biscuity aroma. Flavour: beautiful toasty malts with a hint of chocolate with a mild bitter finish. Palate: medium/full thick and creamy with average carbonation, but long lasting taste. Produces mild astringency.

Bouteille de 330ml, swing-top. Bière brune rouge, un filet de mousse. Le nez est très caramel, malt, raisin, réglisse. En bouche bière sucrée, malté, ronde, légère effervescence. En finale une touche amère. Je m’attendais à plus de caractère, plus de rondeur.

Une petite tête mousseuse flotte sur un liquide brun. Au nez, les parfums fortement maltés s’accordent avec des notes grillées et des pointes fruitées. Les saveurs sont aussi imprégnées par la douceur des malts : le caramel enrichi, les raisins et les céréales grillées finissent par caresser les papilles de façon bien agréable. En bouche, le liquide démontre une certaine rondeur avec un corps moyennement dense qui, malheureusement, est touché par une effervescence beaucoup trop faible. Sa texture est douce, cherchant à se renchérir au fil de la dégustation. La finale est bien entendue maltée et transpire, à coup sûr, la réglisse et les notes grillées.

330ml bottle from LCBO. At home.
Appearance : Deep brown with a small head. Minimal lacing.
Aroma : Nice sweetness. Notes of figs and raisins. Light caramel. Nice malt. Lots of toffee notes. Some earthy and mineral hops. Strong notes of licorice starts to appear as it warms up. Some spices too.
Taste : Raisins and toffee with a rather dry and gently bitter finish. Nice sweetness on the finish too. Finish has some mineral notes. Notes of overripe red fruits on the finish. Spicy finish.
Overall : Quite light overall. Quite drinkable. Soft carbonation helps too. Nice fruity sweetness on finish. Quite tasty. Gets a bit too spicy as it warms up. Nice beer.

Pours hazy deep reddish brown. Bit of fine head at first then quickly down to a film. Malt aromas front and centre in this. Straightforward graininess supplemented by a touch of caramel and some fruity notes. In the mouth its malts + alcohol. This makes it sound a little bland, but its really not. Richness + alcohol = tasty.

Aroma a touch of wood, bread, malt also a touch of spice. Pour deep copper to ruby with thin beige head little lacing. Taste malt forward, bit of smoke, wood, caramel, seasonal spice. MF a little thin mild carb. Overall decent but forgettable beer.

Brown pour. Malty ass aroma. Caramel and toffee. Flavor has tons of malt and bready notes.

Bottle: Poured a cloudy deep brown color ale with a medium foamy head with medium retention and some lacing. Aroma of heavily caramelized malt with light brown sugar notes. Taste is also dominated by heavy caramel malt with notes of brown sugar and more residual sugar then I had expected. Body is quite full with medium carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Heavier and sweeter then expected though still very enjoyable.

Caramel taste. Solid beer, would have it again. Dark colour, bought at LCBO.