De Molen Winterbock

Brewed by Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Doppelbock
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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Very complex doppelbock. It slowly develops lot’s of flavours from sweet and roasted smokey malts. Nice foamy head. Good deep brown/red colour. Aftertaste lingers on and on with the most pleasant bitters.

Bottle: Clear red brown colour, with a nice brown creamy head. Aroma of lots of malts,fruity,citic and jeasty!. Flavor was almost the same, but has a typical Belgians strong ale touch, but still a bock enyway, caramelly and a a bit chocolate init was it too. Liqoury finish do this beer a werry nice one. Coplex but enyway typical for this type of beer. Medium to full body, and a nice long finish. Werry nice Winter bock!

Dark murky brown body with a dense off-white head. Roasted malt and spices on the nose, growing more complex with time, revealing dark fruit, caramel, Rochefort-like yeastiness. Promising! The taste is in fact really Rochefort-like, but with a subtle sour twang, and more roasted malt. Liqourice shows in the finish, as well as cinnamon and some chocolate. Really harmonious and balanced - one of the better bocks I’ve had all year, rivaling even SNAB’s Ijsbok. Very good!

Vollmundiger Antrunk von verschiedenen Malznoten und leichtem Hopfen. Besonders sticht hier die süße Karamellmalzigkeit heraus, die im Mittelteil abflacht und nun statt der Süße eine leichte Herbe aufweist. Auch hier ist es das intensivste Aroma, auch wenn der Hopfen etwas an Intensität gewinnt. Angenehm aromatisch und vielfältig, die Röstigkeit ist unauffällig in den Hintergrund gesetzt und kommt nur im Abgang kurz hervor. Im Nachgeschmack ist der Alkohol aufgrund einer leichten Schärfe erkennbar. 11/12/13/13/12/13

UPDATED: APR 18, 2009 330ml Bottle - Dark brown with red tinges and a bit of a haze. The head is lively at first, but soon settles down. Appealing aroma with malt, dried fruit, spice and a hint of leather. Fruity and peppery taste with dried fruit, light hoppy hints and lots of malt. Very well balanced and tasty.It almost feels chewy. Full of character.

A very good bock beer from De Molen brewery. I am glad my bottle is not infected. Very bitter sweet. The aroma is a good but a litlte bland. The brown sugar; caramel, roasted malts and liquerish comes through on the taste buds. A full bodied premimum bock beer for sure. I enjoyed this and it definitely warmed me up a little. It’s not as good as Rasputin or Heaven and Hell but it’s a very good beer either way. I wish people could try an uninfencted bottle before passing on their ratings as that’s not really fair.

#1314 Draught; Nose is fridge, some sweet red apple, gingerbread, cake, feel is watery, carb Is low, taste is rotten fruit, some decent broad malt, weak sour earth, later some sweet red apple

Bouteille de 330 ml obtenue via un échange avec Chouffegnome99. Arôme: Odeur de céréale grillée avec une pointe fruitée. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée voilée. Présence d’un mince col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de caramel fruité avec une pointe chocolatée. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement vineuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Présence de caramel en arrière goût. (Rating #1625)

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 4   Light Brown(1)->Dark(5) : 3   Ruby : XX   Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 3
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 3   White(1)->Tan(5) : 2   Lasting: 3   Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 4  
Yeast : 3   Bread : 3   Apple : XX   Esters : XX   Banana : 2   Phenols : XX   Leather : XX   Perfume : XX   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX
Malt : 4   Biscuity : 3   Toast : 2   Caramel : 3   Toffee : XX   Maple : XX   Molasses : 2   Nuts : 2   Candy : 2   Pumpernickel : XX   Cereals : 2   Fruits : 2   Chocolate : 3   Coffee : XX   Vanilla : 1   Grapes : 3   Blackberries : 3   Dates : 3   Cherries : XX   Plums : 2   Figs : XX
Hops : 1   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : XX   Floral : XX   Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Spicy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes :   Earth : 2   Wood : XX   Cloves : XX   Smoke : 1   Pepper : XX   Ginger : XX   Peach/Pear/Apricot : XX   Candi Sugar : 2   Anise : XX   Vinous : 2
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 4   Sourness : 1   Bitterness : 1   Complex : 4   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 4   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Sharp : XX   Watery : XX   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : 2   Mineral : XX   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: An extremely pleasant strong bock that deploys layer after layer of complex maltiness.

(Bottled) Very dark brown with a smallish, but lacy and firm, beige head. Pleasantly malty aroma with strong banana fruitiness and some wheat. Even has some Abt-like character. Neutral-malty flavor with some dried-fruitiness and some unclean, glueish sourness can’t quite match the wonderful aroma. Medium to full-bodied with balanced carbonation. This really is a winter bock ... very nice overall, with the unclean glueness being the only fault!