Halve Maan Zondebok 8% (2009 -)

Bierbrouwerij de Halve Maan
Brewed at Brouwerij Huyghe
Style: Dunkler Bock
Hulst, Netherlands

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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I love the use of rye in beers. Good example here, quite sticky and a little too much sourness and sweetness, but it’s pretty good. Problematic in that it doesn’t really drink like an 8 percenter. From Van Erp in Groningen.

30cl Bottle from De Bierkoning. Clear brown colour with a red hue, off white head. Aroma of dark fruits, sweet, rye, metal, light spicy. Flavour is sweet, metallic, light malty, rye, light fruity, bit of chocolate, light spices. Light bodied. Too metallic, and definitely overcarbonated.

Deep amber coloration. Spicy with a grapefruit taste and aroma. A sticky mouthfeel. Tried this at the Pint Bokbierfest in A’dam, Oct. 28, 2011.

2011 - 10 - 31 300ml bottle. dark amber / light brown colour. big white head. bit low in aroma, seasonal. light sweet taste. bit disapointing.

Bottle: Pretty big white head on top of a dark red brown colored beer. Smell malts, toasted malts, caramel, darker fruits and spices, sweets and yeast. Taste malts, dark fruits, bitter, spices and hints of liquorice and sweets. Malty bitter sweet aftertaste. Low to medium carbo, soft tingly mouthfeel, medium body and a watery texture.

Clear dark red / brown color, large head. Smell average, taste pretty nice as well. Medium body and carbo.

Bottle 300ml.

Clear medium to dark red brown color with a large to huge, frothy and speaking, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, prune, moderate yeasty, sharp. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet, light acidic and light to modrate bitter with a average to long duration, fruity - licorice acidic, prune, tart notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20110411]

bottle at jans ... dark brown ... thin tan lacing ... sweeet toffee malts ... dark sugers nose ... overy fizzy ... light tartness... little licorice ... dark malts ... ok

Bottle. Dark ruby red/brownish pour with a good white head. Hints of bread, caramel, sweet notes and spices. Better taste than expected. Not to sweet with some caramel, syrup, some liquorice hints and malts. Decent finish. Not bad for a Dunkler Bock.

Bottle from a local shop in Middelburg. Simple brew, aroma is slightly spicy, bread and with some sugar. Flavor is watery and with some rye and sugary malts. Quite watery texture yet with decent carbonation. Slightly boring, but further an ok brew.