Hansa Urbock

Brewed by Namibia Breweries
Style: Dunkler Bock
Windhoek, Namibia

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

Bottle. Pours a clear coppery brown with a creamy beige head that quickly shrinks to surface cover. Aroma is very malty and has notes of caramel, biscuit and coffee. Flavour is almost identical to the aroma but with some extra nuttiness. Thick, oily mouthfeel with low carbonation and a short, slightly sweet finish. Very malty beer but not too bad overall. Too rich to be sessionable but nice in smaller doses.

12 oz bottle courtesy of Yarema, served in a shaker. Pours clear reddish brown with a small tan head that quickly fades. The aroma is primarily sweet grainy malts with notes of nuts, chocolate, herbs and earth. It is moderately sweet throughout, with a hint of bitterness. On the palate, it is light-medium in body with a smooth milky texture and soft carbonation. Overall, this is reasonably drinkable, but not overly complex. It is primarily about malty sweetness. 2010-06-19

340ml bottle. Very strong malt aroma like the liquid malt extract I had as a boy. Liquid honey, and dark fruit aromas. Amber, ruby, brown hue, small quickly diminishing, frothy, off white head, small amount of lacing. Strong malt caramel honey flavour, toffee finish. Very sweet, syrupy mouth-feel, low level of carbonation. Enjoyable but by no means outstanding.

Bottle 340ml. @ [ Ulfborg Tasting ]. [ As Namibia Urbock ].
[ Courtesy of Maria ]. Clear dark red amber color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, roasted, caramel, overriped raisin, moderate to heavy syrup. Flavor is heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - syrupy, carbonation is soft. [20081202]

Pours dark brown with ruby edging and a thin tan head. The aroma is quite sweet, with plum, raisin, prune and dark chocolate all present on the nose, with a hint of malt. Urbock surprised me with its intense flavour. The roasted malt hits hard, with the prune and dark chocolate flavours coming through next to balance and smoothen the mouthful. Toffee on the finish with a cherry-like zest left on the palate. There is a hint of alcohol on the finish, but otherwise its 7% ABV is well-hidden. Smooth and sweet, would be perfect to enjoy a cigar with.

33cl bottle. Witbier glass (500ml) [Only clean glass available at the time]. A lovely dark red pour with a nice off white head. Head went too soon. Dried fruit aroma with head malt too. You can smell the ABV. Full strong mouth feel. There’s a hint of ether / ester in the after taste. Balanced malty flavour with a smaller bitterness. Nice for a beer from Africa.

Pours dark red/brown, almost no head. Aroma is mainly a sweet burnt malt, with a fruity apple kick to it. Taste is light to begin with, as the fruit firstly greets the tongue. Right behind is a beautifully balanced chocolaty roasted malt flavour. Achieves a very nice balance between the sweetness of the malt and alcohol and chocolate bitterness. Very drinkable at 7% ABV and attains some nice complex flavours.

The color is dark, red-brown and the head is creamy. The aroma has notes of malt, syrup and raisin. The flavour has sweetness and loads of syrup and some raisin. In the slightly dry finish, I also find notes of licorice. The sweetness is a bit too strong, but apart from that, it is a nice beer.