Heineken Tarwebok

Brewed by Heineken Nederland
Style: Dunkler Bock
Zoeterwoude, Netherlands

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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Nice, but there are better bocks available.

Amber body. With sweet and malt nose. Dense with good notes, also of caramel. Pleasant.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a clear brown with a moderate tan head that lasted through the first two sips and left light lace. The aroma is laden with toffee along with a bit of burnt sugar. The flavor is similar with an overabundance of toffee along with some burnt sugar. Mild bitterness at the finish. I like sweet beers, but this one doesn’t quite do it for me.

Bottle (33 cl) from The Cracked Kettle. Clear deep copper, medium off-white head. Sugary, nutty, caramelly and slightly roasted malt aroma. Medium bodied, medium carbonation. Sweet with low bitterness.

Bottle courtesy of Ekstedt shared @ Ekstedts bock-tasting. Pours clear dark amber with a rather small off-white head that quickly dissipates without leaving much trace on the glass. Smell is very sweet with artificial smells of banana and blueberry candy combined with a gluelike smell. This in turn is added to a backbone of slight smells of caramel, bread and grass. Taste is sweet with caramel, old bread, earthy hops and sweet fruits like banana. Mouthfeel is sticky sweet and thin to medium bodied. Finish is sweet with banana bread and hints of grass.

30 cl bottle thanks to ekstedt!
Sampled on March 24, 2012, BB 2013
Clear copper color, small off-white head. Sweet, malty, candy scent. Sweet, malty, grainy taste, some alcohol touch. Medium a bit moussy mouthfeel, medium low bitterness. Some dry wood and mild char coal aftertaste.

Bottle shared thx to Ekstedt cons 2013-03-25 Ar: caramel, alcholic, dry, fruity Ap: dark caramel, creme beige head frothy F: a bit peppery, caramel, dry but sweet, brown sugar

Dark autumn orange. Thick head to start leaves some retention elements and a bit of lacing. Sweet nose of dark fruit, candy sugar, butterscotch and a touch of mint. Mmm. An overload of sweet in the palate, toffee-centric. English take on the bok? Not bad.

Brown reddish clear beer with average frothy diminishing head. Aroma is caramel, taste is very sweet (too much), flat carbonation, moderate bitterness. Not anything I would want a 2nd time.

Bottle 300 ml @ home. Clear brown colour, medium head. Smell of fruit, caramel and alcohol. Medium carbonated. Fruity bitter taste

Bottle @ home. Clear, deep red-orange appearance with a big, light brown head. Slightly nutty, caramel malty lager, bready aroma. Fairly rich toffee/caramel malty, grassy, hay flavor. Ok.