Hertog Jan Bockbier

Brewed by Arcense Bierbrouwerij (InBev)
Style: Dunkler Bock
Arcen, Netherlands

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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UPDATED: OCT 18, 2003 I had the Bock 1998 in 2003. Perfect dark appearance. Malty, fruity nose and flavour. Pretty sweet.

Schön Dunkel ist dieser Herfstbock man kann gegen das Lichtgehalten nur einen ganz schwachen Rötlichen Schimmer erkennen. Geschmacklich ist es einfach nur toll. Es ist malzig aromatisch-hopfig und hat einen, nur leichten Alkoholischen Nachgeschmack. Fazit: Einfach geiles Bier!! Test vom 5.12.2008, Gebinde: Fass Noten: 12,13,12,13,-,12 - 12,31

Pours dark mahoganey with a small tanned head. Aroma is vinous,malty, grapefruity and orange. Taste is smooth, moderate sweet fruity, turns bitter towards the end.

Has a sweet and dark aroma with hints of fruit, pours a very dark brown color with a foam that doesn’t last very long. Has a taste with hings of caramel and coffee beans, an ok beer.

Very dark brown color with lasting colored foam head. Sweet fruity taste and good alcohol content. Nice lasting sweet palete, not too sweet like some other bocks.

Hertog Jan Bockbier (Arcen, Netherlands) - Overall Score: D - Below Acceptable Standard

Bottle, 300 ml @home. Small head, quickly gone. Very dark brown colour, very close to black. Aroma is fruity. Mildly carbonated, quite bitter.

Pours dark brown, almost black with a small head that disappears quickly. Nose is heavy brown sugar, some caramel and some sour fruit. This is one is way to sweet, absolutely no balance whatsoever. Hard to drink in fact. Mouthfeel is crisp and fizzy, flavor lingers for a long time but again, the extreme sweetness made this beer hard to drink and I only could finish half before pouring it out.

Head disappears relatively quickly, lacing remianing. Tastes malty, with some tannic bitterness and dark fruit tang. Not too sweet, and mildy bitter overall. Well balanced. Little to no hop flavor.

33cl bottle. Auburn colour with rocky white head Sweet aroma containing malts and caramel. Taste is bitter, burned sweet malts, some iron. Finish is sweetbitter, dry and short. One of the better bock-beers. Not to sweet.

Dark brown, almost black, but with a slightly red shine and very thin collar. Light sweet smell but most of all a typical bock beer. Warm taste, nice but not typical, light bitterness.