2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Holsten Festbock is darker than I expected from the can, and has a caramel nose and body. Not much of an aftertaste. Good amount of carbonation, making it surprisingly easy on the palate. Not bad for what it is: I consider this a strong party beer.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: JUL 2, 2009 500ml can. Pours a deep red, darkish brown. Small head, and it looks very carbonated. The aroma is kind of boozy, with some malts to back it up. The taste is similar, not totally horrible, again, malts and a minor alcohol bite. Sweet, almost like dark fruits, raisins, maybe some molasses, but there isn’t really enough to hide the ABV well enough.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a deep cherry color with nice red highlights. Head is medium to smallish and sort of a pale brown color, reasonably thick, and lasts nicely. Aroma is a little bit roasty, and maybe some alcohol? A touch of bitterness there. Carbonation is pretty low, but nice, and it’s acceptably thick. Flavor is nice and malty with a hint of caramel, raisins and roastiness. There’s also a bit of bitterness and maybe some smoke in the finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
The color is like rubies, with sparkles brown color, has a head bronze and smooth. The aroma is slightly roasty with a bitter finish. The flavor of sweet caramel Malty with some hint of hop. The end is quite good. It is a beer that had seen before and it had not tried it. That good that now I did it. nice.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
dark amber with little head, this brew has caramel aroma with hint of prune. medium bodied, it has relatively fruity flavor and is pretty clean tasting.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
This pours a deep mahogany body with a lofty, sustained tan head. Very sweet, malty aroma - caramel with a splash of milk chocolate. It tastes of lightly roasted malts, a sweetness tempered by the arrival of a mild herbal bitterness near to the finish. At 7% ABV, a dangerously sessionable beer. <font size=-4>Thanks to <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?UserID=1 for another German beer.<font size=-1>
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500 ml can. pours dark brown with almost no head. white bubbles lace the glass as you drink. aromas of dark fruit and sweet malts. flavours are similar but lack any kind of finish. very watery finish for a 7% beer. the holsten maibok is better then this one.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Best by: 02/2008
Pours a dark mahogany/brown body under a large but quick fading tan head. Dry, malty aroma exudes the dark sweetness of chocolate-caramel. Mid-bodied with a lively mouth. Well-crafted, with a roasty yet sweet malted flavor leading to a coffee bitterness... then finishing as a bittersweet union of the twain. Very good, especially from a canned product which usually gets a bum rap.
<font size=-4>Single 500ml can from a random LCBO, London, ON, CAN</font>
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