Keesmann Bock

Tap @ Bockbierfestival 2009. A clear golden colored beer, with a white head. The aroma of malts with yeast. A little grassy with fruits. The taste is a little bitter with sweets. The aftertaste is sweet with hints of bitter.

Bottle from De Bierkoning. Golden with a medium, lively head. Sweet and grassy aroma, repeated in the flavours. Not very bitter, some hints of bread. A bit boring and too much like a dortmunder.

bottle at keesman in bamberg. called heller bock. rich clear gold body with a fine off-white head. nose of candied sweet/crystalline hop resin and pale cracker/biscuit malts with a small note of honeysuckle and sweetened greens (sugar snap peas). full and hefty body, little bit of acidity and sharpness across the middle, a little lactic, more of this green bean/sugar snap pea character. minimal bitterness, honey sweet malts mainly, finished a little oily, a little syrupy. good but not great.

On tap at Wildeman. Golden body with quick-receding head. Herbal nose. Spicy with taste of caramel and sweetbread. Has a nice bite to it. Prickly mouthfeel. Quite enjoyable. A different type of Bock than I am used to.

bottle 500ml One Pint Octoberfest 2008 shared with FatPhil & Anna golden yellow grainy tickling dash of fruity modest bitterness. Needs to re-rate

500ml bottle (One Pint, Helsinki, Oktoberfest 2008)
Sweetish vanilla and mustard aroma. Initially a bit dishwatery, a touch of soap. Some butter in aroma too. Fair amount of malty body, some spicy ginger, decent hops. Pleasant full body. Good solid bock.

A 500ml bottle tasted at One Pint Pub. Grassy nose. Pale golden yellow colour. Pale head. Slightly sweetish. At the end hoppiness.

Tap @ BBF ’08. Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma is very pilsner-like, grainy and malty. Flavour is very malty and rather sweet with a bitterish finish. Medium bodied. Not my kind of beer.