Koelschip Hopfabock

Brouwerij het Koelschip
Brewed at Maasland Brouwerij
Style: Dunkler Bock
Almere, Netherlands

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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When I tasted this beer it had an ABV of 7.5% Most beers from this brewery aren’t my favorites to put it mildly, so considering that this is a pretty good score. Still nothing special though.

Bottle 300ml.

ABV: 7.5%. Clear medium to dark amber color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, berry, light roasted, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus, fruity, dry, acrid hop oil, acidic notes. Initial flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet, light light acidic and moderate bitter, finish flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet, light light acidic and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average to long duration, spicy hops, orange, prune, wood. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110408]

Bottle at Jan & Charlotte’s, Ulfborg, Denmark, 08.04.11 Brown with an off-white head. This quite tangy, little bit sour but also very hoppy, strange beer though and a tad unbalanced some washing up liquid, hops are really all over the place. This is a bit rough around the edges. A6 A3 T6 P3 Ov12 3.0

Bottle. Dark brown color. Malt and licorice in the aroma. Sweet but thin and alcoholic flavor. Licorice, pear. Unpolished and slightly alcoholic.

Tap (PINT BBF 09): Amber, cloudy, small lacy off-white foamy layer; rich - dry - herbal-piney hoppy nose, some yeast ant roasted malt underneath; dry bitter-sweet flavour, medium bodied; lingering dry hoppy-yeasty finish. A bit unbalanced, but all in all very pleasant.........

Tap @ The Dutch Bockbier Festival, 2009.
Pours muddy red with a small, creamy, off-white head. Aroma is sweet, caramel, grapefruit, piney hops. Highish carbonation, a tad watery. Flavour is malty, light fruity hops, soft dryness. More aroma than flavour.