La Trappe Bockbier

Brewed by De Koningshoeven (Bavaria - Netherlands)
Style: Dunkler Bock
Tilburg, Netherlands

Poured it from a large bottle with a cork. The beer was extremely carbonated and the foam built up fast. The aroma was not strong, mostly malt. The taste was sweet, moderate bitterness but the carbonation made it feel unpleasant to drink. Didn’t like it that much.

Corked and caged bottle. Large frothy, semi-fizzy tan head, fair amount of lacing, transparent, very little carbonation, and a reddish hue. The nose was malty, caramel, hint of toffee, and some fruityness. The flavor was malty, caramel, some fruityness, a light hoppiness and a dry finish.Tingly mouthfeel and medium in body. Quaffable, easy to drink but nothing outstanding was noted.Worth a try IMO.

Bottle: Deep coppery hue with ruby highlight topped by a fading frothy head and spotty lace. The aroma has notes of caramel and toffee, walnut, fig, starfruit, biscuity malt and is a tad corky. The taste is simple carmelized and pale malt sweetness over a light layer of dark fruits. Almost no bitterness nor alcohol noted. Woody and nutty dry finish. The mouth feel is mild and soft. An okay brew but nothing to seek out.

This corked and caged bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a extremely large sized head of foamy finely sized light brown colored bubbles that were mostly diminishing and left behind a transparent typically carbonated brown colored body. The aroma was malty brown malt sweet and mild hop. The mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start and at the finish with a mellow hoppy aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of malt mild hops sweet and mild brown malt. Delicious and one I would certainly buy again.

Dark copper color with a large head. No aroma. Literally, no aroma. Weird, even Budweiser has an aroma. A little yeast flavor, some bread and slight malt. It seems like a very light bock grain bill, fermented with a Belgian yeast.

Bottle. A dark amber beer with a big beige head. The aroma and taste is of caramel malt and fruits. Medium body with a light dry finish.

A thick, heavy head tops this dark brown beer. Aroma is quite vinious and a little malty. A shame that the cork (75cl bottle) has tainted the smell and flavour a little. Flavour is bitter and dry with a little malt coming through. Texture is smooth and oily.

Bottle. Clear orange coloured with a medium sized off white head. Sweet aroma of malts, hay, caramel and dried fruits. Flavour of malts, caramel, dried fruits and hops. Hoppy finish. Light alcoholic.