La Trappe Bockbier

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

V dark ruby, brown with a creamy thick head about one finger tall. a nice roasty aroma with barley brown sugar, caramel elements. Tad muted though. Taste was spicier with a slight pepper and hops and malted oats.

Pours a three-finger cream/beige head that fades slowly to a thin layer leaving a good lace. Deep red/mahogany color. Medium carbonation and medium-heavy bodied. Malty, fruity nose. Flavor is malty, rich fruit, some caramel. No bitter aftertaste. Decent bock. $11.00 for a 750ml bottle from a Tully’s Beer & Wine Wells, ME. La Trappe is not on the label anymore.

<b>Bottle 75cl.</b>
Clear medium to dark red amber color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, nutty, prune, moderate yeasty, brown sugar notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081003]

Bottle. Very dark amber colored with a huge brownish head. Roasted malt aroma with hints of caramel and honey. Sweet malty taste with some chocolate and caramel. Slightly bitter finish.

Bottle 30cl. Pours a murky copper/brown colour with a normal size head and little carbonation. Smell is very rich, nuts there and also some spices and raisins, vaguely some fruits. Taste is also of nuts and spices, also has the fruit there a bit more present. Goes down very nice and warm, good bock beer.

330 ml Koningshoeven bottle. Hazy reddish brown, looks thick. In the doppelbock neighborhood with big malt, licorice, roast, some spiciness. Dry finish. The body is too spritzy for me.

Good and well brewed. It has this oxide alike aftertaste which I like, of course is not it. The aroma is like ol things but nice.

75cl bottle from Party Pak Liquors (Indianapolis, IN). Pours a dark brown to black with massive white, fluffy head that settles slowly and gracefully laces the glass. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of caramel, brown sugar, toffee, candy sugar, ripe fruit. Flavor is much of the same with more prominent notes of chocolate, wood, phenol, toffee, and just a hint of coffee bitterness toward finish. Medium to full body with a slight sweet, slightly bitter finish.