La Trappe Bockbier

75 cL bottle, courtesy of fonefan. Pours cloudy deep amber with a slowly collapsing tan head. Slight metallic and roasted malty aroma. Light fruity and yeasty too. Creamy prickling carbonation mouthfeel. Spiced initial flavour with a mild yeasty note. Light roasted caramel malt base. Mild mellow yeasty presence. Lingering fruity flavour into a bitter and dry spiced finish. Dry and spiced into the far finish.

(Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of fonefan. Warm, dark amber golden with a fairly lively, dense beige head leaving laces. Sweetish aroma of roasted malt. Medium body with a solid base of roasted malt and pumpernickel. Some burned caramel also. Subdued bitterness. A nice straight Bock. 031008

300 ml bottle. brown colour. medium off white head. nice roasted taste. bit alcohol present.

Bottle, 7%. Seemingly clear deep red/brown colour. Big stable tan head, plasticky. Caramelly malt flavour, slightly spicy. Hint of anis. Roasted finish.

Red burgundy brown ale with a thcik moka head. A nice caramel aroma, burned toffee, and light alcohol warmth. In mouth, a sweet caramel with nice aniseed notes. Medium bodied. On tap at In de Wildeman, Nov. 2006, 2.50 Euro, 250 mL.

Bottle. Dark ruby-brown beer with a nice light tan head. Rich malty aroma with toffee and treacle. Rich caramel flavor with toffee. Medium-plus bodied. Caramel, toffee, and slight earth linger.

Bottle, 33 cl. Boutgh @ Willems. Clear dark brown with reddisch touch, with a creamy beige head. Aroma roasted malts, fruits. Medium body. Taste dark fruits, bitter roasted malts, some sweet. Not bad.

Drinking my first (and I suspect, last) trappist bock beer from a 750ml bottle of Koningshoeven Bock - It poured a deep, clear reddish brown body with a tall rocky beige head. Much heavy lacing. The aroma had cigar smoke, toast, caramel, dark stone fruit, and chocolate chip cookie dough. The flavor delivered much the same adding only a very light herbal bitterness. Good stuff.

Binny’s Beverage Depot, Orland Park, IL