La Trappe Bockbier

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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Dark clear ruby brown with a thick creamy tan head that diminishes quickly leaving a good lace. Typical plummy bock aromas of munich malts, sundried raisins and plum jam. Full bodied, well balanced, all on the munich malts and finishing on a chocolate note. Nice bock.

Bottle - 330ml. Hazy dark brown body with an average off-white foamy head. Well balanced malty/hoppy aroma with brown sugar and fruity hints. Taste carries vineous, fruity notes and ends with a moderately warming bittersweet finish. Decent Bockbier.

Pours a thick white medium dense head. Very dark amber. Aroma is mostly dark chocolate, roasted coffee .. still a bit thin. Medium sweet, medium bodied, alot of hops along with a thin malt,, rather thin texture, lively carb, finished way too fast for this type of Ale. I was expecting more .. as I was with the rest of the La Trappe line ... The only La Trape that has really caught me was an old Quatruppel, think it was 4-5 years in the bottle. Not too bad overall, value is 6/10.

33 cl bottle @ Gastropub Tuulensuu, Tampere.
Originally rated on 20100715.
Pours red-brown color with medium off-white head. Aroma of sweet caramel, toffee, malts, ripe fruits and some sugary notes. Flavor of sweet caramel malts, sugar candy, toffee and mild spice notes.
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Pours dark brown with a high head. Aroma licorice, brown sugar. Some belgian hops. Medium palate. Not Bad.

Bottle courtesy of Ekstedt shared @ Ekstedts bock-tasting. Ours mahogany brown with a creamy off-white head that leaves lots of trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is sweet with bread, ammonium chloride, prunes, raisins, dates, yeasty esters and alcohol. Taste is sweet with dark bread, caraway, cloves, phenols, esters and alcohol. Mouthfeel is round and medium to full bodied. Finish is sweet, slightly bitter, malty and tiny metallic with bread and cloves.

Bottle shared thx to Ekstedt cons 2013-03-25 Ar: watery, caramel, dust Ap: mahogny, high creme beige head lovely lacings F: watery, caramel, dry, nutty, peppery,

Ruby/brown/red with little caramel/yello color, a bit mysterious. Nice sweet abbey with fresh malt smell. Heavy bitter, strong low taste. A bit more heavier as to be expected from a bock-beer that has a mild smell and looks warm. After a few sips found some flavours of melted plastics which is not nice.

Pours mahogany with beige head, which dissipates fairly quickly. Sweet aroma; malt, caramel, raisins. Flavour has malt, walnutty bitterness and a bit of acidic bite.

Bottle @ home. Aroma is red fruit, caramel, touch of spice. Flavour is medium caramel and malt sweetness, touch of bitterness, some spice. Decent, not too sweet bock.

330 ml. bottle. Pours a dark reddish brown with a nice biege head. Aroma of malt, caramel, yeast, and fruit. Taste is yeast, caramel malt, dark fruit, and a bit of chocolate. Nice and rich. Slight bitter aftertaste. Very good.