Onder de Linden Gelders Bockbier

Brewed by Bierbrouwerij Onder de Linden
Style: Belgian Ale
Wageningen, Netherlands

Bottle 75cl. @ home. [ As Onder de Linden Wagenings Bokbier ].
Unclear medium orange color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruit, light moderate hoppy, orange - madarin. Flavor is light heavy fruity sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090926]

On tap at 30e PINT bokbierfestival (Oct 2007 Amsterdam). Amber body with medium head. Malty and caramel nose. Taste of toffee, malts caramel, sweet. Alchohol noticeable. Some bitterness in the finish. Nice one.

Bottled at Petalax Beer Festival (as Gelders Wagenings Bockbier, 7.7%). The colour is between deep golden and pale amber. It’s clear with mid-sized head. Grassy caramel aroma. Sweet and cottony soft with medium body. Spritzy with toffee and spun sugar, notes of lingonberries. Finishes with low bitterness. All in all it leaves an impression of drinking liquid toffee. But that’s a highly positive impression.

Bottled (as Wagenings Bokbier, 7.7%). Amber colour, mediumsized beige head, that leaves slight lace. Aroma is alcohol, malts and slight notes of glue and grassy hops. Flavour is sweet malts, alcohol and some hitns of glue and spices. The alcohol is being a bit strong in this one.

(Bottled, 0.75l) Slightly hazy amber with a small, lacy head. Caramely-malty aroma with some metallic notes and saazy hops. Caramely-malty, grassy-hoppy flavor with quite high bitterness. Medium-bodied with quite soft carbonation. A some kind of Bock - Amber Ale - Belgian Ale -hybrid. Not very refined, but ok.

750 ml bottle, RBNAG07. Amber colour. Slightly cloudy. Tall yellowish white head. Sharp floral hops. Rounded sweet malt character. High carbonation. Rich malty sweetness balanced by a sharp citrusy hop flavour. Honey-like flavour towards the finish.

Bottle, 7.3% as Wagenings Bockbier. 1 month past BB date. Slightly hoppy aroma. Hazy dark amber colour, small tan head. The flavour is a little sweet with good bitterness. Good maltiness, albeit a little sugary. The aftertaste also has a good bitterness.

Bottle. (RBNAG 07) As Wagenings Bockbier. Hazy, orange-golden body under a beige head. Sweetish, fruity aroma. Nice, but a bit one-dimentional. Sweet, caramel flavor, quite fruity, with white sugar. Full, sweetish mouthfeel. A nice Dutch bock. (071103)