SNAB IJsbok

SNAB
Brewed at De Proefbrouwerij
Style: Eisbock
Purmerend, Netherlands

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter, Stein

sampled bottle @ Kersbierfestival 2011: A: dark brown/red – S: molasses, brown sugar & dried dark fruits – T: molasses, dark malts, brown sugar, dried dark fruits, sweet, slight roast, touch wood & chocolate – B: smooth & soft carb. - nice

Sampled at OBER Kerstbierfestival Essen 2011. Dark ruby red color, small off-white head. Smell malts, lots of wort. Taste malts, wort, sweetness. Low to medium carbonation, low to medium body.

15cl bottle sample @ Kerstbierfestival ’11, Essen. Hazy dark red with small tanned head. Nose : Dried fruits (plums), caramel, chocolate with raisins. Sip : Oily with small carbonation. Sweet start with dried fruits and smokiness in the background. Bitter and little sour ending. Among many sampled beers at the festival this one is going to be forgotten.

Murky brown coloration. No head retention. The alcohol taste and odor is overwhelming. Virtually no bock taste remains.

tasted like roasted malt as expected. not my kind of bok.

Strong, dark but difficult bot to fund good. Great hit of alcohol, but lots of dark sugar rather than roast malt

330 ml bottle a dark brown colored beer with a beige head aroma sweet malts dark fruits caramel spicy and hops flavor roasted malts caramel fruits spicy and bitter hops

by no means a normal bok...looks like one though.... nice thick aroma full of red fruit and roasted malts, some coffey... Taste is good too, balanced, bitter and sweet and a bit sour, roasted malts and hints of coffey, it gets sweeter later on, finish is very nice, dark, bitter and somewhat fruity... it’s quite a lively beer yet thick and smooth.... i like it as a bok, but it lacks the punch to be a really great one