Pipper (225), Ohio, USA Jun 26, 2009 Great dark amber color and decent off-white head. Very refreshing beer, deserves better than a 73% overall. 502Flavors (617), Louisville, Kentucky, USA Jun 25, 2009 Updated: Jun 27, 2009bottle (thanks to Pipper). underrated. very nice and easy going. Alcohol hidden well. Not goin into details. leaparsons (4659), Leicester, Leicestershire, England May 26, 2009 Bottle. Red brown with a small head. Aromas are yeasty with berries. Quite earthy. Flavours are sweet soft berries with some woodiness. Green, hoppy bitterness. Yeasty, fruity and dry. RichardGretton (3128), Leicestershire, England May 23, 2009 Bottle. Dark orangey brown beer with a deeply malty and mildy dry aroma. The flavour is rich and mildly sour with a dry finish. Overall a nice’ish beer. Maria (6056), Thisted, Denmark Dec 30, 2008 Courtesy of Bo from Aakjærs in Esbjerg who gave me this a few days before the BB, and I had it a few days after. It is hazy, orange-brown with a creamy head. The aroma is sour with notes of malt, yeast and citrus. The flavour is slightly sour, tart, no sweetness, notes of malt, yeast, citrus and light fruit. It is either very far from what a bock normally is, or else it is infected, and I’m pretty sure it is. Fin (3376), Merton, Oxfordshire, England Dec 20, 2008 Bottle that I picked up at Esbjerg Bottle shop, Denmark, Sept 2008. Pours amber as the name suggests but with a tiny bit of orange hazyness with good white head. Slight sour yeastyness, quite fruity, bit sweet, its ok but nothing great. A6 A3 F7 P3 OV14 cgarvieuk (4159), Edinburgh, Scotland Oct 6, 2008 Bottle at Beer tasting i organised at work ...hazy copper ... bright sherbert hop nose ... sweet fruitness... quitre alot of sweet malts ... quite fruity. MartinT (5026), Montreal, Quebec, Canada Aug 9, 2008 My Bottom Line:
Fruity caramel and herbal hops dwell alongside doughy yeast in this balanced, drinkable and crafty Dunkler Bock.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A creamy head of foam recedes into the copper gown.
-There is no sign of alcohol in the flavor profile.
-The fruitiness is quite complex and could emulate cherries and bananas at times.
-A light wooden hop bitterness follows the toasted and caramel malts.
-The body is rich and satisfying, yet remains quite drinkable.
From the bottle at the brewery restaurant. Thx Giulio!
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