Carlsberg Semper Ardens Bock

Brewed by Carlsberg Brewery
Style: Dunkler Bock
Copenhagen, Denmark

(66 cl bottle, purchased at Kvixkly in Helsingör) On March 14. BB 21/08/08. Clear copper color, tan head. Sweet fruity scent, a bit acidic. Some chocolate and grainy scent also. Malty, slight roasted taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.

At a Göteborg gathering: Deep red colour, with a thin head. Aroma of lots of malts, dust, marsipan, and a alcy nose in the end. Flavor is almost the smae. Medium body, and a medium malty finish.

Bottle from MiP, thanks! Orange brown color. Toffee, caramel and malt in the aroma. Malty sweet, caramelly, just a bit roasty flavor. Hint of butter. Somewhat sticky mouthfeel. Soft and sweet for a bock, but the alcohol is there.

Bottle, 7.1%. Clear and shiny dark amber colour. Stable tan head. The flavour is sweetish and caramelly with a little anis notes and a hint of rough malt. There are also some pepper notes. Not so complex, but nice enough.

Dark reddish amber with a huge, nice head. The aroma is malty and the flavour has a nice balance between malt and hops with a light sweetness, and light notes of caramel and fruit. Grapefruit comes in in the finish and makes it dry.

Bottle 66 cl. Amber color, clear, average off-white head that’s mostly diminishing. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Fruity and light yeasty. The flavor is moderate sweet and bitter. The finish is average dominated by alcohol, malty sweetness and lightly bitterness. It has a medium body, the texture is smooth. A good beer in companion with food, but not so fruity as I remember the 2002-version.

66 cl. bottle: Clear amber with a creamy white head. Aroma is sweet of roasted malts, caramel, sugar, dried fruits & bread. Smooth & soft texture - a bit thin. Good lacings. Drinkable... sticky lips

Has a nice amber towards orange look, with a decent head. Aroma is sweet malty and pretty one dimentional. Alchohol very well hidden, but again, the caramel is everything in this one. Sweet and sticky.