Carlsberg Semper Ardens Bock

Brewed by Carlsberg Brewery
Style: Dunkler Bock
Copenhagen, Denmark

Bottle @ Jacobsen Brewhouse. Average beige creamy head that mostly lasted. Clear sparkling body with an amber color. Fair display of lacework. Aroma of dusty grain like feel, caramel and some bread. Hint of fruity notes as well. Medium bodied with a light dry texture and an average carbonation. Moderated sweet flavor with light bitter notes. Light dry and bitter finish.

Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are malt, hops and caramel.

Bottle. Clear orange coloured with a medium sized off white head. Sweet aroma of caramel, malts and hay with notes of dried fruits. Sweet flavour of caramel, malts, dried fruits and hops. Hoppy finish. It’s seems like the recipe is changed from the 1. to the 2. edition. As far as I remember the first edition, the rowan berries was very dominating.

Bottle, at home (021025). Redbrown with a small head, fully diminishing, no lacings. Aroma moderate malty and hoppy (rowan berries, bog myrtle). Flavor moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body, oily, soft carbonated.

(Bottle 70 cl) Clear light brown with a reddish glow. Very small head that vanishes completely leaving no traces whatsoever. Extremely dry with a distinct bitterness. The added rowan berries and bog myrtle adds an unpleasant herbal, almost medicinal tang - a bit like cough syrup or the Danish bitter "Gammel Dansk". By far the poorest Semper Ardens, and a clear disappointment. 270902

Bottle. Red-amber color, Caramel malty aroma and taste, light body, long finish. a average bock.

Quite an interesting beer. Nice redly color. Very fruity taste, mostly rowanberry. Unfortunately Carlsberg stopped the production of this brew!

Not as good as the other beers in the semper serie. Too much taste of fruit, but a good beer after all.