De Molen Borefts Bock (2008)

Formerly brewed at Brouwerij de Molen
Style: Dunkler Bock
Bodegraven, Netherlands

Draft. An unclear amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has both sweet and acidic notes as well as notes of wood and vanilla. The flavor is sweet and very malty combined with notes of alcohol and wood, leading to a very bitter finish. Nice body.

Bottle 75 cl. Comes as "De Molen Borefts Turf Bock 2008". Pours very cloudy and opaque orangey brown with a dense and creamy beige head leaving some lacework. Aroma of roasted malt. Medium body, sweetish roasted malt but quite surprisingly also burned malts and an ashy edge. The finish is dry with a slightly ashy malt bitterness. A very atypical Bock. 241208

(On tap) Hazy, muddy golden with a rough off-white head. Malty aroma with some alcohol. Medium body with sweetish roasted malt but appears a little tired on my palate. Dry and lightly bitter finish. For once a disappointing De Molen.6/2/6/3/11=2.8 120908

From tap. Pours hazy to murky orange to brown with a lacing tan. Mild nutty and yeasty aroma with a lot of caramel and mild hoppy aromas. Flavour is nutty and medium dry caramel malty with a lurking sweetness. Light warming alcohol presence. Smooth yeasty and hoppy finish.

Draught at European Beer Festival, Copenhagen. Cloudy orange/brown, mid-sized head. Nutty and caramelly up front. Medium sweet with rounded mouthfeel. Grainy chewy and berryish with light grassy bitterness. Well balanced.

Draught at EBF 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark. Unclear hazy medium amber orange color with a average to large, frothy, good, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, dusty, some yeasty - fruity in aroma aswell. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. 120908

Draught at EBF08. Creamy and spicy aroma, perhaps a bit wheaty. Muddy orange and brown colour. Small tight tan head. Creamy and spicy flavour, like a spicy Dunkelweizen. Astringent bitterness, from the alcohol.

Draught@EBF2008. Deep ambery red colour, not much head. Aroma is fruits, mild smoked wood as well as quite strong maltyness. Flavour is mildly roasted malts, some wood as well as mild fruityness. Wellbalanced. Bready and caramelly as for the finish and aftertaste.

Draught at EBF 2008. Hazy orange brown coloured with a huge off white head. Sweet aroma of fruits, dried fruits and caramel with notes of hay and liquorice. Sweet and fruity flavour of hay and hops with notes of dried fruits. Hoppy finish.