Einbecker Ur-Bock Dunkel

330ml bottle (Cracked Kettle, Amsterdam)
Deep orange, brief head. Sweet malty aroma, not bold enough, alas. Big burnt nutty fruitcake taste. Quite crisp carbonation, not at all cloying, which is an attribute I often appreciate in a bock, it’s absense is almost disappointing. Big tingly noble hop finish, some nuttiness, a touch of ginger, and plenty of burnt malts too. Covers the 6.5% very well, I could knock this back with gay abandon!

From notes alone. Tasted in October ’07.
‘Pours a deep orangey copper, bright and sparkling. Not much head here, just a short serve of cream floating central that keeps. Malty, Bovril, savoury raisins and sultanas, soft cocoa and kelp (aroma). Big rusty malts and melanoidins in the mouth; a touch of cocoa, caramel and toffee, some very savoury fruitcake notes fill it out. Alcohol is evident though quite forgiving under the weight, a little roast almond and rough woody notes end it in the swallow, A little treacle comes into play half way through, very, very savoury, some orange peel. It lingers so long, the carbonation soft and the palate firm with a medium to full body. Nice depth of flavour. A very nice bock, an original (the ’Ur’ part) in fact.’ (33cl [mislabelled 25cl], 13/09/08, Intl Beer Store, W. Leederville)

Clear amber with medium off white head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and fruity notes. Flavour likewise with a sweet finish,.

Bottle. Clear amber colour with a thin head. Aroma is malty and sweet. Full-bodied with sweet malty flavour. Alcohol and bitterness in the finish. Quite tasty brew.

Bottle. Clear amber colour, nice off-white head. Aroma of caramel, malts, hops. Flavour is of caramel, cookiedough, malty sweet with a slight bitterness underneath. Was a bit too malty sweet for me.