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Holsten Festbock 2.85 141

Holsten Festbock

Percentile
32
overall
Brewed by Holsten-Brauerei (Carlsberg)
Style: Dunkler Bock

Hamburg, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1412.85/5.02.85/5.07%22Dimpled mug, Snifter
Commercial Description:
A taste festival! Holsten Festbock is a full- bodied dark beer, aromatic and flavourful. Brewed in accordance with the German Purity Law it contains only natural ingredients. This beverage is characterised by its high original gravity and strong 7% alcohol content.
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 wnp22 (682), Toronto (Roncesvalles Village), Ontario, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Nov 14, 2004  
Tasted in Toronto. Obtained from LCBO. Tasted from 500ml tin. Tasted in dimpled mug. Appearance is deep brown with little or no head. Aroma is of bitter sweetness, almost molassis with a slight bitter scent. Flavour is fairly sweet with a mollassis candy flavour and subtle malt finish.


 Boutip (2396), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/515/20
Oct 15, 2004  
Can: Poured a dark brown beer with a nice above average head with good retention. Aroma is a mix of malt and mild sweetness. Taste was quite nice with some smooth malt and a subtle sweet finish with a good banana taste at the ends. Alcohol is well hidden which is always nice. The thin body and the subtle watery aftertaste was bit of a letdown but overall, I think this was a nice offering from a macro brewers – a bit underrated I feel…


 pootzboy (1048), Hawgville, Ontario, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/512/20
Sep 12, 2004    Updated: Sep 13, 2004
Canned...poured a dark clear chestnut red...smallish tan head, aromas of spices and sweet malts. Smooth mothfeel...nice mellow malt body and a cleanish finish with a sweet doughy after taste...not bad for a German mega brewer...fairly satisfying.


 beerbuzzmontreal (2922), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Sep 3, 2004  
Brown color with a thin offwhite head. Decent aroma of dark fruits and malt. Weak flavor of malt and dark fruits. Bitter finish. Light body, medium carbonation, slightly watery. Not too bad, but still it lacks character and the body is definitely too light for a bock.


 dirkules (613), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/103/511/20
Aug 26, 2004  
definitely malty, tastes of carmelized sugars and initial taste is very stout like tends to go south from there.


 piscator34 (1134), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/510/20
Aug 19, 2004  
Dark brown in colour with a malty, burnt sugar aroma. It had a very sweet fake-grape flavor to it, almost like grape kool-aid or grape crush. Hardly any hop presence at all, and very little carbonation. This isn’t really like any other bocks I’ve tried before, and I can’t say that I really liked this one.


 IPFreely (1470), Lewiston, New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
May 21, 2004  
Tallboy can. Dark chestnut color, thin tan head, fully diminishing. Aroma is pretty malty, a little sweet, some metal though. Flavor was fairly sweet, a bit of caramel but again I got some metallic notes. Pretty thin. Not bad, better than their maibock.


 MrManning (1655), London, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 29, 2004  
Canned- Pours a dark body with a thin caramel coloured head. In the nose I am getting malt and dried meat. Taste is semi-sweet maltiness. Alcohol isn’t noticable which makes this a very easy to drink strong bock beer. tastes pretty good considering it came out of a can. Nice.



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