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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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 TheJester (717), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 30, 2006    Updated: Sep 20, 2007
500 mL can. Deep reddish brown with thick beige head that dissipates quickly. Medium strong aroma of grasses and a bit of caramel and tin. Flavour of alcohol, dark chocolate. Finishes bitter. Not so thick. Really not bad.


 Quevillon (1537), Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/102/512/20
Aug 13, 2006  
Canette de 500 ml. Bon brun foncé, peu de collet. Arome de malte sucré pas pire. Le goût est autre, malte faible avec un peu trop d’eau, arrière goût alcoolisé.


DannyBurito (2), Canada
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2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/103/56/103/58/20
Aug 2, 2006  
Holsten is a cheap beer for alcoholics. It looks like molasses and has no head when poured into a glass. Although not bad on it’s own and probably a german pride beer (as the label lists) dont drink too many of these as you’ll be praying to the porcalain gods. Good with snitzel I think...


bellyObeer (13), Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/512/20
May 24, 2006  
This has been one of my favorite strong beers for awhile but I have never rated it. Pours a nice dark red with good head that disapears shortly after. Very rich strong taste, lots of flavour. This is one of my favorite beers.


wanderingman (54), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
May 6, 2006  
500ml can Dark red colour with a off-white head, thin head. Full flavours with hints of chocolate and finishes caramel. Lots of heavy alcohol taste all though it.

Props to my cousin for the birthday hook-up.


 Slacks (487), Bolton, Ontario, Canada
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/54/102/511/20
May 1, 2006  
500ml can: Pours a dark-red brown with an initially large head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is the best part - appealingly sweet, hints of chocolate and sugar. Taste is best at fridge level or a bit warmer, but not matter what you do you’ll get a heavy alcohol, almost oak-like taste. Hints of sweet when it’s cooler, makes way to a soft caramel, then into bitter as it warms. Oddly thin for a bock.


 DuffMan (2774), the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, Canada
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20
Apr 22, 2006  
Deep red-brown, thin head. Biscuity aroma, a little chocolate, alcohol. Thin in the mouth, mostly sweet malt with little else. Not as good as Faxe Festbock.


 Miguel (1181), Saint-Ours, Quebec, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/511/20
Apr 22, 2006  
Robe brune foncée très claire surmontée d’ne mousse beige éaisse qui s’estompe. Arômes de caramel et de malt. Saveurs de caramel et de noix.



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