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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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 omhper (12299), Stockholm, Sweden
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/102/511/20
Nov 18, 2007  
Canned. Dark brown, rich head. Sweet, toasty and burnt. Medium-ful bodied with molasses, butter, coffee and salt. Medium bitterness. Boldly flavourful.


 Oakes (8142), Kowloon, Hong Kong
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/58/20
Dec 26, 2000  
Sweet, simple dark bock.


 TBone (6850), Pori, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/512/20
Jun 23, 2005  
Can (BB 09/2005)
Dark brown-ruby color, creamy brownish head, lace. Roasted malts, coffee and burnt sugar in the aroma. Roasted malty, suprisingly quite thin hiding alcohol well. Slightly bitter, roasted aftertaste. Average, clean bock (dobbelbock?) but not very interesting.


 Rastacouere (5565), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 23, 2003  
Very malty aroma from this dark brownish beer with a huge white head that fades out fast to a reasonable one-finger height. Nothing is particularly memorable besides the slightly warming feeling of the alcohol kick at middle-mouth.(sweet ordinary caramelic malt) A very decent balance is part of the meeting, but the shadow of a complex beer isn't.


 Bov (5514), Bienne, Switzerland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/104/513/20
May 23, 2001  
dark brown colour, few head, caramel, too sweet, long aftertaste


 MartinT (5075), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 3, 2002  
Thin bodied with bitter chocolate and burnt, metallic notes…Some bitterness…There are much better examples…


 JoeMcPhee (5030), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/510/20
Apr 5, 2004  
Very dark brown with a nice bubbly off white head that falls back to a thin lace. Out of the can it smelled quite tinny and unpleasant. After I left it for a few minutes though this seemed to dissipate leaving a nice sweet caramel and vanilla smell. Aroma has faint amounts of toasted malt as well. Flavour is better than I expected. Sweet roastiness with the tiniest hint of fruit. Barely perceptible hops. Quite thin-bodied, which was a surprise.


 Cornfield (4975), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
Jul 18, 2007  
This pours a deep mahogany body with a lofty, sustained tan head. Very sweet, malty aroma - caramel with a splash of milk chocolate. It tastes of lightly roasted malts, a sweetness tempered by the arrival of a mild herbal bitterness near to the finish. At 7% ABV, a dangerously sessionable beer.

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