Koelschip Hoppig Bokbier 2008

Brewed by Brouwerij het Koelschip
Style: Doppelbock
Almere, Netherlands

Huge yellow-cream head over hazy foxy-orange beer with a mossy shine. Sweetish nose with alcohol and even fusels; later spicy malts and grassy hops. Spicy-bitter flavours overlying sweet & thick malts. Liquorice flavour. Hops don’t push through, really. Spicy finish. slightly burning MF, bit of alcoholwarming, feels well-carbonated. Not bad. Not overy Bock-y; again certain characteristics of top-fermentation. What might INGEFILTERD mean, if I may ask?

Bottle, 8.5%. Mild refreshing grassy hop aroma. Dark amber colour with small floaties. Small stable off-white head. The flavour is caramelly with a mild, but nice grassy hop note.

Bottle 33cl.
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, caramel, moderate hoppy, grass, citrus - orange, hop dusty. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and hop bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20090626]

Bottle. Orange color, cloudy. tangerine in the aroma. Flowery, alcoholic flavor with pineapple and tangverine. Some grassy hopbitterness coming through in the finiah. Thinnish, alcoholic, amateuristic, though with a clean mouthfeel.

A clear amber colored beer, with a thick beige head. The aroma of caramel malt, coffee candy and hops. The taste is hoppy bitter, with alcohol, a little fruity. Not balanced. The aftertaste is dry bitter, with a little sweet. Not really a bockbier.