Kulmbacher Mönchshof Bockbier

Brewed by Kulmbacher Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: Dunkler Bock
Kulmbach, Germany

Bottle. Moderate malty, dark cookies, molasses, earth. Red body, average head, white-off-white and creamy. The starting flavour is light sweet, finish is moderate sweet. Average duration. Medium body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. A very filling beer.

500 ml bottle. Dark amber colour. Medium-sized white head. Rich malty aroma with a distinct hop character. A bit watery and thin at first, then some sourish malt flavours. The hops seem to have a souring effect on the beer. Boring and way too bland to be interesting.

500ml bottle. Rich reddy brown. Rather non-descript sweet sticky malty aroma, reminiscent of chocolate but without the actual chocolate. However, I had to fight to get much of an aroma, so could have been hyperventilating and hallucinating. Taste echos the aroma initially - reminiscent of not chocolate, but kamatahvel! Flavour builds in the mouth, but alas turns alcoholic. After swallowing the nuts get released, and I mean NUTS! Walnuts - including the papery bits. Fairly tasty, but spoilt by the vapours.

(500ml bottle) Nutty, malty aroma. Amber brown appearance with head like velvet. Bitter taste with a hint of malt and nuts. Balanced, but a bit pointy taste. A nice bock.

Bottle. Amber, offwhite head. Roasted malt aoma with diacetyl noyes. Toffe and chocolate. Malty flavor, nutty notes, milky and some choclate. Malty finish. Alcohol is well hidden.

Mørk gylden øl. Sød og maltet i smagen- Duft ? God nem drikkelig øl. Ikke så kraftig som andre mørke dobbeltbocks.

0,5 l bottle at Den Gode Nabo, Trondheim. Rather mild, you don’t feel the strength in this. On the sweet side, a quite fine bock.

Bottle. Clear amber color with a average fizzy fair lacing off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, grain, maltsweet. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light metalic.