La Trappe Bockbier

Brewed by De Koningshoeven (Bavaria - Netherlands)
Style: Dunkler Bock
Tilburg, Netherlands

Draught: Poured a dark brown with beige color head. The aroma was a fruit with sugar and caramel. The taste was complex with caramel, nuts, and malts, there was zingy fruitness also.

What is it about De Koningshoeven, I just always feel like they are trying to rip me off. It pours with a medium-strong head and leaves a surface covering lacing. The color of the beer is a very dark chestnut brown. Aroma is an earthy nuttiness, its kind of weird actually. Like a cleaning product thats meant to be nutty instead of lemon or something. Taste is watered down nuts and light pine (not hops). Kind of just seems to be missing a little piece to make it a nice beer (as is the case for most La Trappe beers). Mouthfeel is actually a nice full medium.
750mL, Koningshoeven small goblet glass.

From a 30 cl bottle. Aroma: surprisingly not much, little sweet and malty notes, finishing with liitle acidic. Appearance: Red-gold with high and lasting light brown head. At first clear, at the end a little hazy cause of a small yeast depot in the bottle. Flavor and Palate: Roasted malt gives a taste of coffee and chocolate. A very nice and long holding malty finish. Fully balanced and bodied with a creamy texture. Overall: Excellent!

On draft at Arendsnest, Amsterdam. Overall, very delicious. I don’t take notes while I drink, so I just go on memory and this is a memorable dunkel. Lots of fruits going on, but finishes with that typical, delicious yeast taste that one would expect. Solid.

totally forgot to hand in a rating for this one. 750ml bottle. Ruby dark brown with a big head. Fruity aroma, some malts. Lively palate, yeasty with a sweet finish blended with some caramel, cocoa, vanilla and medium bitterness. Not a bock imo, much more like a good belgian strong ale.

Bottle 30 cl. Pours a reddish brow with a small tan head and anaroma of citrus, ripe fruit and yeast. Taste is very heavy on caramel, but also some chocolate, banana ad roasted something is to be found in here. Finish is still sweet and a little bit bitter. Pretty good bock

Bottle: Deep amber/auburn pour with an initially huge tan head that fades to a 1-finger. Sweet, simple aroma. Light sweet fruits of banana and roasted prunes, and mild cocoa notes as well. Frothy, bubbly carbonation. Simple flavor, with plenty of yeasty qualities. Banana-ish sweetness, almost bubblegummy in the beginning. Mild cocoa hints and metallic subtleties. Light roasted character in the finish. Very simple. Not great, but nothing particularly wrong with it.

Bottle. Pleasant aroma of sweet malt and some dry and sour yeast. Pours dark amber. Lots of yeast on the palate, both floral and sweet.Some caramel and toffee, but barely. Actually fairly bitter, I’m guessing its from the yeast and not hops. Medium bodied with very lively carbonation.