La Trappe Bockbier

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

Bottle labled Koningshoven Bock. Clear brown with red highlights and a fluffy tan head. Strong Belgian yeast citrus and dark fruit aroma and taste with a tangy bright palate.

Pours a dark amber color with a large foamy khaki head. Nose of dark fruits specifically plum and raisan. Brown sugar, clove, caramel and some spice. Initial taste of roasted malt deep in the back, sweet caramel, toffee, and plum. Mid palate continues with lightly roast creamy and hop balance. Finish is dry and short. Mouthfeel is active carbonation and light bodied. Head retention and spot lacing is excellent.

Bottle. Labeled as Koningshoeven Bock. Reddish brown body with a beige head. The aroma was full of plum, roast, tobacco, cookie dough, brown sugar and caramel. The flavor was moderately sweet, lightly bitter and lightly acidic. The beer finished lightly to moderately bitter and lightly sweet. It started moderately roasty but when it hit the back of the tongue, it left a sharp licorice/coffee bitterness, though nothing overpowering. Medium body with moderate to lively carbonation. Smooth texture. Much more robust and flavorful and many dunkler bocks. Very enjoyable.

Bottled, 330ml. Deep ruby with cream head. Rich malty beer but with a heavy sweetness that became cloying. Fruity, plummy, raisin with a slight butterscotch note in the background. Never really finished, just tapered off in a fruitcake type of way.

Bottle from Bottle Barn. Only $8.79 for 750. Brilliant ruby color with a massive finely bubbled tan head. Aroma of roasted caramel with some mild citrus and spice for backing. Medium body with creamy carbonation. It starts fresh mild caramel and goes to a much stronger roast, finished with some coffee? and hot spice bits. Reasonably dry, nigh astringent, ending. It’s a really tasty beer.

V dark ruby, brown with a creamy thick head about one finger tall. a nice roasty aroma with barley brown sugar, caramel elements. Tad muted though. Taste was spicier with a slight pepper and hops and malted oats.

Pours a three-finger cream/beige head that fades slowly to a thin layer leaving a good lace. Deep red/mahogany color. Medium carbonation and medium-heavy bodied. Malty, fruity nose. Flavor is malty, rich fruit, some caramel. No bitter aftertaste. Decent bock. $11.00 for a 750ml bottle from a Tully’s Beer & Wine Wells, ME. La Trappe is not on the label anymore.

<b>Bottle 75cl.</b>
Clear medium to dark red amber color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, nutty, prune, moderate yeasty, brown sugar notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081003]