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IJBok
Brouwerij 't IJ
- From:
- Brouwerij 't IJ
- Netherlands
- Style:
- Bock
Ranked #65 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #23,441 - Avg:
- 3.64 | pDev: 11.26%
- Reviews:
- 10
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 31, 2023
- Added:
- Mar 01, 2005
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 10
Our bokbier that rings in the autumn every year. Dark and full-bodied, but not as sweet as you might expect. The fine, light brown head holds for a long time while the dark, black-brown beer releases aromas of the roasted grains, a bit of coffee and dark fruit. The aftertaste is pleasantly dry.
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Ratings by mullenite:
Reviewed by mullenite from Florida
3.9/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Pours a deep brown with lighter brown highlights when held up to the light. Nice white head that settles to a cap which covers the entire beer.
Nice caramel aroma, lots of sweetness with a lot of sweet fruits. A little nutty but dominated by caramel.
Taste follows suit with the nose with the caramel dominating and a bit of a nutty flavor in the after taste. There is a detectable alcohol heat but it is not overpowering by any means. Just lets you know that the alcohol is there.
Body is a little thin and the carbonation is a little high for the sweetness of the beer.
Overall this is a pretty good beer, I've had better examples but this one is pleasant and even a little alt like.
Mar 20, 2011Nice caramel aroma, lots of sweetness with a lot of sweet fruits. A little nutty but dominated by caramel.
Taste follows suit with the nose with the caramel dominating and a bit of a nutty flavor in the after taste. There is a detectable alcohol heat but it is not overpowering by any means. Just lets you know that the alcohol is there.
Body is a little thin and the carbonation is a little high for the sweetness of the beer.
Overall this is a pretty good beer, I've had better examples but this one is pleasant and even a little alt like.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
4.06/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +11.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Clear reddish brown body, tan head and solid crowned lacing. Dark fruit forward nose with malts, toffee and a touch of earth, very sweet. Taste comes back to balance a bit more with still huge dark fruit, plum and raisin in particular, malt though is more earthy and caramel centric, brown bread yeast cuts sweetness decently too. Feel is light and malty the whole way with some finishing yeast, mildly warming and wet
Oct 08, 2022Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.25/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Shared 330 ml bottle at local tasting. Clear brown colour, off-white head. Malty aroma, notes of caramel, but more dryish and "dusty" than expected. Malty and bready flavour with some caramel, but not too sweet.
Feb 23, 2022Reviewed by marcbosch from Netherlands
3.52/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
L: Deep mahogany, good creamy tan head.
S: Malt and toffee, some dried fruit, perhaps some roasty notes. Good but a bit on the faint side.
T: Following the nose. Malty but not too sweet, just a few notes of toffee/butterscotch and raisin/prune. But basically, toasted bread notes and coffee. Good, just a tiny bit too bitter.
F: bodied and silky. Good for a cold night.
O: Good bok, not cloying. Still, not that remarkable.
Jan 30, 2019S: Malt and toffee, some dried fruit, perhaps some roasty notes. Good but a bit on the faint side.
T: Following the nose. Malty but not too sweet, just a few notes of toffee/butterscotch and raisin/prune. But basically, toasted bread notes and coffee. Good, just a tiny bit too bitter.
F: bodied and silky. Good for a cold night.
O: Good bok, not cloying. Still, not that remarkable.
Rated by Veteranbrew from California
4.31/5 rDev +18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Drank some fresh from the brewery. Very tasty Bok
Nov 07, 2018Reviewed by SpongeHop from Belgium
3.3/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.3/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
L - clear, deep garnet color. Off-white head that dissipates quickly leaving only some lacing along the edges.
S & T - little dried fruity tart-balanced sweetness of on the attack (blackcurrants?); some roasted coffee tones throughout with the slightest hint of warm spiciness of coriander seed; then finishes with a grapefruity-pithy bitterness.
F - little bit lacking carbonation-wise.
O - as the description says, less sweet than most bokbeers. So if you like your bocks on the bitter side rather than the caramelly, you could try this one. Still, I didn't quite like this one. Even on the less-sweet bokbier front, I would prefer a La Trappe Bok to this one, every single time.
Wouldn't particularly recommend it.
Oct 01, 2017S & T - little dried fruity tart-balanced sweetness of on the attack (blackcurrants?); some roasted coffee tones throughout with the slightest hint of warm spiciness of coriander seed; then finishes with a grapefruity-pithy bitterness.
F - little bit lacking carbonation-wise.
O - as the description says, less sweet than most bokbeers. So if you like your bocks on the bitter side rather than the caramelly, you could try this one. Still, I didn't quite like this one. Even on the less-sweet bokbier front, I would prefer a La Trappe Bok to this one, every single time.
Wouldn't particularly recommend it.
Rated by Dutchcraftbeergeek from Netherlands
3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Full malty taste, little bit of coffee. Backend is dry and bittersweet
Jan 18, 2017Reviewed by schavuytje from Netherlands
4.42/5 rDev +21.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +21.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Nice malty, pleasantly bitter, fruity plum and dark berries really a topper like to try when it is aged again so a bit patience
and try again with waterteeth
Dec 26, 2016and try again with waterteeth
IJBok from Brouwerij 't IJ
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
35 ratings
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