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Bokbier
Jopen Bier BV Haarlem
- From:
- Jopen Bier BV Haarlem
- Netherlands
- Style:
- Bock
Ranked #37 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #20,009 - Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 11.08%
- Reviews:
- 54
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 08, 2023
- Added:
- Aug 07, 2003
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 11
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Reviewed by Gatch from Massachusetts
4.16/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
From draft at Cafe Gollem in Amsterdam. What a gem! A true dive in an otherwise touristy area. A craft beer drinkers haven. This beer is a rich bock. Sweet, roasty, smooth. Drinks heavy but quite tasty.
Oct 08, 2023Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.5/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
330 ml shared bottle, as Jopen Bokbier, Viergranen is not mentioned on the label. Thanks to abemorsten! ABV is 6.5%. Dark ruby colour, large beige head. Dusty and malty aroma, hints of cigarbox as the beer warms up a lttle. Medium sweet flavour, malts, caramel, rye bread, mild roasty notes. Nice to drink.
Aug 12, 2021Reviewed by Snowcrash000 from Germany
3.92/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a deep, dark brown coloration with a medium, creamy head. Smells of toasted, bready, caramel malt with notes of dark fruits: fig, plum and a certain herbal/spicy note. Taste follows the nose, being dominated by slightly toasted, bready, caramel malt and dark fruits: fig, plum, with lighter notes of chocolate, toffee, licorice and that typical spicy/herbal rye note. Finishes with a medium bitterness and some dark fruit and spice lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a light/medium body and medium carbonation.
This has a decent complexity and rather nice balance of sweetness and bitterness to it, although it is slightly let down by a somewhat thin body. Still a rather enjoyable brew.
Dec 02, 2018This has a decent complexity and rather nice balance of sweetness and bitterness to it, although it is slightly let down by a somewhat thin body. Still a rather enjoyable brew.
Reviewed by SpongeHop from Belgium
3.27/5 rDev -13.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.27/5 rDev -13.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
L - slightly murky dark brown, with some garnet shining through at the edges; slightly beige head that dissipates quickly
S & T - initial taste of roasted malt, but a dark roast, almost burnt coffee. Bit thin, though, almost like a watered down porter at first. Then sweet/tartness of dried dark fruits (blackcurrants, prunes) with slight caramelly notes. Spicy rye follows throughout the finish. Lingering tart dryness and light hopbitterness in the aftertaste.
F - dries the lips; light mouthfeel; decently spritzy, but could've used a bit more
O - decent, but could've had a little more oomph. They advertize their use of their 4-grains, which are there if you look for them, and work very well together as well - the tartness of the wheat, the spice of the rye, the roast of the barley - and very well balanced to boot! But they are present in such a commercially inoffensive way it's a crying shame of a waste. If they cranked up the malt bill and hopped slightly more aggressively I really think we would have an absolute winner. In fact, I might just brew a batch of my own just to experiment with it.
Again, I still prefer the La Trappe Bok. But if this Bok, ironically, had a little bit more balls and horns, I wouldn't hesitate to to place it at my #1 spot of my Bok preference list, and I would drool at the thought of autumn coming around just to get my hands on this.
Definitely worth a try. The exquisite balance of the 4 grains are quite the achievement. If only they had added bit more of them...
Oct 02, 2017S & T - initial taste of roasted malt, but a dark roast, almost burnt coffee. Bit thin, though, almost like a watered down porter at first. Then sweet/tartness of dried dark fruits (blackcurrants, prunes) with slight caramelly notes. Spicy rye follows throughout the finish. Lingering tart dryness and light hopbitterness in the aftertaste.
F - dries the lips; light mouthfeel; decently spritzy, but could've used a bit more
O - decent, but could've had a little more oomph. They advertize their use of their 4-grains, which are there if you look for them, and work very well together as well - the tartness of the wheat, the spice of the rye, the roast of the barley - and very well balanced to boot! But they are present in such a commercially inoffensive way it's a crying shame of a waste. If they cranked up the malt bill and hopped slightly more aggressively I really think we would have an absolute winner. In fact, I might just brew a batch of my own just to experiment with it.
Again, I still prefer the La Trappe Bok. But if this Bok, ironically, had a little bit more balls and horns, I wouldn't hesitate to to place it at my #1 spot of my Bok preference list, and I would drool at the thought of autumn coming around just to get my hands on this.
Definitely worth a try. The exquisite balance of the 4 grains are quite the achievement. If only they had added bit more of them...
Reviewed by schavuytje from Netherlands
3.5/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 2 | overall: 4
3.5/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 2 | overall: 4
Red-brown goat with tint brown in the foam full-malt odor with something bitter in taste full of sweet sweet, sour with beautiful bitter tone, one of short-lasting soon a dry mouth
May 30, 2017Reviewed by Zet from Netherlands
3.45/5 rDev -9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev -9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
Brown colour (bit murky) with a decent head of foam, though this fades quite faste. Smell of roasted malt and caramel. The taste was a bit disappointing in my opion. Though the brewer used four types of grain in this one, the burned barley is prevalent. Caramel and hops are surely present, but the overall taste is a bit too much like a weakened stout in my opinion. Mouth feel is very soft and smooth though. I love the Jopen brand, but this one is not one of their best i have to admit.
Nov 08, 2015Rated by papat444 from Canada (QC)
3.5/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Flashback #376
Aug 19, 2015Rated by Samkabam100
4.78/5 rDev +26.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.78/5 rDev +26.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
This beer was one of the best beers I've ever had. It helps that the brewery was a very fun setting.
Jun 08, 2015
Bokbier from Jopen Bier BV Haarlem
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
82 ratings
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