Brugse Bok
Brouwerij De Halve Maan

330ml bottle, 6,5% abv. opens with a bit of smoke. Standard ingredients, with only added some sugar.
Poured at around 6-7 degrees celcius ins Brugs Blond tulip glass.
Big 4-5 finger beige head with good retention.
Medium to high carbonated. MIcro bubbles. Dark amber colour. It is a pretty beer to look at.
Smell bready, yeast, herbs with hints of fudge.
Mouthfeel, pretty good. It is more bitter than sweet, with a dry herby aftertaste.
Maybe a bit of balance as bitterness takes over all taste quite soon.

Looking at Bierista.nl (Dutch rating site) the advice to be poured at 6%. And they say it taste like raisins and toasted malts.
Well, maybe its me geting a cold not being able to smell and taste it.
Will update when I try again.

Probably should be poured a little bit warmer to bring out more flavours.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From Belgiuminabox. In Teku glass. Playing Oceanhorn. More a dubbel or belgian dark than a bok. Some dark fruits, nuts, toffee. All fairly pleasant. I just miss a bit more body

A bottle from Supermarket in Brussels.

 

 

 

 

Dark brown orange colour with a decent head of foam. Smell of caramel, yeast and malt. These flavours return in the taste, accompanied by fruity esters (pear, peach). The caramel sweetness tends to dominate: hop bitterness is only present in the aftertaste. It's a shame the carbonation seems to cover flavour though. Also a bit (not much) on the watery side and a bit stingy on the tongue (carbonation again). Due to the yeasty character and overall sweetness, this tastes more like a dubbel than a bock to me.