Bock
Texels Bierbrouwerij

Blind Dutch Bockbier tasting fall 2019

Pours 1 finger of beige foam with multi-sized bubbles, unstable but can be nicely revived. Dark brown body 3.75
Aroma is coffee with dark chocolate and toffee. 3.75
Taste is rather sweet and more (milk) chocolate than coffee at start. Towards the end the roast and bitterness kick in. 3.75 (I reviewed this blind and after knowing the brewery I immediately could taste their water, which a slight salinity to it)
Medium body and a little prickly. 3.5
Good typical bock a little on the sweeter side and not overly complex. Should pair nicely with food though. 3.75

 

L - dark brown, slight haze, two fingers of almost soapy beige head that dissipates quickly to a small layer of froth
S & T - brown sugar, caramel, raisins, mildly bitter, alcoholic sharpness, almost calvados-like, very vaguely roasted coffee, especially at the end when the bitters kick in
F - thin but syrupy, pleasant, nicely carbonated, lingers well

O - very decent. But quite sweet. Almost reminds me of a dubbel. Chimay Blue, to be exact, if it were a bit more roasty and bitter, and if it were less sweet/chocolatey.

I would recommend this one. A nice sipper.

 

Brown shugga, off the chain in this one, very delish.

 

Dark brown colour with a small head of foam that quickly evaporates. Smell of roasted malt and dark fruit. Very rich taste of dark fruit, caramel, roasted malt (coffee-ish) and mildly bitter hops in the finish. There is some alcohol present, which combines well with the other flavours and gives a warming feeling afterwards. The yeast gives a pleasant mouth feel. Due to the prominence of dark fruits and the fact that the bitterness is quite mild, this beer tastes more like a dubbel than a bock to me. But you won't hear me complaining: nice beer, recommended.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a murcky dark brown with off-white head. Lots of big bubbles in the beginning, looks good!

Smell is slightly sweet, some ripe red fruits, but quite light. Then later more roasted bready notes.

Taste is nutty, roasted grains, almost burned bread, some brown sugar and then some bitterness. There's also a little fruit, some cherries maybe. Aftertase is slightly burned again whith a nice bitterness that really works.

Mouth is medium with average carbonation, nothing special but very drinkable.

A nice bock, not too sweet, very drinkable and a bit more complex than most bocks I've had this year. This is a nice beer, too bad it's a bit expensive.

Back to where it all begin.
A few years ago I went on a holiday to Texel. They have this local brewery and I decided to buy a gift pack with all kinds of their beers in it. This got me hooked to craft beer.
And this will be the first time since I got one of their beers.

A bottle conditioned beer, so probably a top fermenting version of a bock just like the La Trappe Bock.

A dark ruby beer with an off white head. And now I just spilled some! A big shame.
Anyway, a little hazy.

Smells of big dark bready malts, dark chocolate, some coffee and just a hint of dark fruits with some alcohol.

Tastes more fruity than it smells, caramel malt, light bitterness and a light hoppiness.

Mouthfeel is medium at best and the carbonation is quite light to medium.

All in all a good bock, not as good as the La Trappe or some German bocks but worth a try.
Not overly complex but the drinkability is quite high.

ABV 7%

After a visit at Texel island a couple a years ago, I came back with a selection of beers from the Texels brewery and this one was one of the best amongst them. I got it again this year and I realized I hadn't written a review, so here it is.
300 ml bottle, poured into a snifter. Bottle fermented.
Pours a very dark ruby colour, almost brown, with two fingers of thick, creamy head, beige in colour and with excellent retention. Some light lacing is being left at first around the glass.
Smell of caramel, roasted malts and dark chocolate. If you smell hard enough you get an alcohol smell too.
Taste is slighty sweet at first, then turning into a softly bitter taste, leaving on the aftertaste flavours of biter chocolate and caramel.
Full body and as much carbonation as needed.
A grea beer, I can see why it keeps winning "best bock beer" prize in the Netherlands.