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Hertog Jan Bockbier
Arcense Stoombierbouwerij (Hertog Jan Brouwerij)
- From:
- Arcense Stoombierbouwerij (Hertog Jan Brouwerij)
- Netherlands
- Style:
- Bock
Ranked #73 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #23,643 - Avg:
- 3.62 | pDev: 11.05%
- Reviews:
- 14
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 15, 2022
- Added:
- Dec 14, 2004
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 8
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Arno:
Reviewed by Arno
3.46/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.46/5 rDev -4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A: Dark brown beer. Hazy, mocha foam top.
S: Sour yeast, light bitter hops, caramel and a subtle coffee scent.
T: Same as the smell suggests, but better. Has more sweetness to it then you'd expect, leveling out the light bitter and medium sourness. Not too sweet. Still fresh and balanced.
M: Low carbonation, giving it a somewhat creamy medium bodied feel. Could be a tad fresher for a better balance.
O: Nice balanced bock beer, but lacks a bit of complexity to call it very interesting.
Jan 08, 2013S: Sour yeast, light bitter hops, caramel and a subtle coffee scent.
T: Same as the smell suggests, but better. Has more sweetness to it then you'd expect, leveling out the light bitter and medium sourness. Not too sweet. Still fresh and balanced.
M: Low carbonation, giving it a somewhat creamy medium bodied feel. Could be a tad fresher for a better balance.
O: Nice balanced bock beer, but lacks a bit of complexity to call it very interesting.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by schavuytje from Netherlands
2.83/5 rDev -21.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.25
2.83/5 rDev -21.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.25
starts with the smell of red apple and red grape body red with brown coloring with foam in the barley and drank apple full of sweet caramel and esters with a slight hint of a bittertoontje and the creamy sweet aftertaste that: reasonable
Jan 16, 2017Reviewed by safaricook from Netherlands
3.79/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Very dark for a bock, almost black. Pretty fine head leaving beautiful lacing
Caramel in the nose
Caramel in taste and a little roast, a tad too ashy bitterness.
Just enough body and carbonation to keep it between refreshing and smooth.
Nice for a bock
Notes from blind Bock Bier Tasting project fall 2019
Deep ruby color, fine bubbles, foam is beige with coarse and fine bubbles, leaves lacing 4
the usual toffee, bread, sweetness not overly complex; a little roasty coffee retronasal 3.5
typical caramel and coffee malt profile but just a hint of sweetness, not much of a bitterness, a hint of metal 3.75
body is medium with appropriate tuned down fine carbonation 3.75
Very appropriate Dutch Bockbier that leaves out the sweetness and just delivers the typical malt profile, though not overly expressive or impressive 3.5
Dec 01, 2016Caramel in the nose
Caramel in taste and a little roast, a tad too ashy bitterness.
Just enough body and carbonation to keep it between refreshing and smooth.
Nice for a bock
Notes from blind Bock Bier Tasting project fall 2019
Deep ruby color, fine bubbles, foam is beige with coarse and fine bubbles, leaves lacing 4
the usual toffee, bread, sweetness not overly complex; a little roasty coffee retronasal 3.5
typical caramel and coffee malt profile but just a hint of sweetness, not much of a bitterness, a hint of metal 3.75
body is medium with appropriate tuned down fine carbonation 3.75
Very appropriate Dutch Bockbier that leaves out the sweetness and just delivers the typical malt profile, though not overly expressive or impressive 3.5
Reviewed by Zet from Netherlands
3.55/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.55/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Beautiful dark red colour with a finger of foam that fades fast, leaving some lacing on the surface. The taste and smell are typical bock: caramel, malt, hop bitterness. Well balanced with the right level of bittersweetness, but it could have been more pronounced. This makes it quite a nice session drink on a terrace during an indian summer though.
Nov 02, 2015Reviewed by Brabander from Netherlands
3.14/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.14/5 rDev -13.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
I am not really a bockbeer lover but when i was at the brewery today i saw the bock standing there and decided to buy it.
Poured in my Struise glass the beer starts ok. Nothing special but nice to look at. Darkbrown fluid with a very decent head. No carbonation visible. Decent beer for a colder night but not a beer you mist try when in Holland...
Oct 17, 2013Poured in my Struise glass the beer starts ok. Nothing special but nice to look at. Darkbrown fluid with a very decent head. No carbonation visible. Decent beer for a colder night but not a beer you mist try when in Holland...
Reviewed by Maakun from Netherlands
3.85/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.85/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Very dark brown in color, alsmost mahogany. Has a beige head that doesn't last long. Slight carbonation.
Smell: something grassy, chocolate cookies, apricots
Taste: dades, dried dark fruits, roasted nuts, and then a slightly bitter yeasty taste. It has that great almost-burned-but-not-quite-yet taste too it that a good bock should have. Later some coffee and fresh dark bread, but with some sweet and tart notes of fruits (dried apricots). Aftertaste is more fruits, with a nice bitter touch.
Mouth: medium. Very pleasant but not outspoken in any way. Medium alcohol, carbonation, everything. Very drinkable and fits the style well.
Overall: I really like this. Had it before in other years but was not overly impressed, but this time it really does it for me. It's still sweet, but not as much as I remember it from last year. Great balance and nice complexity. Great bock overall.
Oct 06, 2013Smell: something grassy, chocolate cookies, apricots
Taste: dades, dried dark fruits, roasted nuts, and then a slightly bitter yeasty taste. It has that great almost-burned-but-not-quite-yet taste too it that a good bock should have. Later some coffee and fresh dark bread, but with some sweet and tart notes of fruits (dried apricots). Aftertaste is more fruits, with a nice bitter touch.
Mouth: medium. Very pleasant but not outspoken in any way. Medium alcohol, carbonation, everything. Very drinkable and fits the style well.
Overall: I really like this. Had it before in other years but was not overly impressed, but this time it really does it for me. It's still sweet, but not as much as I remember it from last year. Great balance and nice complexity. Great bock overall.
Hertog Jan Bockbier from Arcense Stoombierbouwerij (Hertog Jan Brouwerij)
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
31 ratings
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