LongShot Traditional Bock
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)

LongShot Traditional BockLongShot Traditional Bock
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From:
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
Bock
ABV:
6.8%
Score:
88
Avg:
3.92 | pDev: 9.69%
Reviews:
321
Ratings:
345
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 28, 2024
Added:
Dec 30, 2008
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  0
No description / notes.
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Ratings by tastybeer:
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Reviewed by tastybeer from North Carolina

3.63/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
This beer has a very nice foamy head that remains as a solid 1/4" once it fades. Lace changes from sip to sip but is generally spotty. Beer is a woody garnet color and clear throughout. Aroma is mainly caramel soaked, chewy malt, with soft chocolate and toast, a touch of orange hop, and funky milky fruitiness. Basic malt packed, bock meets milk stout aroma. Taste is likewise. Barely bitter and caramel malty. Juuust enough hops. Full body, soft full mouthfeel with coating chewy texture. Also easy to drink.

OK bock. Sweeter than it should be though it doesn't bother me. Lactose sweetness keeps coming to mind...
May 04, 2009
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by Lexluthor33 from New York

3.79/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Medium brown color with small head and lace.
Aroma was bready, malty, grape notes and dates.
Taste was sweet with bread notes and grains.
Some alcohol in finish yet the finish was dry with medium carbonation and body.
The balance was so so.
Still, worth having this one.
Enjoyable.
2009 review.
Feb 28, 2024
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

2.38/5  rDev -39.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
Another bock that pours thin, brown, whispy 1/5" head. Aroma is muted.

Taste imparts a more dark fruit alcoholic british mild brown ale vibe. Tobacco, plums, prunes, cigars, tobacco.
Jul 17, 2016
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Reviewed by SPLITGRIN from Kentucky

3.31/5  rDev -15.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Review based on notes taken 7-2-10.

I have been overlooking this brew for a long time. Wanted to give it a shoot before age took to strong a toll. A vigorous pour gets early three fingers of fluffy biscuit tan head. Head turns quickly rocky as it slowly fades. Body is a deep mahogany amber tone. Nose is very faint with notes of minerals and toasted grains, both are tough to detect. Taste is malty up front with some snappy almost crisp fruit tones coming in afterwards. Malts stay prominent and get long and thick on the back of the tongue the more you drink. Mouthfeel quickly becomes thick and cloying. Drinkability is not bad but man, this beer really stays thick and malty all over the palate.
Oct 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by BuddyZ from Pennsylvania

Aug 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by getkrunkhoe from California

Aug 15, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by zestar from California

May 21, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by BillRoth from Maryland

Dec 29, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by ejimhof from Pennsylvania

Sep 29, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by jaydoc from Kansas

Sep 02, 2013
 
Rated: 5 by anfield86 from New Jersey

May 27, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by kb2250 from New Jersey

Mar 19, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by t0rin0 from California

Aug 26, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by ajs4bd from Missouri

Aug 20, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by ms11781 from Massachusetts

Jun 30, 2012
 
Rated: 1.75 by odbjs735 from New York

May 07, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by slimntubbs from Pennsylvania

Jan 31, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by EvanWilliams from Illinois

Jan 28, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by imperialking from Illinois

Jan 21, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by bonbini26 from New Jersey

Jan 12, 2012
LongShot Traditional Bock from Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 345 ratings