Heirloom Bock
August Schell Brewing Company

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From:
August Schell Brewing Company
 
Minnesota, United States
Style:
Bock
ABV:
Not listed
Score:
89
Avg:
3.99 | pDev: 5.76%
Reviews:
16
Ratings:
34
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Sep 26, 2016
Added:
Dec 22, 2015
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by Minnesota_beer_guy:
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Rated by Minnesota_beer_guy from Minnesota

4.16/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Mar 04, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.29 by ovaltine from Indiana

Sep 26, 2016
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Reviewed by hoptheology from California

4.06/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours a nice dark coffee-caramel color with a head of 3 fingers that doesn't quit. Eventually it does recede to a finger but not without putting up a fight. Beautiful display.

Aromas of roasted amber malts, discarded citrus peels, caramel; trailing notes of chocolate, plum, more grain.

The flavor on this Bock is just fabulous. It's baked, toasty, crispy...rich with caramel/coffee, raisin bread, fading out with fresh hay, citrus, and mild acidity. It just wows you with greatness.

The feel is lit up with electric carbonation, leaving a wet and papery finish.

Overall, Heirloom is one of my favorite Bocks. I wish they'd come out with straight sixers of these all year long.
Apr 14, 2016
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Reviewed by Czequershuus from Minnesota

4.26/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
This beer pours very dark amber with a smallish head. The aroma offers up toast, marmalade, toffee, and caramel. The flavor starts with toasty note and some sweet toffee, followed by some mid black currant and bitter orange peel notes in the mid palate, finishing on a grainly, fairly dry flavor. The mouthfeel is balances between creamy and thin, hitting a nice moderate point. Overall this is very delicious beer, balanced, refined, and enjoyably all the way through. My favorite in the bock pack so far.
Apr 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3.7 by twb0392 from Wisconsin

Apr 04, 2016
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Reviewed by brewmudgeon from Wisconsin

4.07/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
clear dark brown amber with a tan, 2-finger head. smells of both light and roasted malts. a firm yet restrained nose. very clean on the palate for a beer brewed with wheat, and it is hard to tell if the twang is coming more from the wheat or the roasted malt. in any event it is present but not at all overpowering. body on the lighter side, very clean finish. not much in the way of hops jumps out, but they are certainly there to clean things up and the beer presents a fine balance. another very good, and perhaps bordering on outstanding, beer from Schell.

4, 3.75, 4-4.25, 3.75, 4.25
Mar 16, 2016
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Reviewed by UrbanCaveman from Ohio

4.39/5  rDev +10%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
12 oz bottle, poured into a at ~40 degrees F.

Appearance: Pours a clear burnished-copper red, and forms a couple fingers of beige foam head. Good head retention, which leaves intriguing amounts of lace and rings.

Smell: Thick, bready caramel malt, shot through with chopped walnut and Brazil nut, and tinged with a very mild fruitiness.

Taste: The flavors follow the nose closely, opening with a rush of caramel and bread sprinkled with nuts ere the introduction of a faint shadow of sweet cherries. Some herbal notes manifest here and there through the tasting process. As the beer warms, a tinge of unrisen yeast manifests towards the end of each sip, and the aftertaste lingers as a mix of bread, faint caramel, and that yeast.

Mouthfeel: Medium-light in body, with moderate carbonation, this drinks silky smooth.

Overall: As an admitted and unabashed fan of bockbier, I love this one. I'd drink it often, were it brewed and distributed anywhere near me.
Mar 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3.69 by einman from Minnesota

Feb 29, 2016
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Reviewed by SD-Alefan from South Dakota

4.28/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Pours a dark reddish-brown with a light tan and creamy head.
The aroma is caramel and bread with a light spiciness.
Taste is caramel and raisin and dark bread with a nice, little biter finish.
Mouthfeel is smooth and creamy.
Just flat out good.
Feb 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.85 by jakemn91 from New Mexico

Feb 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.86 by MrUse from Minnesota

Feb 20, 2016
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Reviewed by hardy008 from Minnesota

4.16/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours dark brown with a small beige head, which has nice retention and leaves nice lacing. The aroma has caramel, toasted malt, bread malt, and nuts.

Tastes pretty much like it smells with caramel, toasted malt, bread malt, and nuts. Has a nice mild sweetness.

Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Very smooth and easy to drink.
Feb 17, 2016
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Reviewed by jwc215 from Arizona

4/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz. bottle - Freshness date of 05 14 16:

Pours brownish-dark amber with a lasting creamy head. Lacing sticks.

The smell is of caramelized grain, bread, subtle floral/herbal hop touch.

The taste is of caramelized grain, nuts, general restrained fruitiness, slight wheat tang and some brown sugar. Sweet with a balancing floral/herbal hop touch in the clean finish.

It has a smooth medium body.

An easy-drinking bock. Sweet with enough balance in the finish to keep it refreshing.
Feb 16, 2016
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Reviewed by Mdog from Minnesota

4.03/5  rDev +1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: Dark amber, huge head.

Smell: Toffee, bready, yeast.

Taste: Mild sweetness, bready, mild toffee, mild tea-like finish.

Overall: Beer #3 in the herd of bocks. Heirloom bock is a good one, it is pretty neck-and-neck with the doppelbock as the winner in this pack. The wheat seems to show up in the nose and might help to give it a slightly different character. Pretty good stuff.
Feb 14, 2016
 
Rated: 3.63 by AdmiralOzone from Minnesota

Feb 10, 2016
 
Rated: 4.34 by ta_hagen from Minnesota

Feb 05, 2016
 
Rated: 3.88 by TEdubbaD from Minnesota

Feb 03, 2016
 
Rated: 4.04 by dcotom from Iowa

Jan 31, 2016
 
Rated: 3.73 by Dave2234 from Minnesota

Jan 30, 2016
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Reviewed by NickSMpls from Washington

3.67/5  rDev -8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A slightly darker amber color than their regular bock with light, frothy head and some lacing in our chalice glass. Smell of rising bread, coming from the wheat contribution. Nice and clean, no off notes at all nor any hops wecould pick up. Taste is clean, light on the palate and just a hint of bitterness in the aftertaste. Caramel and toasted whole wheat bread (no butter or jam) come out. Part of a 4-in-12 sampler pack, which leaves an orphan after my wife & I do the review. So we will do a side by side bock-taste off with all four and update our reviews accordingly. Nicely done but not a barn- burner.
Jan 29, 2016
Heirloom Bock from August Schell Brewing Company
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 34 ratings