Celis Pale Bock
Michigan Brewing Company

Celis Pale BockCelis Pale Bock
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From:
Michigan Brewing Company
 
Michigan, United States
Style:
Belgian Pale Ale
ABV:
3.9%
Score:
78
Avg:
3.37 | pDev: 16.02%
Reviews:
84
Ratings:
97
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 29, 2018
Added:
Jan 26, 2003
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  2
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Ratings by santoslhalper:
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Reviewed by santoslhalper from Pennsylvania

4.29/5  rDev +27.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
Appearence: Pours a simple copper with a thin bubbly white head. Nice carbonation and clarity.

Smell: The smell is a nice mix of rich malts and bitter, balancing hops. Some sweetness is present, with loads of fruitiness. Very complex and tasty smelling.

Taste and Mouthfeel: Simple malt flavors, balanced by simple hop flavors. Nothing over-the-top or crazy. The malt flavors are grainy, raw, and rich, balanced nicely by a little bit of hop bitterness and citrus flavors Some sweet bubblegum and cotton candy notes as well. The mouthfeel is full bodied.

Drinkability and Overall: Definitly achieved it's goal: an easy drinking, full-flavored, session brew. Nothing special or stand-out in anyways, which makes this one special, and stand-out to me. Simple, subtle, and delicious.
Apr 21, 2006
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.5 by Mtn from Texas

Dec 29, 2018
 
Rated: 3 by cmbeddoe7997 from Texas

Dec 12, 2015
 
Rated: 2.71 by nathanmiller from New York

Jul 16, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by Jame515 from Texas

Dec 04, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by cliff1066 from Virginia

Dec 17, 2012
 
Rated: 3 by RBorsato from Virginia

Nov 06, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by dfillius from Iowa

Sep 18, 2012
 
Rated: 3.75 by ToMakeEndsMeet from Texas

Aug 28, 2012
 
Rated: 3.25 by kobeer from Texas

Jul 24, 2012
 
Rated: 3.25 by bh123 from California

May 05, 2012
 
Rated: 1 by rah1734bones from California

May 02, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by Calculat0r from Japan

Mar 02, 2012
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Reviewed by mactrail from Washington

2.26/5  rDev -32.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
Golden amber in the glass with very little foam. Aroma is wet cardboard. The long bitter and dirty aftertaste is the deal breaker for me. Flavor of flat soda water. Strangely bitter, and then the metallic taste you can't get out of your mouth. No date, so maybe this has been around a while. Tastes like the flavor was wrung out of it by some chemical process, like a really bad near beer.

This is baffling. I like decent low-alcohol beers, but why would you want to brew a lite version of a style that needs some warmth and malt?
Dec 31, 2011
 
Rated: 4 by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania

Nov 23, 2011
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Reviewed by Zorro from California

3.85/5  rDev +14.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pale bock isn't so pale, clear copper color with a small white colored head.

Smell is sweet and malty with a strong fresh bread aroma. Bruised banana scent and a little almond. Hops are of the Nobel type.

Starts out a little sweet with a nice toasted whole grain bread flavor. Slight bitter bite in the aftertaste but is by no means harsh and is about right. Slight banana flavor but not quite Banana Bread.

Mouthfeel is good.

Overall , Impressive for the low alcohol content. Tasty let something you can drink all night.
Oct 22, 2011
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Reviewed by JMad from Texas

3.34/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
I drank this from a pub glass...

The beer is an amber/ copper color with a thin off white head. It smells of over-ripened fruit, some apricot and caramel malt, it's almost candylike. The beer is kind of watery, I could taste some nutty roasted malt and Belgian yeast, that's about it. The beer is thin and watery with lots of carbonation and kind of musty. This is a beer that I wouldn't want to drink again.
Jul 31, 2011
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Reviewed by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania

3.3/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This pours out as a nice amber color with. Yellowish tan head on it. The smell of the beer is sweet and had a slight funk to it. The taste of the beer was of sweet roasted caramel and rich malts. I found this to be decent to say the least. It wasn't something I'd need to have again.
May 14, 2011
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Reviewed by tubacharlie from Michigan

3.53/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A soft, two-finger muted white head tops this brew, with glass stickers as it recedes. A clear amber color, active carbonation with very small bubbles keep the head around awhile.

The aroma of hops comes through in the scent, with a hint of citrus. First sip brings bright, bitter hops up front, with bread and malted grain flavors mellowing the middle of the palate. Lingering grapefruit notes in a hop accented finish, reminiscent of an ESB.

Well received in the mouth and a generally decent brew.
Apr 11, 2011
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Reviewed by Brenden from Ohio

3.73/5  rDev +10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
This beer is a deep coppery orange in color. A white head stands about one finger tall without ever really fading away and leaves fairly thick, spotty lacing down the glass as the beer recedes.
There's a bit of fruity sweetness on the nose beneath a toasty malt and a touch of herbal spiciness. Overall it's a bit faint up close and could use just a bit more balance.
The flavor is also mainly sweet and spicy beneath a malt backbone. There is a bit more hops presence in here than in the nose and balances better with the toasty/bready malts. There's a bit of odd spiciness lingering with hops in the finish.
The mouthfeel starts off with a crisp bite and gets smooth in the finish, but not before hitting a rough patch of graininess. The body is on the light side of medium and carbonation is moderate.
This beer has an impressively low ABV, and given that it's pretty good overall it's highly drinkable.
Jan 06, 2011
Celis Pale Bock from Michigan Brewing Company
Beer rating: 78 out of 100 with 97 ratings