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Blonde Bock
Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant
- From:
- Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant
- United States
- Style:
- Maibock
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 76
- Avg:
- 3.33 | pDev: 16.52%
- Reviews:
- 177
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 21, 2021
- Added:
- Jul 11, 2002
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 35
A traditional "Helles" or pale bock beer, Blonde Bock is a medium hopped beer with a rich, malty flavor. Made popular in the early 1600s, bock beers were originally brewed by monks to minimize hunger pangs during fasting periods. Most bock beers are dark in color. Our Gordon Biersch Blonde Bock is golden with a creamy head.
23 IBU
23 IBU
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Rated by davidward from Florida
3/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
An average bock.
Nov 14, 2020Reviewed by Helluvaz from California
3.54/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.54/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Bottle poured into a chalice
A: Malt, yeast, light caramel, like a lighter version of a regular bock
A: Blonde-brown color, white creamy head with good head retention
F: Toast, dark malt, yeast, slight caramel sweetness
M: Close to full body, with excellent balanced flavor.
O: A lighter version of bock in flavor, the color may throw you off, but the body is full. An easy beer to drink. This beer uses light roasted Pils malt (which gives the color), but the I really like the flavor
Feb 03, 2019A: Malt, yeast, light caramel, like a lighter version of a regular bock
A: Blonde-brown color, white creamy head with good head retention
F: Toast, dark malt, yeast, slight caramel sweetness
M: Close to full body, with excellent balanced flavor.
O: A lighter version of bock in flavor, the color may throw you off, but the body is full. An easy beer to drink. This beer uses light roasted Pils malt (which gives the color), but the I really like the flavor
Reviewed by Tripel_Threat from Michigan
3.53/5 rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Served on tap in a 50 oz pour. Golden colored with a khaki, ice cream head. Spotty lacing. Aromas of peppery/floral hops and bread. Flavors of honey biscuit with a sourdough/herbal/tea finish.
Jan 27, 2019Reviewed by teromous from Virginia
2.71/5 rDev -18.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2
2.71/5 rDev -18.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2
From the back label: "BOTTLED ON: 09:56 242 04/07/17"
Appearance: The body has fantastic clarity. It is a nice medium shade of gold with hints of orange-brown and lighter gold. The head is very large and rocky with a pure white appearance. Great retention and lacing. It looks a bit darker than normal but it still looks amazing in the glass.
Aroma: I get an odd aroma that I can only describe as dog food. Every time the glass is pulled back and re-approached there is this light bit of spicy yeast that comes through but it is immediately replaced with that dog food smell. Odd...
Taste: There is a light and slightly toasted caramel flavor, a touch of alcohol, and some herbal hop flavor, This flavor carries from start to finish. The strongest flavor at the beginning is the toasted caramel. The strongest finishing flavor comes from the herbal hops.
Mouthfeel: It has a good medium mouthfeel that has just a light bit of texture and a nice bitter bite from the lightly roasted grains and the hops. It remains an interesting beer solely because of the mouthfeel.
Overall: That awful dog food aroma never goes away at any point and for that reason alone I would not recommend the beer. While it does have a lot of redeeming qualities it is really hard to get over a bad aroma. I would probably turn down this beer if somebody gave it to me.
Jun 04, 2017Appearance: The body has fantastic clarity. It is a nice medium shade of gold with hints of orange-brown and lighter gold. The head is very large and rocky with a pure white appearance. Great retention and lacing. It looks a bit darker than normal but it still looks amazing in the glass.
Aroma: I get an odd aroma that I can only describe as dog food. Every time the glass is pulled back and re-approached there is this light bit of spicy yeast that comes through but it is immediately replaced with that dog food smell. Odd...
Taste: There is a light and slightly toasted caramel flavor, a touch of alcohol, and some herbal hop flavor, This flavor carries from start to finish. The strongest flavor at the beginning is the toasted caramel. The strongest finishing flavor comes from the herbal hops.
Mouthfeel: It has a good medium mouthfeel that has just a light bit of texture and a nice bitter bite from the lightly roasted grains and the hops. It remains an interesting beer solely because of the mouthfeel.
Overall: That awful dog food aroma never goes away at any point and for that reason alone I would not recommend the beer. While it does have a lot of redeeming qualities it is really hard to get over a bad aroma. I would probably turn down this beer if somebody gave it to me.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
2.9/5 rDev -12.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.9/5 rDev -12.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
You get a big white head on top of the cloudy yellow pour, but the retention was substandard. Aroma was the worst part of the beer, lots of alcohol noticeable with a puree of yeast fruit that seemed misplaced.
Taste was still pushed by alcohol peeking through everything else, but it at least brought some grain aspect to try and distract from the heat. Some hop bitterness to it, again seems misplaced.
Seems like it would be a lot better if it were 1-2% less abv.
Apr 12, 2016Taste was still pushed by alcohol peeking through everything else, but it at least brought some grain aspect to try and distract from the heat. Some hop bitterness to it, again seems misplaced.
Seems like it would be a lot better if it were 1-2% less abv.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.39/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.39/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
On tap at Oakland airport. Light copper body, minimal head. Sweet malt aroma, taste follows with more sweet malt, honey. Body is fantastic, slick, slippery. Shame they serve it ice cold.
Feb 22, 2016
Blonde Bock from Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant
Beer rating:
76 out of
100 with
340 ratings
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