Zwickel Bock
Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant

Zwickel BockZwickel Bock
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From:
Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant
 
United States
Style:
Maibock
ABV:
7.3%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.69 | pDev: 12.74%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
27
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 14, 2015
Added:
Nov 28, 2012
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  4
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Rated by Safa1 from California

3.5/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 1 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Smells fucking bad. Everything else is great. Strange. But great bottle?
Nov 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by AleHunter805 from California

May 31, 2015
 
Rated: 3.39 by BWood from California

May 09, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by shoegueuze from California

Mar 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by Jrockerboi from California

Oct 14, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by brianwongc from California

Oct 10, 2014
 
Rated: 4.12 by anthony-martinez from California

Sep 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by HCGS89 from California

Jul 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Rick778 from California

Jul 05, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by KimenTshom from California

Apr 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Swedgin from California

Mar 29, 2014
 
Rated: 4.75 by Feel_the_Darkness from Virginia

Mar 04, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by BigTrubble from North Carolina

Mar 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by MIrvine from California

Jan 15, 2014
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Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas

3.58/5  rDev -3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from bottle into a pint glass

Appearance – The beer pours a lightly hazed orange amber color with a huge head of a foamy and thick off white color. The head has a great level of retention, slowly fading over time to leave lots of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.

Smell – The aroma is strongest of a wheat and bready smell mixed with a bit of honey sweetness. Along with these aromas are some grainy smells as well as an aroma of hay and some grass. A very light lemon and yeasty smell are there as well, mixing with the rest to produce a somewhat odd and unbalanced aroma.

Taste – The taste begins with a smooth bready and somewhat sweeter taste with some flavors of lighter fruits and a bit of honey. The lighter fruits are heaviest of orange, but contain other tastes of pear and apricot as well. As the taste advances, some of the wheaty and grainy flavors begin coming to the tongue along with a little bit of a yeasty taste. As the taste advances even further toward the end, some of the grass, hay and lemon that were in the nose come to the tongue as well, with the flavors in the end, unlike the nose, leaving a smooth, somewhat sweet, wheaty and fruity flavor to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is average in terms of thickness and creaminess with a carbonation level that is a bit on the lower side. The body of the beer and lower carbonation are fantastic for the mix of wheat and fruit and make for a wonderfully drinkable and smooth beer.

Overall – Other than a somewhat odd and unbalanced nose, this was one fantastic and easy drinking brew. Very tasty.
Dec 15, 2013
 
Rated: 2.75 by westcoastbeerlvr from California

Nov 26, 2013
 
Rated: 4.75 by MadeInOregon from California

Oct 27, 2013
 
Rated: 4.5 by rojocorsa from California

Oct 12, 2013
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Reviewed by BeerAficionadoMCMXC from California

4.16/5  rDev +12.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
A- Nice golden color. Good head retention.
S- Almost like seaweed. It's got a little saltiness or something as well as a nice estery characteristic. Breadiness comes through as well.
T- Tastes like a clean bock with a little fruity spice finish.
M- Light bodied.
O-I'd say a nice helles with a touch of belgian character in the yeast. Coming from Gordon Biersch, I'd say one of their best beers.
Oct 02, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by HSGB1316 from California

Jul 28, 2013
Zwickel Bock from Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 27 ratings