Genesee Spring Bock
Genesee Brewing Co.

Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a clear deep amber-brown color with a one finger height head of just off-white foam. The head fades rather fast leaving a light level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is strong of a lightly toasted bready smell mixed with notes of wood and nut, along with some sweeter smells of caramel and toffee. Along with these smells comes some light notes of apple and a bit of must.
Taste – The taste begins with a lightly roasted and toasted bready flavor paired with some tastes of apple, caramel, and pear. The sweet is fairly light, but very much subdued in comparison to the malty flavors. Other flavors of a light earth and nut are there as well, both growing slightly stronger as the taste advances. All the while the other sweet flavors fade a tad, being replaced by some toffee, and with a note of hay and must, one is left with a toasty and rather easy natured taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body is middle of the road on carbonation and on thickness.
Overall – Not an exceptional brew, but with a 12 pack only costing $10.49 this is quite a good bang for your buck.

Pours a brownish copper color with a finger of head. The nose is pretty bland except for some fake caramel. The flavor profile also has the same fake caramel. The finish is sweet, maybe too sweet. As for the body, it's definitely not hearty enough for the style.

Genesee Spring Bock has a medium, off-white head and a clear, bubbly, copper appearance. The aroma is of bread crust. The flavor is similar, with low bitterness and moderate sweetness. A touch of metallic is detected. Genesee Spring Bock has a medium body and a dry finish.

RJT

Had one of these at a backyard cookout. Pours like a dark cola, with beige head. Malty, caramel aroma and nutty flavor. Easy to drink. A solid brew for a change of pace.

Very nice darker beer. Beautiful amber color Not hoppy at all, slightly sweet. Definitely a European-style beer. Fantastic value at $10 a 12-pack in Northern NY.

Can:
The first I had from the six-pack, I quite liked. On the second, I am noticing a few things I either missed or ignored. Nice, clear medium to dark amber with a nice head. The nose and taste do have a toasted malt flavor to them, with some brown sugar dusted crusted bread. I seemed focused on this before, but on the taste I am now getting a little more fruitiness and an extra refined sugar-like sweetness. It's not strong, but does detract slightly from the more bread-like malt notes I am getting. The nose has held up to previous scrutiny better than the taste save for the mineral /metallic note that is more up front than in the taste. A little light and maybe just a tad flat, but pretty easy drinking with flavors a little more interesting than a pale lager.

Hello fellow beer drinkers. I look forward every year for the release of Genny Spring Bock! This beer taste great for a relatively light beer at 5.2%. Super smooth, very flavorful and less than $20 a case! Give it a try I think you will be pleasantly surprised!

Pours a dark amber. Light foam. Light malt aroma. Nutty malt body. Finishes clean. Easy drinking. I could drink these fast and often.

Bought a 12 pack of this the day it dropped at my beverage center for $11.49.

L: Absolutely looks the part. Clear, deep copper color with a 2 finger off-white head that dissipates quickly into a thin eggshell cap. Delicate, yet sparing lacing.

S: Sweet malt, subtle fruit and a little grass on the nose. Mild, yet pleasing.

T: The taste follows the nose with some additional complexity. Sweet malt, mild roasted nuts, subtle toffee, spices and grassy, earthy hops. The mild bitterness in the hops rounds the beer out nicely. Finishes clean.

F: Medium-full bodied, with a crispness that keeps you craving more. Carbonation is spot on with this one.

O: This is a good beer. Factor in the fact that this was purchased at less than $1 a beer in 2023 and you have a real winner! It isn't the best bock I've ever had, but it's certainly the best spring beer at this price point and I will be picking up more!

*EDIT* This beer is absolutely fantastic to use for beer poking. If you don't know what that is, do a quick search. It brings out the sweet malt flavors a bit more without overdoing it.

 

The price of Genesee seasonals is what counts. None of them are exceptional, but ALL of them are enjoyable. $10 for a 12 pack of these is one of the best deals I've ever seen locally. It's malty, a little sweet. Very enjoyable brew that I would find hard to get tired of

Genesee Brewing Co. "Genesee Spring Bock"
12 fl. oz. can. Production coding is illegible.
$2.33 @ Wegmans, King of Prussia, PA

Notes via stream of consciousness: A crystal clear deep copper colored body with orange and gold highlights is topped by a short head of off-white foam that unfortunately drops rather quickly. In the nose it's malty, a bit sugary, and subtly fruity. The flavor follows with some additional character. It's got a combination of both golden and reddish caramel, some nuttiness, a touch of toffee, and floral, spicy, and grassy hops. A moderate bitterness balances it and along with the spiciness it finishes mainly dry with some lightly sweet caramel, a soft nuttiness, and floral and spicy hops lingering gently. In the mouth it's medium bodied and gently crisp with a very fine-bubbled, seemingly natural carbonation. I'm actually surprised at how good this is. It's not a classic of the style but it is very nicely balanced and rounded, and quite tasty. At just 5.2% ABV you could drink a lot of these but I think it would probably start to become a little cloying after two, and certainly after three.
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12oz can into a pint glass. Coding no help in determining exact age, but a Spring release so maybe 7 months or so.

Mixed look. Beautiful crystal clear amber red body. Small off white head disappears quite quickly, no lacing.

Basic sweet and malty aroma.

Taste follows the nose. A little sticky.

Mouth just about medium, it does feel quite lively in the mouth. No bad aftertaste.

Overall, clean, harmless tasting beer. Wouldn't say no to another, but might to a third.

Pours a dark copper with one finger of foam. Smell is malts and grass with a little sweetness. Taste follows. Light fizz…a little watery. Not bad but not a very robust bock.

12 oz can, poured into a pint glass at 40 degrees F.

L: Your standard caramel-colored bock beer, with a fairly thin head that has decent retention.

S: Crystal malt abounds, bready and sweet, with a tinge of grass and flowers.

T: See the notes about the nose, nearly verbatim.

F: Bordering on light for a bock, with mild liveliness to the carbonation.

O: I grab at least one 12 pack of this every year. On occasion I can find it priced at roughly $0.50 a can. For the price point, this is a beauty of a bock.

 

Tight bubbled head of three fingers initially. It slowly dissipates over the tasting leaving some minor streaks and spots on the glass. The liquid is copper-amber and is crystal clear.

Plenty of crystal malt to the smell. Lots of caramel. Semisweet with just a touch of floral hop in the background.

The beer matches expectations with a full round malty flavor. The body is full. Surprisingly, it isn't as sweet as many Bocks. The hop is nearly imperceptible. There's a hint of alcohol. Short aftertaste of mild toast and lightly sweetened caramel.

I have fond memories of this beer from when I was in graduate school. This was one of the first non-macros I tried. I always felt the picture of the can was an example of very poor marketing. Even though the goat is associated with this beer and the yellow daisy-like asterisks most likely represent spring, I remember thinking this beer would never be taken seriously. For a Bock, it isn't really that bad. I imagine a blind tasting would give this beer far better scores.