Huber Bock Beer
Minhas Craft Brewery


- From:
- Minhas Craft Brewery
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Bock
Ranked #139 - ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 74
Ranked #38,680 - Avg:
- 3.19 | pDev: 18.18%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 71
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 19, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 30, 2002
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 12
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Reviewed by PJRobertz from Illinois
3.48/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
12 oz. bottle pours a clear brown with red edges and a small light tan head without much lacing. Aroma has light chocolate, roasted malts, and some nuts. Taste is sweet caramel with a bit of dark fruits but a slightly bitter finish. Body is medium without much carbonation. Easily drinkable. This was my go-to daily beer in the late 1980s and still one I seek out when I want something inexpensive with its own personality and some substance. It is still my hands-down favorite from the old brewery formerly known as Joseph Huber.
Mar 19, 2025Reviewed by Mdog from Minnesota
2.95/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.95/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Appearance: Clear amber, good head.
Smell: Caramel, bit of cardboard.
Taste: Mildly sweet to start, then toasted bread, mild caramel. A bit of sugary note. Kind of fizzy mouthfeel. Finishes with more caramel sweetness.
Overall: Picked up a single at the Minhas brewery. Not too bad, decent toast/caramel flavor. Kind of a weird mouthfeel but no strange aftertaste. Worth a try but there are better tasting bocks out there.
Mar 16, 2025Smell: Caramel, bit of cardboard.
Taste: Mildly sweet to start, then toasted bread, mild caramel. A bit of sugary note. Kind of fizzy mouthfeel. Finishes with more caramel sweetness.
Overall: Picked up a single at the Minhas brewery. Not too bad, decent toast/caramel flavor. Kind of a weird mouthfeel but no strange aftertaste. Worth a try but there are better tasting bocks out there.
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
2.33/5 rDev -27%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.33/5 rDev -27%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
This was a beer that 5 quarters would get you at the local dive bar. A quarter was worth 5 nickels, which in those days had bumblebees on them. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Anyway, this beer distinctly tasted of feet. It was terrible, and that's about it. No finesse, no style, just fizzy regret in a glass. Appropriate only when you were short on cash but long on quarters, and could scrape together enough for one last beer.
May 16, 2022Reviewed by Allen_Bishop
5/5 rDev +56.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +56.7%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Why drink anything less than 5. I been drinking this beer since I was a kid. It is better than most porters and the cost makes it an easy choice.
Not bitter. No burned malt. I hate burned malt.
Sep 09, 2021Not bitter. No burned malt. I hate burned malt.
Reviewed by cheeseheadinMinneapolis from Wisconsin
3.71/5 rDev +16.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev +16.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
taste: chocolate, a little caramel, brown sugar, Toasted bread (a toasty roasty type). Smooth and sweet. Odd finish but it could be a year old bottling too?????
feel is not bad, not all that thin for cheap 5.5% beer
I have had this beer many times in the past, don't see it around as much as you used too. 3.64/5
May 23, 2021feel is not bad, not all that thin for cheap 5.5% beer
I have had this beer many times in the past, don't see it around as much as you used too. 3.64/5
Reviewed by RolandDart from Missouri
3.9/5 rDev +22.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.9/5 rDev +22.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
One of my favorite beers. I had just begun experimenting with bock beers when I came upon this. Back then it $5.60 for a case of 24 with a $2.40 deposit on the bottles.
Oct 26, 2020Reviewed by cyclonece09 from Wisconsin
3.65/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. Pours darker red, almost black, with a small off white head that dissipates quickly. Smells of darker grain, with nice sweet fruit notes. Tastes of sweet grain and slight fruit. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a good beer.
Sep 30, 2020Reviewed by Steve555 from Wales
2.83/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.83/5 rDev -11.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Dark brown body, slight half finger white head. Aroma of caramel malts and sugar. Taste is sweet malt dominated,burnt sugar, very little bitterness. Mouthfeel is very sweet, slightly sour. Too sweet for my tastes and not what I expect in a bock
Jul 09, 2020Reviewed by beerguy04 from Illinois
3.36/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.36/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Pours a reddish brown color with a little white head. Smell is of faint bread. The taste is on the malty side, with very little hops. Mouthfeel, is nice and refreshing, and easy to drink. Overall, was great for a summer day.
Jun 28, 2020Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
3.41/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.41/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
I got a 12pck of this beer whilst in La Cross after dropping my daughter off for college. It poured a dark rich amber with thin off white head that is not leaving any lace. The scent had caramel malt base with sharp hop highlight. The taste was a bit rough but is smoothing as I drink more. There is a sweet malt base with roasted corn sharp hop finish. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it's an ok beer.
Sep 07, 2019Reviewed by JohnnyLaw from Wisconsin
3.78/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.78/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Very good brew, outstanding price ($9.29 a 12 pack at Woodman's in Oak Creek Wisconsin 8/2018). Nice bit of bitter but great finish with "medium" body (doesn't feel heavy in the gut). Now the beer nerds aint gonna like this one, the branding and label are plain and don't have the candy colors that thbe 'kids' like, nor the lame dork name.,,,seriously as you walk through the beer aisle you see the shitty marketing to trap you.
Sep 01, 2018Reviewed by Deluge_Driver from Indiana
3.97/5 rDev +24.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev +24.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I am a fan of bock beers and this one was a treat. Very smooth with a great coffee flavor that holds well. the lace when poured had great color and when held to the light , had a dark red hue. I am glad I did not pass on this one. looking it up I find its not really a craft beer but has been around for some time. Its a win.
Nov 29, 2017Reviewed by dacrza1 from New Jersey
2.46/5 rDev -22.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
2.46/5 rDev -22.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
DATE: February 17, 2017... OCCASION: Friday relaxing with Shan... GLASSWARE: Celebrator doppelbock pokal... pours a velvet-black body... the head folds to a thin ring of off-white cream... light roasted, punchy malts evoke chocolate and dry fruit... the body is reasonable, untextured, soft at the start and flourishing at the finish.... a beer that sips like it would be fine straight from the body, but could be okay treated in glass... grape, raisin, bitter malts, cereal grains and caramel--a toned-down 40 oz. to some degree, but less harsh...easy-drinking, lively, and weightier than the average lager, but not a bock in the power profile... not familiar with Huber, but having found this one through a mix-twelve, I am no worse for wear...
Feb 18, 2017
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