Plum Bock
Boxcar Brew Works

Plum Bock from Boxcar Brew Works. Picked up a crowler at the brewery. Received 10/23/20. Reviewed 10/27/20. About $ 10/32 oz crowler (% 0.3125/oz).
Stored at home at 42 degrees and served at 45 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 55 degrees.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Deep amber (SRM 15), clear.
Body – Ruby brown (SRM 24), slight haze. When held to direct light, translucent with marked ruby.
Head – None – Twist top crowler which didn’t seal.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 3.75 –Toasted grain and weak stone fruit, no hops, no yeast.
Flavor – 4 – Starts slightly sweet with plum and weak toasted malt, ends just bitter enough to notice. No hops, no yeast. No alcohol (7 % ABV as marked on board) taste or aroma. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl.
Palate – 4 – Medium, almost syrupy, flat.
Final impression and summation: 4 There should be more plum-based beers made. Bock doesn’t seem to be the best style for this fruit, perhaps better suited for the porter-stout spectrum. I’ll update this review after having this on tap fresh, if they ever make it again.