Roggenbock
King River Brewing
- From:
- King River Brewing
- Australia
- Style:
- Roggenbier
- ABV:
- 7.7%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 19, 2025
- Added:
- Jul 19, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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This is a "bock" version of a Roggenbier, thus Roggenbock. Fermented using classic Munich yeast we normally use in our wheat beers and a wonderful layering of spiciness from rye, clove and banana from the ferment.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by AzfromOz from Australia
3.98/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
This was purchased at Chas Cole Cellarbrations in May 2025 and drunk in July that year. When I put the beer in the fridge at home, I noticed it was already six weeks beyond its best-by date...
L: Hazy, thick-looking copper brown in the glass with a thin, cream-coloured head. The trails of slow-moving bubbles rising up the glass add to the impression of thickness.
S: The nose is creamy toffee, mild spices, fallen and overripe fruit, and some minerality.
T: The taste is toffee, molasses, overripe orchard fruit, rye spiciness, alcoholic warmth and earthy spices. The finish is long and sweet, and the aftertaste further evokes fallen fruit. There's the warmth in the throat and chest upon swallowing that any good bock will provide, and the alcohol, which is clearly present, provides a nice counterpoint to the fruity and peppery sweetness of the malt and hop bill.
M: The body of the beer feels as thick as it looked, almost as though there's a touch of gelatin in the finished beer. Carbonation and carbonic prickle are low.
O: At 2.7 standard drinks and with the alcohol clearly present, there's no chance of this beer sneaking up on you. It's loud and proud in its combined rye and bock heritage, and has done a good job of honouring both. Considering this was three months past its best-by when I drank it, it's held up very well.
Cheers!
#723
Jul 19, 2025L: Hazy, thick-looking copper brown in the glass with a thin, cream-coloured head. The trails of slow-moving bubbles rising up the glass add to the impression of thickness.
S: The nose is creamy toffee, mild spices, fallen and overripe fruit, and some minerality.
T: The taste is toffee, molasses, overripe orchard fruit, rye spiciness, alcoholic warmth and earthy spices. The finish is long and sweet, and the aftertaste further evokes fallen fruit. There's the warmth in the throat and chest upon swallowing that any good bock will provide, and the alcohol, which is clearly present, provides a nice counterpoint to the fruity and peppery sweetness of the malt and hop bill.
M: The body of the beer feels as thick as it looked, almost as though there's a touch of gelatin in the finished beer. Carbonation and carbonic prickle are low.
O: At 2.7 standard drinks and with the alcohol clearly present, there's no chance of this beer sneaking up on you. It's loud and proud in its combined rye and bock heritage, and has done a good job of honouring both. Considering this was three months past its best-by when I drank it, it's held up very well.
Cheers!
#723
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