Split Rock Bock
Lake Superior Brewing Company

Good initial malty (biscuity) aroma. Pours a coca cola brown. Reasonable foamy head. Taste is low hopped and no real sweet lingering taste. Very good bite with minimal aftertaste. Not as rich as a doppelbock. A really good bock that could be improved a little by making it slightly sweeter. I will drink again (assuming I can find it).

 

 

 

 

 

One of the two bottles purchased was flat. Secondon proved lacking across the board. Overly sweet, low aroma and highly muted flavors.

 

 

 

 

Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a tall pint glass.

Appearance: Pours a deep blackish brown with a moderate amount of bubbles. About one finger of light tan head that fades into a thin creamy layer. Leaves a lot of lacing around the glass.

Smell: A bready and roasty malt forward aroma with good hints of chocolate and caramel. Upfront toasted malts with bready hints of biscuit, toast, grains, chocolate, coffee, caramel, nuts, and yeast. Also some hints of smoked malt and brown sugar sweetness. Light earthy hop presence. A solid toasty aroma.

Taste: Like the aroma hints at, a bready and roasty malt driven taste with notes of biscuit, chocolate, and caramel. Toasted malts with upfront bready notes of biscuit, toasted bread, grains, chocolate, caramel, coffee, nuts, yeast, and some smoked malt. Sweet notes of brown sugar. Subtle background notes of earthy hops. A solid dark bock taste.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with a moderate level of carbonation. Creamy, smooth, and fairly drying on the finish.

Overall: A pretty solid take on a bock. Good dark toasty malt notes with a nice smooth dryness.

 

 

 

A- Deep red-brown with a nice one finger cream head that lasts well.
S- The aroma is quite mild, too much so, with sweet caramel being about all I can pull out.
T- More flavor than the nose indicated. Caramel, with a bit of cocoa, and dark bread dough.
M- The body was disappointing. Light, almost foamy consistancy. Not in the the rich hearty bock tradition. Flavor, oddly enough, lingers in the mouth though.
O- An average bock. It has flavor, but it needs some more body to it for me to think of it as more than an average bock.

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A very nice bock, I see from past reviews this beer can be iffy, but for me it was a winner!

Cola brown pour, clear, with a bubbly ivory head and condensed into a foamy mass of toppings.

Intrigued with the smoky hints in the aroma, firm malt backbone. And yep, the smokiness is there in the quaff, very nice – along with a toasted malt kick, woody and resinous.

Smooth drinking and full bodied, I could go for a full sixer of these critters.

12oz brown bottle

Split Rock Bock was a red-brown color with good clarity. It had a short beige head with decent retention and a little lacing. The aroma was sweet malt and fruity. The taste was about the same with a dry finish. It was medium bodied with good carbonation. Drinkability was good. It's a pretty good bock.

A - Almost completely opaque, held to light it's a deep red. Head is an offwhite that fades to a film. Lacing

S - Light roast coffee, green grapes, odd sourness.

T - Watered down cold coffee, mild sweetness with a tinge of hops.

D - I bought a six pack of this beer when it first came out this year and it tasted almost nothing like what I have in front of me.

Negative points for inconsistency (common with Lake Superior Brewing Co)

Originally reviewed February 6, 2005. 12 Oz Bottle. Soy-like malty aroma. Deep chocolately amber color. Thin head, whitish. Light carbonation. Fresh tobacco tones. Very creamy, but lacks depth or stength. Finishes nutty and smooth. Smacks of avocado and mellow fruits.