Online Tasting: Bocks (April 23-25, 2021)

That’s the largest bottle of Celebrator that I’ve ever seen!

 

Sorry....no picture. I do not have an appropriate glass for this style. I am drinking Aventinus Weizenbock (Tap 6). Pours a deep amber/brown with a frothy and thick mocha colored head. Aroma is bready malt, banana and clove. These combine to produce a candied fruit like smell. Flavors follow the nose; bready malt, sweet banana, clove and a bit of spice. Full bodied with moderate to high carbonation, very creamy and soft. What a fantastic beer. The alcohol is well hidden. Great balance and dangerously easy to drink. I wish I had purchased more than one. I had forgotten how much I like this style. This is my favorite so far.

 

More Einbecker Maibock goodness. Reviewed yesterday in this thread, if anyone cares. It's damn good though.

 

It's back!.. It's BOCK!!

BOCKAMOLA!! BOCKAROLLA!! BOCKNIFICIENT!! BOCK ME!!

uh... don't read too much into that last statement...

BOCKAFRAGILSTICADRINKTHATTHING kind of weekend.

Up to second bock for the weekend. very good choice I pulled here. Going back to notes I actually reviewed this on tap.. so I am having out of the bottle for a very cool comparison.



Our hero's old review from 13 years ago on tap click me

Well I gotta say, controlling this out of the bottle and she is still a fine looker indeed that's still for sure. But the aroma on this is far more superior than what I had on tap at the time. Fantastic deep fruity raisin notes and mixed brown bread touching caramel, almost cherry sensing fruit quality. Woah where was this last time!

Palate very much like my other review, probably even better, there's even touches of chocolate milk and coffee, along with this creamy vanilla and toffee and nuts. Woah.

I would score this higher than my on tap review I had, sadly I am going to drink this in 5 seconds it feels like.

Cheers!

 

Don't let it go to you're head.

 

Realized I had one can left from Carton’s Floresinator, so I figured I’d join this weekend’s bock tasting. This beer is in no way a traditional but I know Augie Carton likes to brew some offbeat beers. As you can read on the can, they swapped out hops for coffee beans, which makes it more of a coffee beer.

First thing I notice is that the beer is almost dark enough to be a stout, but looking closer it’s brown.

Aroma is of fresh coffee beans.

Taste is very coffee forward, with a definite sweetness.

Very smooth and somewhat thick mouthfeel.

Overall, for a doppelbock it’s not my favorite but for a coffee beer in general, it’s very tasty!

Cheers!

 

No need to apologize... I was just jerking your chain in good fun!

 

We're fortunate to have such a fine purveyor of German-style beer as Ramstein so close to home. I believe this is the first year they have canned the Maibock and it's really nice. It pours a clear, honey-amber color with one finger of milk-white head and lacing. It smells of bready malt, banana, clove, floral hops, and a whiff of toffee. The taste is sweeter than the smell with lots of bready malt, toffee,, and a hint of honey. It finishes dry, smooth, and slightly bitter. It's fairly light in body with pleasant carbonation, and it is very drinkable with a manageable ABV of 7%. This is my second pack this year and maybe not the last.

I've revised my rating of 2017.

4.19/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

 

Finished with Lowe's, the grocery, transplanting plants, and removing storm doors & windows.

Time to settle back with Kozlak; a Bock from Polish brewery Browar Amber.
The label says

They don't need to keep it a secret

There is a good beer hiding behind the sugar.
Kozlak is sweet. The aroma is a faint molasses and the taste follows. Molasses, caramel, Russian rye bread, in fact, it almost begs for a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

 

Another from the locals, this time from Nightshift Brewing,
A tip from Beer Mike at Coopers Corner in Florence MA.
This offering is full on the palate, sweet while avoiding the edge.
Superb dry finish
Cheers

Pisces Season

Bock - Doppelbock | 8.3% ABV

Night Shift Brewing
Everett, Massachusetts

3.96/5 rDev -0.5% | Average: 3.98
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Poured from a 16 oz can dated 2/15/2021 into the test mug.
A - Dark copper, mahagony color, a bit murky, Thin off white cap is quick to exit. There are pluming colunms of carbonation feeing the perimeter.
S - Caramel, brown sugar, pumpernickle dough, slight hint of fruity esters. Earthy hops add a nice touch
T - Brown bread, a bit of dark fruit, raisan, fig, the slightest hints of tobacco and molasses.
M - Medium to hefty on the palate, borders on oily for a lager, The sweet start moves to center in short order. The finish is sudden and quite dry. Linger is like a hard root beer ball but Dopplebock instead. I like it
O - A solid nod the the classics. Hefty and rich, with a nice dry finish.
I will be getting a few more before the season is up

 

Let's hope they can learn to coexist . The Swedish Old Ox brand was launched in 1957 by Mariestads bryggeri (today owned by a different Swedish brewery)

 

Finally joining the action! Starting with this maibock from Festbier, IMO one of the best if not the best lager brewer in NYC (Brooklyn).
ABV 6%. Pours a slightly hazy, pale amber/gold, topped with a pillowy, 2-finger, bright white head, which leaves substantial lacing as the liquid dwindles. My good-for-nothing nose is picking up little beyond a subtle whiff of bread dough. My tongue has more to work with though. A very enjoyable mélange of sweet bread dough, a hint of honey, mildly grassy hop bitterness and a tiny bite of white pepper. A moderately drying finish. Really nice. Complementing a ham and munster on pumpernickel nicely.

 

And that is a sweet looking glass you have there!

Cheers!

 

Well what better beer for post number 100 than a Celebrator. My first time sampling this classic. I have read a lot of reviews here over the last few days. I really don't think I can add anything. Sometimes the less said the better. This one is a keeper. Cheers everyone!!

 

I hope this was meant to be a parody of your usual, um, florid written review style. If so, well done! If not...