Leinenkugels 1888 Bock

Brewed by Leinenkugel Brewing Company (MillerCoors)
Style: Dunkler Bock
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin USA

Pours a deep purple with a very thin white head. It has a faint aroma of malt and wet dog. The taste is of fairly standard, bland malt without any real hops. Overall, a pretty mediocre beer, but definitely drinkable.

Dark amber. Slight malty aroma. Flavor is that of malt. Almost no hop prescence. Pretty weak for a Bock.

The 1888 Bock was new beer added to the Food Lion shelves. the dark amber beer poured with a nice head and aroma. Not much special. More malt than hops. I did not taste the citrus. Good finish.

1888 was an inoffensive but uneventful year if this beer is to be believed. Color is crystal clear copper brown. Head is white, of small bubbles and dissipates quickly, leaving only a few splotches of lace. The best part of this beer is the nose, which is malty, mildly chocolaty w/ some spicy cinnamon notes in the background. Flavor is kind of a let down, dry and bland w/ too much carbonation. I am not sure I would call this a bock. It is too low gravity, lacks malt presence and the hop character is all wrong. Actually, there is almost no hop character at all, which is probably a good thing since this uses the cat-pee accented cluster hop according to its description. There is no reason to say this is bad except there’s no reason to say it’s good.

Bottle. Well it’s an ok beer. Taste was slightly malty, watery and not any hops. Didn’t really taste the citrus as in the description. Aroma was slightly roasted grain and some earthy notes. Color a medium amber color. Might drink again but would not reach for it first.

From a bottle poured brown with a fair amount of head. Mild malty flavor with a lingering finish.

Light amber pour. LIght aroma with just a hint of toasted malt in it. Weak flavor with a little bitty bit of toasted malt, a somewhat skanky sourness to the finish, and slight metallic flavors lingering in the after taste. Not much to the palate. Not much here at all.

12 ounce bottle thanks to Rick at Brewforia. Pours a light amber color with a medium white head. A sweet toasted nose. A decent flavor; caramel, light sweet malts, toasted and banana esters. OK.