2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Brown with a good head. Doesn’t feel like there’s a lot of hops going on, but I’m at least getting a taste of it unlike the other brown ales and bocks I’ve had recently.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Amber pour with a thin white head. Sweet caramel aroma, flavor is a little grainy. Not great but a nice change of pace.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Aroma is very grainy, almost bordering on gritty. The flavor is similar to the aroma, with the grittiness coming out more. Similar to an American Oktoberfest, not bad really except for the grittiness.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
I bought a single bottle of this from Binny’s Beverage Depot in Plainfield, IL for $1.69 in Late 2011.
Pours a golden amber color with a moderate off-white head. Scent is floral and wheaty. The taste is flavorful with a great blend of slightly bitter hops, sweet malts, and floral/hibiscus tones. Drinks smooth and is quite refreshing. My first Abita beer and I plan on drinking many more!
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Abita makes another solid beer that is crisp and clean with little lingering. The Bock has solid flavor without being overpowering.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Sampled from a bottle at a tasting. Poured a darkish amber. Aroma was sweet, grain, some malt. Flavor was a drop off: too much skunky cereal, too little crisp malt character. I like bocks, but this was not to my liking.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Poured from a 12oz. bottle into a Allagash flute.
The color is clear gold with a thin wisp of white head that was gone too fast. No lacing left on the glass.
The smell is grainy with some malt aroma that is muted a bit. There is a bit of a caramel aroma that is detectable but light in the nose.
The taste is more sweetness that is hitting upfront and sliding down into a small bitter flavor that is light and not too hoppy in flavor. There is a bit of a bready flavor that is throughout most of this beer but hides off and on.
The feel of this beer is crisp with a light drinkable feel. There is a smoothness that has a nice welcoming feel and goes down easy.
2.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Pours light orange with a small fine head. Aromas of sweetness and old/rotten grain. Taste same as the aroma with a funky aftertaste. Not good, even for a heller bock.
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