Alcatraz Brickyard Bock

Formerly brewed at Alcatraz Brewing Company
Style: Heller Bock
Indianapolis, Indiana USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Stein

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amber, malty sweet, medium body, lightly carbonated. farily uninspired average bock. the quality of beer here reminded me of Rock Bottom which ironically is about a block away and even better RAM is directly across the street. how many mediocre brew pubs do we need within a a block of each other. the bar area did have a decent atmosphere though, but that doesnt get additional points here.

Sampler at Downtown Indy. Medium sized white head with fine-large sized bubbles that completely diminished. Fast rising carbonation, transparent and a yellow hue. Malty aroma. Lightly bitter, malt and hop flavor. Tingly mouthfeel. Medium bodied beer with fair lacing. Low rating due to the fact that this bock was not how a true bock beer should look and taste like.

The color of this bock was immediately observed to be different from other Bocks. Even a discussion with the staff resulted in an agreement that this was different and not to style. It was too light colored. It had a medium sized head of finely sized foamy white colored mostly lasting bubbles that left behind a fair lacing, The body was carbonated transparent and orange in color. It had a mild malt citrus aroma and a tingly smooth hoppy slightly astringent mouth feel It had a very mild Bock like flavor if any thing at all like a Bock. It was not per the typical German style or color but did have a notable alcohol content!