3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours deep dark amber with a 2 finger creamy light tan head that leaves very nice lacing. The nose is caramel, light chocolate and dark fruits. The taste is caramel malt, light spice, a touch of ashy cocoa, tobacco and some hops in the finish. Medium mouthfeel. Decent Bock. I like how the hops cut some of the sweetness out that is usually associated with the style
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 ounce bottle poured into a pint glass. Pours clear burgundy with a fluffy tan head. Aroma is caramel with an earthiness (hops?) and that classic, immediately-identifiable Anchor breadiness. Flavor is very mellow with a nice bready sweetness, caramel, molasses, earth, creamy light mousse, and red fruits. Lots of notes here, body is thin but not watery enough to dilute the nice flavor profile. This has a lot more going on than other ubiquitous bocks (I’m looking at you SN Glissade and Shiner). Liked it quite a bit.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Poured a darker amber, brownish color with a nice two finger creamy white head. Aroma was cereal, fruits, and malts. Flavor was brown sugar, molasses, and malts. Not a bad beer. Very good actually. A great spring beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Pours a deep cloudy dark brown body with a ruby hue and a big frothy tan head with little retention. Really interesting, complex aroma of herbs and spices, plums, syrupy, cloves, cough medicine. I kinda like it but don’t really understand. Flavor has some sweet caramel, raisin, licorice. Medium bodied, somewhat lively, tingly mouthfeel. There is a bit of a dishsoap background. Overall really enjoyable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
~Carmel and biscuit malts in aroma, some raisin.
~Pours a dark clear reddish black brown with small brown head.
~Raisin, malty flavor, some bitterness, but not hoppy, good flavor, residual sweetness.
~med body, med CO2, sweet balanced finish.
~Great bock. Very enjoyable. Maybe my favorite bock.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 oz bottle. Pours brown with off white head. A very nice malty, bready beer with some caramel and a little nuttiness. Enjoyable and could definitely drink more than one.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. This has been in the cellar for about a year, though I had no real intention of aging it. It’s a beautiful black brown with a thick, robust tan head. Looks wonderful. Aroma of smoke, raisin, molasses, pine, grassy hops. Mouthfeel is full and slick. Flavour is bready with lots of fruit, especially grape and raisin with chocolate, smoke, and lightly bitter hops in the finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown with a creamy tan head. Caramel chocolate and mild banana aroma and taste with a nice creamy palate.
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