 msante79 (782), Orland Hills, Illinois, USA
Jul 14, 2009 12oz bottle from Orland Park Binny’s single rack. Pours dark reddish brown with thick tan head. Aroma is sweet malt, caramel, and some citrus. Flavor is malty with caramel, chocolate, dark fruits and hint of citrus. Thick and chewy mouthfeel. Nice session beer to sit around a fire with.
hirigalzkar (550), Stockholm, Sweden
Jul 6, 2009 Bottle. Chocolate, coffee and other roasted tones dominates the aroma aswell as the taste. Both are accompanied by fresh american hops. This is a very porteresque beer.
ewestern (198), Ohio, USA
Jul 5, 2009 Pours dark amber with a good sized frothy tan head that leaves nice lacing. Sweet malt aroma, bread with a hint of cinnamon. Light bodied beer with a malt flavor and enough hops to compliment. Mild bitter coffee finish. Flavor and palate don’t quite live up to the appearance and aroma but a good beer nonetheless.
KyotoLefty (1371), Kyoto, Japan
Jul 4, 2009 Black with a tall tan head. Sweet dark malt aroma with strong liquorice, and some caramel. Ale-like fruitiness, with aromatic hops. Nice, though not at all a traditional bock aroma. Flavors of liquorice, burnt coffee, citrus hops. Rather like a hoppy porter. Ok, with enjoyable hops. Strange and different, though it got less enjoyable as I went on.
Ethereal (1500), London, Greater London, England
Jul 2, 2009 Bottle at a restaurant in Malmo, 19th May 09. Aroma of candy sugar and orange zest. Deep reddish tinted brown. Surprisingly light palate given the aroma. Sweet and malty on the tongue.
RichardW (237), Carlisle, Cumbria, England
Jun 29, 2009 Bottle, Rehills, Newcastle. A rich, spicy aroma and taste. Chocolatey taste reminiscent of their Porter, but without the long, lingering smack. The vineous aroma creeps in midway. Has plenty of fruit and hops, plus the distinguishing floral/grassy aromas their pale beers have. Truly an Anchor brew.
carruthm (1112), Seattle, Washington, USA
Jun 22, 2009 Bottle. Caramelly coffee chocolate aroma. Very roasty. Somewhat thin palate for a supposed bock. Mocha sweet flavor.
scrizzz (1251), kirkland, Washington, USA
Jun 14, 2009 Beautiful very dark brown with a shapely head that built and crowned over the rim of the glass and kept its retention between pours so the second pouring resulted in a kind of pyramid look to the head. Excellent. Clean chocolate aroma, Gritty texture to the roast, chewy but not quite thick. It strikes me as traditional from each angle but still captures me as unique as a whole. Maybe that’s because there aren’t many good west coast bocks. Great beer.
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