Aufsesser Bock Bier

Brewed by Brauereigasthof Rothenbach (Aufsesser Brauerei)
Style: Dunkler Bock
Aufsess, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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Bottle. Clear amber / red color with a small none lacing white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, earth., notes of alcohol. Initial flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter, finish flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic.

Bottled (from bierkompass.de). Amber colour, mediumsized beige head, that leaves some lace. Aroma is chocolate, some toasted notes as well as dark fruits and caramel malts. Flavour is chocolate, some toasted notes, caramel malts and also quite bittery. Really pleasantly balanced bockbier.

Swing top bottle 500ml (BZ, BB 07/2012)
Deep amber-ruby color, good beige head. Chocolaty, malty aroma .. kind of similar than in some artifical chocolate beers. Medium-bodied. Chocolate/cocoa and caramel, coffee in malty flavor. Weak late hoppyness. Interesting different bock but flavors are a bit unbalanced althought it has very robust malt profile.

It’s beautiful mahogany-red with a creamy, golden head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, dark syrup, fruit, cocoa and light oranges. The sweet flavour has notes of licorice, fruit, oranges, dark syrup, cocoa, and the finish is dry and slightly bitter. It’s remarkably well-balanced, perhaps the best bock we have tasted.

Swing top bottle. Dark brown color. Cacao, chocolate, toffee and malt in the aroma. Malty sweet flavor with dark chocolate and toffee. So thick you can almost chew on this beer. Low on carbon. Hint of laurel in the aftertaste. I just love this bock!

(swing-top-bottle) Clear, amber to copper colour with a rather short but also persistent and slowly lacing off-white foam. Sweet and chewy toast-malty aroma, with caramel, melanoidinic molasses and notes of herbal hops and a faint alcohol. Sweet flavour, full bodied with a mellow mouthfeel. Aromatic, well attenuated slightly roasted malt-character, nutty and minimal-fruity with herbal notes coming along early. Malty, sweet-bitter finish with distinctive herbal hoppy and well-integrated alcoholic notes. Superb, world-class Bock.

Flip-top bottle (from Landbierdealer) : Clear, amber coloured, small and stable white head; complex nose: sweet caramelly maltiness and a resinous hoppy touch; medium bodied, well hidden alcohol, robust bitter-sweet flavour; soft MF, low carbonation; lasting bitter-aromatic, sweetish-toasted-malty, nearly a bit fruity finish with a lingering hoppiness in the aftertaste. Very well rounded and balanced Bock, extremely well quaffable. A splendid time is guarenteed for all......

Etwas wässriger Start, verhalten malzig werdend, im Mittelteil etwas alkoholisch. Das Bier bleibt weiter wässrig und ist nur wenig würzig, auch der im Abgang auftretende Röstmalzton kann nur gering gegensteuern. Test vom 25.1.2008, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 11,7,8,10,7,8 - 8,40

Beautiful red-orange-amber colour; with yellowish, fast gone head. Earthy, chocolate, caramle, esters & some kind of heavy, dark & syrupy liqueur, ending in freshly kilned malt. Very good nose! Taste is again very earthy, leafy, lightly burned - at the edge of smoked - like very hotly, unsalted peanuts. A bitterish, more liquid version of Malay peanut sateh-sauce. A bit of sesam and chestnut cream mash flavours mixed in. No trace of the oversweet bready mold we’re used to; much more to the bitter side: part hops, but more roasted. Medium bodied, slightly silky texture, neither thick nor watery. Slightl burning MF. Superb example of Bockbier - great, Sebastian! Only one remark: either this is not a Heller Bock, or I’m getting colourblind...

Any first impressions?
-A ring of head circles the clear orange-brown.
-Earthy caramel, cranberry and baccate fruitiness, and bean-like bock maltiness make up a sweet, confident aroma.
-Smoked nuts are laid out on wet earth, as fruity sweetness almost uses some oxidation to its advantage.
-The silky mouthfeel is never heavy, yet showcases a round maltiness to satisfy most malt heads I’m sure.

What if you dig deeper?
-A trail of smoke is even perceived in the aroma.
-Grass blades offer flavor and bitterness in the back.
-A classic dunkel bock, well-crafted and flavorful, which must be a fine, fine product when released.

Bottle; best before May ’06.