Berghoff Red Bock Winter Ale

Berghoff Brewery Inc.
Brewed at Minhas Craft Brewery
Style: Dunkler Bock
Mequon, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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Date: 08/19/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker Tasting

clear dark amber, fine dense beige head, streaks of drippy lace, sweet dark caramel malt aroma, rich caramel malt flavor, touch of fruity character, hint of tartness, mild sweet finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

Pours a transparent dark amber copper with a clingy-lacing thin off-white head. Aroma of dry, toasty grain and some German lager yeast. Body starts lightly caramely and sweet with some toasty malt and mild bitterness. Decently balanced but not all that full-bodied.

Bottle. Lightly sweet barley malt aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Sweet caramel malt flavor. Nice clean lager but not really any typical bock characteristics.

The further this brand-line gets from its origins in Chicago, the crappier the beers get.
Other folk who remember the restaurant’s fresh beers of days gone will agree with me.
This thing has a good look, a rich amber body, albeit with a modest white head. The aroma is very sweet caramel with a liberal dousing of mineral water. Only the flat dullness of the flavor keeps the suggested sweetness from the nose from getting cloying. An all-around dippy excuse for a bock.

Bottle, just said ’winter ale’ on the label. Light oxidized roasted and fruity aroma. Dark brown, offwhite layer. Fullbodied, light oily mouthfeel - quite a bit residual sweetness, nutty, roast, herbal hop balance - not entirely harmonious IMO.

Picked up two 12-oz bottles via Berghoff Sampler Pack at Steve’s Liquor & More in Madison, Wisconsin. Pours a clear dark amber brew with a fast dissolving off-white head. Aroma of dark roasted caramel malt with some flowery hops and fruity character. Taste is medium body, light carbonation, with a fruity caramel flavor. Finish is light malty with a quick lasting fruity aftertaste.

Hmmm... had this awhile back and wasn’t impressed, but I’m usually not by Berghoff. Confusing name, thin, weak, etc.

Copper color with a small lid of beige bubbles. Very faint aromas of lightly toasted and caramel malt. Light sweet dark caramel, with a touch of roasted malt and vanilla. Very much a macro-bock. Quite spritzy in feel. Boring and a bit less than I had hoped.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a medium sized head of foamy fine to medium sized off-white colored bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a transparent typically carbonated brown colored body. The aroma was malty and musty. The crisp and clean mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The mild flavor contained notes of malt hops and brown malt. A decent one but not one that I would consider buying again.

Courtesy of Skyview. Clear brown color with a thin head. Sweet malt and caramel aroma, although a little metallic. An oddly astringent malt taste up front. It mellows out into a very dusty grain flavor, a bit of toasted and chocolate malt coming along.