MtStateBeer (74), Hurricane, West Virginia, USA
Nov 7, 2009 12 oz. bottle. Pours a red-orange color with a small fizzy off-white head. Aroma is sweet, caramel malts, molasses, and fruits. Flavor is caramel malts, fruits, and citrus hops. Mouthfeel is somewhat dry, bitter, medium bodied. Decent and drinkable beer, but not a bock.
 Crafty07 (391), Florence, Kentucky, USA
Aug 30, 2009 dark apricot cloudy pour with almost non-existent head and no lacing, this strong winter warmer is not as good as it should be or as bad as it seems to be at times.
fruity, strong malty taste and not the best finish. it’s best service seems to be keep one warm at night with its 7.5% abv
TheBeerOrg (1563), Kentucky, USA
Aug 11, 2009 Pours amber with a fully receding tan head. Notes of thick caramel, bready malt, plums and some spicy phenols which are a bit undesirable for this beer. Medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation. Not bad, but the lager fermentation seems a bit unclean.
drowland (1360), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Aug 6, 2009 12oz bottle into a pint glass. Pours ruby with a nice big head. The aroma is slightly sour with dashes of malt and metal. The flavor is notably sour and slightly rotten tasting with a dash of malt and alcohol. The palate is creamy but still high carbonation.
patrick767 (2016), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
Aug 1, 2009 bottle - Pours hazy auburn with a very small head. It smells of sour grapes. Uh oh. It tastes of sour grapes and maybe a little malt. It’s quite thin, too. This beer is infected. There is no way they gave it this strong sour fruit flavor on purpose. From the commercial description: "a traditional bock flavor profile". Not even close. Judging by the numerous ratings here that mention obvious sour or tart fruit notes, it’s often infected, so I’m going to go ahead and enter my rating. Drain pour. Beware!
SynergyXJ (506), Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Jul 21, 2009 Bottle, #489. Maroon pour with small head. Weird aroma and flavor, a bit mediciny. Not a good bock, pretty disappointing.
MOboy (446), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Jul 18, 2009 Russet brown with poor foam retention. The aroma is a mixture of a sour brown and melted candy. Ugh. The flavor is reminiscent of HFCS grape juice. Double Ugh. This is a terrible exampe of a bock.
Bigsilky (322), Charleston, USA
Jul 12, 2009 Some sweet toffee on the nose is quickly overrun by Iron and sour cherries. Not sure if this is oxidized? Old brewing equipment? Crumby water? Wet rust and sour fruit seem to dominate the palate as well. The body is not bad, leaving a film of forced hop on the back end. Take this rating with a grain of salt, I may have a bad bottle.
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