Buckleys Dark Bock

Brewed by Yarra Flats Brewery
Style: Dunkler Bock
Healesville, Victoria, Australia

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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Very flat pour with minmal head. Sour unpleasant beer that did not improve with subsequent mouthfulls. As others have noted - tasted like infected homebrew. A terrible beer - so bad I could not finish it.

Bottle from brewery. Rich dark color. Minimal light brown head. Nice aroma. Very smooth, with tastes of coffee and chocolate. Overall decent beer, would try again.

From a 330ml bottle on 12/2/2010. I must say I’m rather confused by the poor reception this has received here so far, as this is definitely one of the most enjoyable dark beers I’ve tried to date. It has a lovely roasted caramel aroma, and flavour wise is bursting with pronounced malt chocolatey goodness. The sweetness is turned up rather high, but there is nice bitter kick which manages to keep it in line. One that I’d definitely be happy to go back to.

Bottle. Dark brown, 1cm of tight beige head. Laces pretty well. Aroma has sour cherries, caramel and sherry vinegar. Tastes sweet and sour - there’s chocolate and caramel and some sour cherry juice. Body is rich and creamy. Mildly astringent finish. Reminded me quite a bit of Mönchshof Kellar beer. Looking at others’ ratings, I either got a good bottle or this has been much improved upon by the brewer.

Bottle. Nice, just a bit too sweet for me. Aroma has chocolate, and also apple. Flavour is very sweet, but it has some pleasant sourness. Silky in the palate, and thin body. Dark brown colour, with a fizzy white head.

Bottle (330ml). I have to admit after the Buckley pilsner I was expecting very little from the bock, but I was pleasantly surprised. Poured a deep brown (virtually black) with a creamy light brown head which was mostly lasting. Aroma was pleasant and strong with roasted malts, dark chocolate, sweet caramelized dates, raisins and some prunes. Flavor was equally as good; with roasted malts, a mild bitterness, dark chocolate, raisins, sweet caramelized dates, tart blackberries and a smoky finish (mild). Medium to full bodied with soft carbonation, creamy mouthfeel and a good finish..

Flat tasting beer. Very uninteresting and continued through the glass. A very odd balance of malts in this bier, wouldn’t try again.

You know those B-movies that are so bad they’re quite good? Welcome to Buckley’s Dark Bock. As others have noted, this Australian dunkler bock has a sourness that hints at infection, yet it’s peculiarly drinkable. The beer was a teak colour with a shallow film of suds. Sugary-sweet aroma of strong Cola, musty attic, ginger and choc cherries. Strange mouthfeel - quite creamy initially but giving way to a nagging spritz that is totally off-style and reinforces the Cola analogy. Dry cocoa powder is swiftly overwhelmed by sugars in the mid-palate. Faint chocolate notes lead into souring dark fruits and a dry finish. A poor bock but somehow more than the sum of its parts. (330ml bottle from Dan Murphys, Kingsford)

Dark dark brown with a hard earned caramel coloured head that disappeared pretty quickly. Sour aroma with a touch of burnt toast and hints of bitter chocolate (the cheap stuff). More sour on tasting, like their Pilz, with some dry bitterness loitering. I got some cabbage on tasting too which was quite weird. Hard to believe this is out there on the shelves, because it just seems like someone’s homebrew. What are these guys doing?

Chilled 330ml bottle. Slight roasted malt on the nose, not much else I can detect. Pours a pretty much headless hazy surupy looking dark brown body. Bit of caramel in there followed by a more dominant sharp mocha flavour bring bitter and sour notes, nothing too offensive but a bit one-dimensional. Not a good bock regardless.