3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at Tyler’s in Durham, NC. Poured a clear copper color. Head was thin and off white. Aroma was of light brown sugar. Delicately sweet on the tongue with malty toffee, subdued brown sugar, and a hint of chocolate brownie and assorted fruits. I also detected a bit of caramel in the finish. There was a detracting hint of adhesive tape in the aroma and flavor, but overall this was a decent beer.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
pours a copper, with mild white head, not bad for a bock, has the caramel presence and the malt presence, some sweet tones hidden as well. a good try
Earlier Rating: 8/8/2007 Total Score: 3.2
tasted at brewery. pours a brown copper almost amber with mild head. light malty, refreshing, and pretty good.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Date: 04/05/2003
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Athens
dark amber, dry lightly hopped malt aroma, rich malt flavor, touch of sweetness, nice bitterness in a quick finish
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Score: **4
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The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
on tap @HopfestNC-pours a big creamy retaining light tan head and copper color. Aroma is doughy malt. Taste is doughy medium malt, yeasty, faint hops.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On draught at Speakeasy. Pours a brownish amber with no head at all. No lacing either. Nose is full of malts and berries. Flavor is full of a nutty maltiness, more berries (blackberry, raspberry especially), a little caramel. The german malt profiles are very different and interesting. Nothing amazing, but pretty good.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sample at Tyler’s, Durham. Rusty color with minimal head, this has some very floral characteristics to start with bready malts at the back. Nice and chewy, a bit of caramel. Not bad but probably nothing I’d seek out again.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at Fishmongers in Durham, NC. Dark reddish brown color with a thin white head. Some cherry and caramel hints on top of a grainy aroma. There’s a little bit of chocolate malt and caramel taste in this one. Some apple juice.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Helen’s Bock is named for an Ashevill,e NC bridge. Pours a ruddy golden amber with a dense head of ecru. Fruity aromatics with plenty of stone fruit and sweet caramel squares. Flavors are solid with a dense feel, smooth and malty and fruity. Enjoyable mouthfeel, and a drinkability that makes it easy to slide down the gullet.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
pours a brown color with a malty yet sweet flavor. aftertaste is not that bitter and really not that great of a brew overall
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
brown and kind of sweet. a little thick for a regular bock, but it does work. bocks are something that i dont really understand, because usually they just taste like beer. dopplebocks are way more complex, but i dont understand the point in a bock. ah well, it was still a drinkable beer. sampled at brewgrass 04 on draught.
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