Gluek Honey Bock

Formerly brewed at Cold Spring Brewery
Style: Dunkler Bock
Cold Spring, Minnesota USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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I am a big fan of tubing down the river in DL MN. Got to have a beer in the can. Glueks provides a very cheap, mostly drinkable beer, but MUST drink as fresh as possible, skunks easily and quickly.

You know, I have to say, like some other Gluek stuff, this really isn’t too bad for the price!

This beer was good from the perspective that it exceeded my expectations from a cost-to-value perspective. I picked it up on a lark because it was soooo cheap at Discount Liquor. I expected a pale economy lager all other budget beers I can think of. What I got was something that actually seemed a bit bock-like. The bad news? It was not a bock I liked! Truer to style than other budget beers might be, but still not really worth buying or drinking, no matter the price. It was dark brown but brilliant and sparkling, with a fine white head. I started to think that maybe this cheap beer wouldn’t be so bad...price isn’t everything after all. Aroma was diacetyl, metal, and some caramel. Flavor was not good...malted milk ball graininess with some sourness that I really don’t think was supposed to be there. Pretty awful. Mouthfeel was thin. Most of this went down the drain. I would not recommend this beer. I have several more in the fridge awaiting their eventual disposal, which will not be via mine (nor anyone else’s) stomach. I bought this at Discount Liquor in Milwaukee.

Not good. Had a strange off flavor that was almost sour, with sweetness and alcohol. I guess from the honey? Blech. The good news is that because of the higher alcohol content it takes fewer beers to make you not notice the fact that it tastes bad. I gave it a bump for being cheap.

Served via 12-oz can during the Winterfest 2008 in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Pours a clear light amber brew with a thin white head that quickly dissipates to a thin white ring. Aroma of light caramel malt, some grassy hops, a touch of honey and some light pear. Taste is light to medium bodied, well-carbonated with flavors of light caramel malt, some grassy hops, green vegetables and honey. Finish is slightly watery, some caramel malt aftertaste that quickly becomes clean cut and crisp. A summer session brew.

I was slightly to moderately impressed by this beer. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t actually like it a lot, but it was made by Gluek and it tasted ok; that’s what impressed me. It basically tasted like a lager with a little bit of honey added that somewhat hid the alcohol and went down fairly smooth. Under no circumstance would I buy the beer but..........I suppose I wouldn’t turn one down if there was nothing else to drink.

One of the best Glueks I have ever tasted, That isn’t saying much but is very drinkable

Canned. Light brown body with a white head. The aroma has some The aroma is weirdly sweet with canned peaches and dandelions. Very sweet flavored cheap strawberry candy with some hint of nasty cheap candy bar nuget. There is also a little bit of band aid. It gets worse as you drink more.

Horrible, just awfull. Most Glue beers are low end, but the redeming part is usually the fact that they are rarely offensive- just cheap and flavorless. Well the honey bock is surely not tasteless. The overall flavour is one of malted garbage. Bought a case and ended up trashing 23 beers. That is rare.

Holy crap this is bad. This almost tastes like an imitation of beer. Pour was a nice deep amber but no head. Aroma was good...caramel and malt. Taste was malty and caramelly but also metallic and band-aidy. Somewhat watery and unpleasant. Blah.