Gordon Biersch Winter Bock

Brewed by Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
Style: Doppelbock
San Jose, California USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Stem glass

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The best American beer I had during my internship. sweet, full flavour, good to import it to Germany!

Dopple bocks have often been called "liquid bread" and that is a very apt descriptor. These beers are rich, delicious, sweet malty and warming brews. Gordon Bierch pays tribute to this tradition, and their version is true to their German inspiration. Gordon Biersch WinterBock pours to a beautiful, deep brown, almost black color with a creamy tan head, and a moderate amount of carbonation. The nose on this beer is wonderful, with very deep toasty and sweet malty aromas. The palate is rich and delicious with more sweet malt, toasty, and nutty flavors. The mouth feel is very full and slick on the tongue as it slides down the throat. This beer finishes with more wonderful big sweet malty and toasty flavors, and ends with a soothing, warming, alcohol burn. This is a very impressive example of German dopple bock, from a brewpub chain that specializes in German beer styles. I tried a number of dopple bocks on a recent trip to Germany, and this beer fairs well against the Bavarian classics. I have found the DC location of Gordon Biersch to be doing an outstanding job, and I have never had a beer here that I have not been impressed with.

Hearty and robust, high ABV and a nice hop bite, well balnced with the malts makes this a Winter favorite. As a lover of bocks, it’s good to see one for the long cold Winter’s here in Phoenix? Ha Ha, eat your heart out Detroit!

Gordon Biersch Brewery & Restaurant Washington--Winterbock-& ABV. Nice head with lace. Rich bronze red color. Smooth mildly spicy holiday front. Rich very smooth lightly roasted sweet fruit spice body. Clean malty finish with light spice notes. Balanced clean smooth rich brew. (4.5 / 5.0) On Tap--Sampled 12/26/2000. Gordon Biersch Brewing Company--WinterBock Dark Double Bock Lager--2005 Release--12 oz. Bottle. 7.50% ABV--34 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Doppelbock? Rich lacy head. Clear dark ruby red color. Malt spice mild hop front. Sweet thick malty toasted toffee black cherry fruity lager smooth body. Lingering malty mild hot hop spice end. Rich. Sampled 2/20/2006. Gordon Biersch Brewing Company --WinterBock Dark Double Bock Lager--2006 Release--12 oz. Bottle. 7.50% ABV--24 IBU’s. (4.25 / 5.0) Doppelbock. Mild lace head. Clear dark ruby red color. Tangy malt spice mild fruit hop front. Creamy sweet smooth toasted black cherry toffee malty body. Tangy malt spice mild EtOH hop end. Rich & Tasty. Sampled 5/16/2007.

On tap at Gordon Biersh at Terminal D of the Washington Dulles Airport. I was expecting the Blond Bock, but got the Winter instead. This is probably much more in line with my taste. Clear ambar colur, with a small tan head; nice malty sweet aroma; and even nicer malty sweet flavour. Balanced aftertaste. With afour hour layover, I will have another.

Poured into a wide mouth glass. Aroma was great, chocolatey, and roasty. Flavor was similar. This was what a winter bock should taste like, enjoyable. Palate was full bodied, and finished long and slightly dry, slightly oily.

A perfect classic interpretation of the German original. Pours chestnut brown with a frothy beige head. Aroma is thick with dark malts. A hint of cocoa brings earthiness to the forefront. Thick and syrupy on the palate. Alcohol warming is present, but no fusel or hotness is detectable. While hops are not detectable in the aroma, there is a moderately bitter character in the finish that just barely pulls it from an overwhelmingly sweet precipice.

200th rater. 12oz bottled on 9/27/11 consumed today. Pours with a medium sized head. Color is dark brown, too dark to see through. Aroma is slightly sweet and non-sugary caramel. The munich malt is nicely present and accented by some residual sugars but definitely not too much. Earthy, dry yet sweet. Flavor has a great clean lager with munich-caramel sweetness yet low on residual sugars. Finishes nicely dry and a hint of German hops. Leaves a long dry slightly bitter aftertaste. Just a very well made doppelbock, shockingly well made.

Sweet, malty and warming, served with a hearty head.

Wonderful surprise, stopped in San Fran and had to have a GB. This is a very good bock, wonderful color and a very warming brew. Just right for a damp evening in the city by the bay.