John Sleeman Presents Bock

Brewed by Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. (Sapporo)
Style: Dunkler Bock
Guelph, Canada

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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341ml bottle pours a light amber color with a small white head that settles to leave some thin spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma is light caramel with some light roasted grains and mild herbal hops. Taste is light caramel malty sweetness with some light toasted bitterness and mild hoppy bitterness in the finish. Definitely not a true bock beer and caters to the masses. Easy to drink and somewhat refreshing.

Nice to see that Sapporo continued with the new beers from Sleeman’s old book of recipes. Third one in the installment and not expecting a heavy tasting bock, but more refreshing. Pours an amber-orange colour with a big creamy off-white head that stays a while and leaves great patchy lacing. Big caramel aroma with some Euro malts and bread. Lively carbonation with a medium-light body. The taste is pretty mild though, with the same found in the scent and a little metallic hop in the finish that creates a bit of bitterness, but so mild overall. Like my expectations, a nice different beer for such a brewer, but made for the mass market that wants it refreshing. Great with food !

Bouteille 341 ml. 6%. Gouté il y a quelques années. Dans une caisse de 12 mixpack. Couleur brune, arôme de malt grillé et assez douce en bouche. Bonne.

A reddish amber bock with a thick creamy moka head. Aroma of sweet caramel, cinnamon, and light signs of oxidation. In mouth, a nice sweet cinnamon malt with light maderation, actually making the beer taste a bit more interesting, lightly oily mouthfeel, medium bodied. Not bad, bottle 9 months old from Probstk.

Clear bottle, 341 ml, 2009, gift from Karl Probst received on December 12 2009, savoured on May 18 2010; eye: copper, clear, minimal effervescence, beige head that turns rapidly into a tiny ring, slight lacing; nose: malt, caramel, light acridness; mouth: malt, caramel, light pepper, light unpleasant acridness, finale in malt with lots of caramel, medium body, average carbonation, rather sweet, sticky texture; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille transparente, 341 ml, cadeau de Karl Probst reçu le 12 décembre 2009, savourée le 18 mai 2010; œil : cuivrée, claire, effervescence minime, mousse beige qui se transforme rapidement en un petit anneau, très légère dentelle; nez : malt, caramel, légère âcreté; bouche : malt, caramel, léger poivre, légère âcreté déplaisante, finale en malt avec beaucoup de caramel, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, plutôt sucrée, texture collante; en résumé : ordinaire

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. The look is clear, no head, and golden in color. The smell is very weak, caramel, grains, and malts. The taste is caramel, sweet, malts, and grainy.

(341ml bottle) Pours a clear copper body with a small white head. Aroma of caramel, grass, and grain. Flavor of caramel malt, toasted grain, and grass.

Bottle [12oz] shared with jerc & mabel -- c/o GregClow. Pours a clear orange-amber with an average size somewhat-lasting foamy white head. Aroma: Meh, mediocre to poor Oktoberfest-smelling with lots of buttery caramel malt. Malty flavour, a bit buttery, lightly toasted. Average bodied. Poor stuff.

Bottle. Clear copper with a medium creamy off-white head showing average to good retention. Aroma is malt, caramel, bread and malt. Taste is malt, caramel and a tiny bit of hops. Thin body.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Clear orange pour with small soapy white head. Aroma is skunk, copper, toffee. Flavor is copper, toffee, caramel.