3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle, bottled first week Feb. Medium beige head atop murky brown body. Aroma is moderately sweet, toffee, caramel, cookie dough, prune, some berry. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel/toffee, some prune/raisin, herbal. Medium body, low carbonation.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle: Deep, blood red pour with a thick head that settles into a nice ring that leaves moderate lacing. The nose is big with a real malt forwardness. Heavy notes of french bread, sugary chocolate, dark toffee and fresh prunes. Although lagerish on the tongue, the malt presence offers the complexity needed in the body to take this one to the next level. Fruity esthers mix with equally fruity notes from the dark malts on first sip. Golden raisins, ripe apples and plum notes to more specific. Caramel and chocolate notes lie beneath to continue to build on the tongue. Finishes dry and quick, with a whisp of rindy bittnerness that leaves me wanting more. A fine example.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pleasantly surprised once again by Lakefront’s beer. Not incredible, but better than the average bock. Lots of sweet malts in there but definitely not overly malted. Very nice.
2.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Deep brown tone with a thin tan head. Light hoppy aroma. Light malty taste with a mild citrus flavor and a bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle: Poured a light brown color with a small head. The aroma was roasted malt. The flavor was good, sweet malts, very easy drinking. Overall, a good beer.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
This bottled brew from Indianapolis, IN poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized tan colored quickly diminishing bubbles that left behind a fair lacing and a transparent very softly carbonated caramel brown colored body. The aroma was of sweet caramel and brown malts. It was tingly from start to finish and very crisp. The flavor contained notes of sweet caramel malts and was only mildly like other bocks I’ve had.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours a color more like an amber. Small that that went away quickly with no lacing at all. Malty aroma with a hint of molasses or brown sugar. Taste is more of the same. Nothing too special here but drinkable.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Very small tan head that fully lasted, splotchy amounts of lacing, transparent, carbonation observed, and a reddish orange hue. The aroma was malt, caramel, sweet, and some breadiness. Ditto for the flavor. Slightly tingly mouthfeel and mediuim bodied. Quaffable, very easy to drink, did not get any roasty aroma or flavor, nothing truly special given the style, better to be had of this style, and a beer that is easy to forget IMO.
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