Left Hand Rye Bock

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Brewed by Left Hand Brewing Co.
Style: Dunkler Bock
Longmont, Colorado USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

bottled
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on tap
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RATINGS: 232 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.52 SEASONAL: Special EST. CALORIES: 231 ABV: 7.7%

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Thanks for purchasing another offering in our Big Mo' Series. Our Rye Bock is a pleasant departure from traditional bocks and rye beers. The use of malted rye in beer finds its origins in Bavaria. We here at Left Hand use a bottom fermenting lager yeast, paired with a hop profile of classic German bocks. Our Rye Bock gets a wonderful tangy spiciness from the rye, accompanied by dried cherry aromas in the nose. It is a beer of great flavor with a long, savory finish. The image of a goat has traditionally been the symbol of bock beers. It was customary to feed goats rye to make them potent in the spring. We love the marriage of these two ideas. Will our Rye Bock exacerbate your spring fever? Maybe not, but trying out old folklores never tasted so good.

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3.1

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20

bierkoning (7777) - La Tropica, NETHERLANDS - JUL 24, 2009

Corked bottle @ RBESG Grand Tasting 2009. 2008 vintage. Orange color. Rye bread in the aroma and flavor. Sweet with some lemon notes. A bit too onedimensional to be really impressive.

3.5

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20

Borresteijn (2596) - Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS - JUL 23, 2009

RBESG Sheffield 2009 Grand Tasting at the Harlequin. Hazy dark amber colour, big head. Aroma of ryebread, malts, bread. Flavour is sweet, rye, malty, caramel, light bitter finish. Medium bodied. Good stuff.

3.6

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

Headbanger (2072) - Aurora, Illinois, USA - JUL 15, 2009

750ml bottle 7/15/09 (Binny’s Naperville)-Pours a hazy dark amber body with a huge of white head. Aroma of rye, malt, caramel, and fruit. Taste of the same with some sweetness and toffee on the back end. This medium brewed beer is not bad fairly well balanced and tasty.

3.5

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

DocLock (5776) - Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA - JUL 14, 2009

Pours turbid brown with 1-finger off-white head. Nose is rye and caramel malt, sour mashy fruit. Tastes caramel malty, with pronounced rye notes, some hops, brown sugar, nuts. Comes off as a British bitter with more caramel and hops and rye.

3.2

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

fonefan (23599) - VestJylland, DENMARK - JUL 10, 2009

Bottle 75cl. @ Papsoes blindtasting. [ Bottle #8. ]
Unclear medium amber color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, dusty, rye, rye bread, light to moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090612]

3.1

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

Pawola22 (1993) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - JUL 3, 2009

On tap at the Flying Saucer in KC. Pours a cloudy, mahogany colored body with a thick and dense, two-finger width, light tan head that dissipates slowly and leaves a nice, thick and foamy lacing. Aroma is mild with some sweet, grainy malts and rye bread. Some soft spices and chocolates, dark fruits, and a light toasty caramel. Similar flavor. Sweet caramels and a light rye breadiness. Some dark fruits and prunes, chocolate, toasted toffee, and a light hop bitterness. Finishes sweet with a light spice, somewhat dry and moderately sweet and spiced bread aftertaste. Medium to full body. Overall, not bad at all, just not very exciting. Soft spicing and moderately sweet malts make this somewhat enjoyable.

3.1

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20

Papsoe (21782) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - JUN 14, 2009

Bottle 75 cl. Pours an almost clear amber with a creamy off-white head. Sweetish aroma of roasted malt and pumpernickel. Medium body, a little low in carbonation, sweetish roasted malt and pumpernickel. Hardly any bitterness in the finish. 120609

2.4

AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20

lb4lb (2021) - Austin, Texas, USA - MAY 16, 2009

Man, this stuff is overrated. Pours hazy, brownish to rieddish with short lived head. Smell is grainy cereal. Taste is sweet and not much of any rye present. Lots of malty cereal character. Medium body. Ugh..Very sweet, and a drain pour.

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