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Left Hand Rye Bock

Left Hand Rye Bock - Dunkler Bock

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A Dunkler Bock brewed by
Left Hand Brewing Co.

Longmont, Colorado USA

bottled
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on tap
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2043.57/5.03.55/5.0Special7.7%96.7Dimpled mug, Snifter P  Stats

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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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 jhumphries69 (656), Tyrone, Georgia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20

Oct 3, 2007  
Corked & Caged 750ml bottle. Pours a deep and murky, orangey-brown with a thick, rocky, speckled, light tan head. The aroma has a grainy rye flavor that also has notes of chocolate and sweet, sweet malts. There is also a hint of yeast and alcohol in the aroma along with a very subtle note of spice and smoke. The flavor starts very malty, bready, and reminiscent of a chocolate-covered Reisen (caramel chew). There is a touch of rye, spicy noble hops, and lager yeast, too. By the middle of the tongue, the chocolate is accompanied by soft fruit and toffee. The sting of the carbonation on the middle of the tongue pleasantly collaborates with noble hop flavors to balance the malts. Another sniff reveals stronger notes of fruit in the aroma now. The finish is a well-conducted symphony of chocolate and malt, spicy noble hop bitterness, yeast, and alcohol. Despite the sweet flavor and body, the finish is dry with a unobtrusive, lingering impression of cocoa powder mixed in club soda. The mouthfeel is quite thoroughly bubbly and deceptively light. In some ways you can sense the gravity in the beer’s body, but swishing it in your mouth releases enough carbonation to make it feel light and airy. The beer feels quite dry, too - particularly at the back of the tongue and on the sides. Burps bring back some of the fruit and malt. Overall, a pretty fine beer!

 Pawola22 (509), Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
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.


 Papsoe (12906), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/513/20
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


 lb4lb (1950), Austin, Texas, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/54/103/58/20
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.


 ThomasE (5179), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
May 15, 2009  
Light hazy deep amber colour with a beige head. Caramel, alcohol and fruity sweet aroma with a light buttery note. Malty, caramel sweet flavor with notes of fruit and nuts. Light alcohol sweet finish.


 curly (412), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
May 10, 2009  
Dark brown amber with some haze, tan head. Citrus spice and butterscotch aroma. Taste is caramel, creamy and smooth.


 Acknud (737), Morganfield, Kentucky, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/55/104/510/20
May 10, 2009  
Pours a dark amber. Heavy aroma of molasses, caramel and sweet malt. Taste is too sweet for me with a cloying malty aftertaste.


 ScottyP (140), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
May 3, 2009  
Butters Big Blowout - Pours a hazy dark red. Roasted malt, caramel, some fruit. Taste is similar, although rye finally shows up to the party. Sweetness. Medium bodied. Really enjoyed this beer.


 MmmcKay (107), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
May 3, 2009  
Butters’ cellar blow out tasting. Drank as Tabernash Brewery series bottling. Brown, red on color. Opaque as well. Malty fun beer. Like it. Its not stellar, but a damn good drink. probably could drink only one at a bar though.



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