 jhumphries69 (714), Tyrone, Georgia, USA
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!
17thfloor (1402), Chicago, Illinois, USA
Nov 3, 2009 2007 750ml botte opened October 09. Pours a near clear viscous slightly red brown with a nice frothy off-white foamy froth. Aroma has some funk, leather, brown sugar. Flavor of leather, brown sugar, a bit funky, some infection. Medium bodied, fairly chewy.
thebeertourist (2750), Oslo, Norway
Oct 8, 2009 2008 bottle. Dark red-brown with a creamy tan head. Spicy and bready rye aroma together with raisins and hints of cellar. Solid nutty and bready flavours and dry throughout. Noticeable alcohol. Quite fizzy, full body. A great bock.
drjay44 (756), Salida, Colorado, USA
Oct 7, 2009 750 ml. bottle. Vintage 2007. Flowed up and out of the bottle upon opening, the over flow was cleverly caught in a bowl. After the exuberant overflow, the head settled into a thin layer, with minimal lacing, over a slightly cloudy, coppery, (SRM 16) body....nose leads with caramel, toffee malts, followed by gentle dried fruit (cherry, raisin), then rye bread....taste is light sweet malts to start, then light dried fruit, followed by rye bread tones, and a final lingering harsh bitterness....mouth feel is medium, carbonation high even after the initial burst. This is not nearly as layered, complex or flavorful as anticipated. Perhaps the bottle was past its prime, alas.
harrisoni (6703), Ashford, Kent, England
Oct 4, 2009 Bottle at RBESG 09 Sheffield. Hazy chestnut colour with lasting beige head. Soy sauce on aroma and malty in mouth. Bit mouldy in fact. Really not that good.
cgarvieuk (4159), Edinburgh, Scotland
Aug 24, 2009 Bottle @ RBESG Grand Tasting 2009... hazy brown ... sweet rye toffee nose... rich toffee sweet malt ... malt extract ... rich soft and smooth ... lots of honey.
Magicdave6 (5383), London, Greater London, England
Jul 30, 2009 Bottle at the RBESG09 Grand tasting, sheffield. Alround rating: Big grainy sweet brown bready malt character, theres not much hop character in there. Im not into bocks.
shigadeyo (2210), Harrison, Ohio, USA
Jul 30, 2009
2007 Bottle Conditioned
12/18/2008: Left Hand Rye Bock Lager has a rich honey-amber color. There are tides of tiny carbonation bubbles that create a large, dense, khaki-colored head on the top with stiff peaks that depsoits puffy lacing on the glass. The aroma includes sugary toasted malts that are slightly roasty and a definite rye characteristic. This beer smells very inviting and has a great presentation for a rye beer. Flavors include caramel sweetness, tasted malts, dry tangy rye in the middle, and a dry roasted rye flavor with spice and coffee in the finish. This beer is very balanced and complex and has aged just right (I wouldn’t want to hold onto it much longer). It has a medium-full body and a very good mouthfeel. This is an excellent beer thatn completely passes my expectations!
1 Pint, 9.36 fl. oz. corked and caged bottle (Alc. By Vol. 7.7%) from Jungle Jim’s International Market in Fairfield, Ohio. Rating #211 for this beer.
thewolf (5621), Kolding, Denmark
Jul 30, 2009 [RBESG, Sheffield]
Grand Tasting @ The Harlequin, Sheffield.
Pours hazy amber with a big, creamy, off-white head. Aroma is pure rye bread with that sour-bread tartness to it. Medium carbonation, fine dry mouthfeel. Flavour is much better and more complex than the aroma. Some honey, rye, sweetness, nuts and lightly vinious. Okay.
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