2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20Bottle. Dark reddish brown with a beige hea..... hey, where did it go? Faint aromas of refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough being sniffed through a tiny hole in the tube. Sweet nutty doughy flavor, as expected. No hops, thin body, dry finish, easy to drink but doesn’t taste like much. Another pseudo bock that doesn’t do to much, but will be popular because it goes down like water and looks like a decent beer. Oh well.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 ounce bottle poured a clear amber color with aromas of roast, caramel, and some hops, Flavors follow suit, roast and caramel are the main focus, light bitterness in the aftertaste.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Backlog rating 1-10-2009 (Bottle) Label says 5.2% ABV. This beer pours a medium sized tan semi-fizzy head with poor retention, transparent body, visible carbonation, one ring of lacing, and an orange hue with a red tint. The Aroma is malty, caramel, hoppy and roasty. The Taste mimics the Aroma. The Palate is tingly and this is a light-medium bodied beer. Overall, this beer is quaffable, but not true to style.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
This spring seasonal beer is fairly dark in color as is normal with bock beers and has a fairly inviting smell. It does come with a rather strong bitter taste. Not quite to the point that an IPA does but still bitter. Not the best bock beer on the market but for a local Wisconsin $6/6pack it certainly is worth a try.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tap. Red color with thick white head. Sweet caramel, roasty aroma. Tastes of roasted malts with a little sweetness. Light bitter finish. Below average carbonation. Decent bock.
2.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark brown color, nice head. Not alot for the nose to use. It seems slightly watered down. If it were slightly thicker or deeper in taste it would be a hands down fave. It is seasonal so i definitely recommend grabbing a sixer when its out.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
12 oz bottle. Pours copper in color. Taste is kinda of bland with a slight hint of caramel. A fairly weak Bock.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Poured a mahogony color with medium dissipating head. Aroma some caramel malt. Light sweetness, light bitter, some roasted malt flaovrs. A tad watered down. Pretty smooth.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
12 oz. bottle from mix 12 pack. Clear brown in color no much retention. Light caramel malt in nose not much else. Flavor is mildly sweet. Real mild. Caramel, biscuit and just a hint of hops. Texture is lightly creamy. Well over all; not real bad. One of the better brews in the 12 pack, whatever that is saying. Bit bland and forgettable.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Aroma is yeast and malt. Pours a clear copper with a nice white head. Taste is sweet and grainy.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
Originally reviewed: 1/27/09. Poured into a pilsner glass with a bright tawny/ruby color with a huge white frothy head. Smells malty and bready. Seriously, smells like I just stepped into a bakery.
Right away the beer feels very slick and wet. Of course this doesn’t hinder the drinkability, but I don’t care for how thin it feels. The flavor on this one is pretty bland at best. I can taste the sweet malt, but nothing is crisp or dominant. The best part of this beer though, is the aftertaste. For what it lacks in up-front flavor, it makes up for in aftertaste. My mouth is full of bready flavors, like I just ate some of my mom’s fresh-baked pumperknickel. For this I could drink one of these after the other.
A little disappointing, but hints of this beer were promising. Leinie’s needs to tweak this one just a bit more. I’ll definitely drink this again.
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