Michelob AmberBock

Brewed by Anheuser-Busch InBev
Style: American Dark Lager
St. Louis, Missouri USA

YES on tap in Jackpot. This baby was FREE well kinda. Pours out a amber topped with a off white head. Aroma and tast of malt. WOW another failed brew from Busch. Way to go.

Bottle. Leave it to a macro to call this beer a Dark beer. Pours reddish brown. The color is about the only feature of this beer that I would classify as "dark". Certainly not a bock.

Every once in a while you need to take a chance on a macro to see if they have made any imrovements. From a bottle, this was actually better than I expected. Dark, with some nose of roasted malts, and an actual head. Little lacing however. Mouthfeel is clean and crisp, and flavor is a little sweet, but not too bad. Finish average. This might be the best things AB brews, at least of those I have dared.

While this is an above average macro, that really doesn’t say much. Hell, you’d think bowling with your friends at work would make this taste better but unfortunately...no. A nutty taste that was rather sweet which wasn’t all that bad. Definitely NOT a bock, but more akin to a dark lager. If given a pitcher of this somewhere with nothing else to choose from, you could do a lot worse.

This genuinely is not a bad beer. Pours a dark golden copper with red highlights and fair tan head. Not much aroma at all. Smells corny and a bit grainy, but not offensive. Tasted of toasted malt and a bit nutty. Medium bodied with a sweet finish. I would certainly drink this again.

Pours a reddish brown color with a medium white head. The aroma is malty and fairly sweet. The taste is mostly some caramel malts, light toasted flavors, smooth and easy going. A clean flavor that suits drinking more than a couple. Not a bad beer in any way. Inoffensive.

bottle. bock, huh? sure. This is a pretty nice shade of red, though I can see right through it. The head disappears just as soon as it forms. I’m picking up quite a bit of corn in the aroma. Weird that a BMC product would smell like that. There’s some far-off flat hops in the aroma as well. There’s less corn in the flavor, at least. It’s predominantly a biting acidity like salty seltzer water then a bit of thin malt which doesn’t do enough to cover it. This "rich, roasted taste" is more like charred microwave popcorn. hm. I’ve certainly had better beers in my day.

Bottle. Well I’m not a fan of Michelob and I’m not of fan of this beer. Had it about 4 times on occasion and have never liked it. Too rich a taste that is not balanced out as well as it could be.