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Saranac Black Diamond Bock

Saranac Black Diamond Bock

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41
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A Dunkler Bock brewed by
Matt Brewing Company

Utica, New York USA

bottled
common

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882.97/5.02.97/5.0Winter6%34Dimpled mug, Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Saranac Black Diamond Bock is a rich, malty brew, made with traditional German malts and hops and fermented with a lager yeast. Aged for months for a rich but smooth malty taste. A nice reward for enduring your winter months.

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 Trooper11 (458), Suffolk, Virginia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/513/20

Jul 14, 2008  
Clear amber brew, lots of bubbles. Sour mash aroma with nutty notes. Nice alcohol burn to it immediately, deep. Flavor is sour walnuts. Dry nutty finish.

djrn (59), Hackettstown, New Jersey, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/511/20
Oct 26, 2008  
One of there better offerings but still nothing to brag about. Nice malt aroma and flavor. Needed to be bigger in every way.


 BeerHawk (801), Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Bottle from trade with Butters. Poured brown with a creamy off-white head that left light lacing. Aromas of milk chocolate, nut, and a light hop backing. The flavor has nuts, roasty malts, and a light hop undertone. Medium body that is sweet in the beginning and ends bitter.


 jimhilt (1461), Bow, New Hampshire, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 8, 2008  
Pours a three finger white head that fades slowly to a thin layer, leaving a good lace. Clear amber color. Light-medium carbonation and medium bodied. Malty nose. Flavor is semi sweet caramel with some late hop bitterness. $1.33 for a 12oz bottle from Manchester Wine and Liquors Manchester, CT.


 JPDIPSO (4335), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
Aug 30, 2008  
A copper color with a very ruddy complexion. Smaller, but stable creamy, beige head. Simple, sweet, toasted almonds and caramel scents. Mildly toasted malt, touch of vanilla, bits of apricot and earthy cherrywood in the flavors. Dry, somewhat woody finish and linger. Not much malt depth. This one help the myth of bocks being from the bottom/cleaning of the barrels.


 GeneralGao (2614), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Jul 21, 2008  
12oz bottle. Not much in the way of aroma other than some subdued sausage, stale cereal grain, and a hint of steeping barley. I also got an occasional whiff of cinnamon donut. Poured a clear amber color. The head was off white and reduced to a thin film after a minute or so. There was some lace on the glass at the end. Medium bodied and sweet with some dry fruit up front followed by corn sugar, toffee, and graham cracker flavors. Eh. So so.



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