Shiner Bock

Brewed by Spoetzl Brewery (Gambrinus Company)
Style: American Dark Lager
Shiner, Texas USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

Poured from bottle, this is an "OK" brew if you are stuck at a corporate event where they only always seem to have Bud, Coors, Shiner, Corona, and Heiniken.

Pours a darker caramel color with very fine white head that quickly disappears. Aroma is only slightly better than BMC- a kind of stale bread/hay/grass with a very FAINT hint of caramel. Taste is nothing special- if you look for it you can find some sweetness but very little bitterness. Palate is like club soda- watery and fizzy. Has a nice crisp finish. Used to drink this one as a "superior" substitute to bud light in college; I find them eerily similar now with Shiner’s caramel sweetness barely putting it ahead.

Not a bock. And it isn’t near the quality of German bocks. More like a glorified american adjunct bock lager.

This is a can of busch dyed red/brown. Only sign of life is the faintest aroma of floralness...i mean faint. Flat and not interesting. Crisp carbonation. Weak in every other way.

12 oz bottle into lager glass. Pours a clear copper with a medium-sized white head. It falls in a couple of minutes, leaving a fine blanket and collar of foam. Aroma is very pale-lagerish. Smells faintly of grain and maybe...berries? Okay, a little better than a pale lager. Taste is sweet with a light tang; no bitterness. There’s some caramel flavor in here, but this is a pretty bland beer. Dry. Highly carbonated, creamy mouthfeel, light-bodied. A nice chugging beer, nothing more.

Bottle. A - Decent looking darker caramel color with an average sized, foamy, soapy, light, white head. Disappears pretty fast leaving a thin foamy lace. S - Metallic and lager yeast provide a lot of the aroma. Too faint and watered down with just the faint of caramel malt. Slight herbal and earthy aroma. Just too light. T - Two strongest flavors are caramel sweetness and metallic copperish flavors. Some toasted grain and bread flavors as well. Other flavors just get covered up by these. Sweet and metallic flavors are just too strong overall. M - Lighter body with average carbonation. Lighter, thin feel. D - Sure it is easy to drink, but I don’t really want to drink more. Decent beer to drink and if offered I would drink it, but I’m not really excited to grab one. Notes: Another Shiner beer that I was underwhelmed by. This one is just too heavy on sweet caramel and copper metallic flavors. Nothing that I would seek out or really want to drink. I wouldn’t turn one down, but I wouldn’t buy one again.

(bottle, 4/9/10). Clear dark amber color. Medium off white, fizzy head which is mostly diminishing. Very light malt aroma. Diluted/watered down malt flavor with very light caramel. Short duration. Thin texture. Soft to moderate carbonation. Spare lacing.

Amber pour with some caramel in the aroma and more metallic and hint of hops in the flavor. Watery finish.