moelikebeer (219), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Oct 28, 2008 Bottle. Deep amber pour with a medium head that dissipated quickly. Very light caramel malt aroma. Flavor of sweet malt without much else going on. Fair amount of carbonation. I guess I’d agree with what seems to be the general consensus; inoffensive and easy to drink, but mostly boring. Would probably work well as an early transition beer from macros to micros. Hbuck72 (122), Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA Oct 27, 2008 This is the first dark beer that I ever really enjoyed, so I credit it for helping me get over the ’’dark beer fear’’. It had been a year or so since I had a bottle, so I decided to give it a try.
Nice balanced, malty/hoppy smell. The flavor is very smooth and pleasing. The carbonation is balanced. The color is a light brown color. pleasing aftertaste because of the malt.
Overall a good beer to keep around. tdaglow (41), Minnesota, USA Oct 27, 2008 A nice bock to have around out of season. Not much going on in the aroma a little sweat. Looks a lot like other bocks. Flavor is malty but not very complex. Palate is flat. I’d only buy this one buy the 12 pack. Good to have around when I don’t want to give out my good beer to those who might not appreciate it. Caleb1035 (63), , North Carolina, USA Oct 26, 2008 Not a bad brew...don’t pay a premium price for it, but otherwise its smooth and enjoyable. StanMemTn (34), Memphis, Tennessee, USA Oct 21, 2008 A nice beer to have around. Smooth, drinkable, with a maltiness that makes it stand out from other very commonly available beers. lithy (1600), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Oct 18, 2008 Clear reddish-orange color with a thin off white head that completely disappears. Nutty bitter chocolate aroma slight cherry wood. The body is fairly creamy. Taste is very nutty, malty with a hoppy bite on the finish followed by lingering steel and black cherries. GJF (480), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA Oct 11, 2008 The classic "high-end" beer of many midwest bars. It’s okay. Pours nut brown, small white head. Flavor is malt with no hops. Kind of light. It’s easy to drink but nothing much to it. CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA Oct 9, 2008 This is a bock? Oh yeah, it’s got a ram on the label. Lots of bready malts on the nose, more of the same in flavor. Definitely drinkable, just not very exciting. Not "distinctive [and] full-flavored" like it’s advertised.
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