Shiner Bock

Light aroma of carmelized malts and corn. Amber with small white head. Caramel malt, corn, metal, touch of spicey hop flavor. Light body with moderate carbonation. Dry light finish with hint of bitterness.

Bottle. Musty, slightly nutty aroma, that typical Dark Lager graininess which really isn’t doing anybody any good. Dark woody copper pour with a small soapish beige head. Watery body, sweet taste, sticky caramel malt with a little toffee, rather nutty. Some light fruitiness and metallic bg with lasting crispness. Nowhere near a bock [for shame!], and not something I’d like to have again.

A mass produced bock - potential for goodness? Definitely not. All the bocks I’ve had I’d loved, but they were also finely brewed, crafted and finely priced beers. So I sort of wondered what a low quality bock would taste like. Question answered. Pale gray soft wafer thin head atop a clear but dark red-brown body. Like a port. The aroma is dark and syrupy, exuding maple syrup, cooking smoke and a little wet hay. Dissapointingly, the flavor is generically plain, with a neutral dark malt flavor that tastes a bit like cheap, pre-ground coffee in the tin. And that’s that. Invest in a bock or get something tasteless. Funny how that extends beyond styles.

Pours translucent dark copper color with an almost immediately dissipating head. Smells like malt extract and caramel. Very sweet flavor with a watery carbonated palate. I remember buying it years ago and being disappointed and today is no different. It’s clearly not a bock (labeled an American Dark), but for its price i’d take it over similarly priced crappy American Pales like bud.

No, this is not a bock. It’s a shame that people will drink this and then ultimately think they don’t like bocks. It’s ruby, no real head. Pretty sweet, but in a stale way. Mouthfeel is just weird. So disappointing.

It is affordable. And its better than bud light. So I also just realized that this site makes you put in a word before submitting (aka: chocolate, malty, lacing,.....). That’s fucking stupid. But at least my rating will go through now.

So, this isn’t a Bock beer at all? I was expecting a Bock, oh well, pours a ruby with some brown and has a off-white head that ran away quickly, looked pretty tasty but ... Not much aroma just some dark bread and malt with a bit of sweetness, taste was much the same with a hint of chocolate I think, not much to this, thin mouth feel, lots of carbonation, for all the talk of this stuff I thought a little more would be coming from this brew, nothing special here.

This beer was not impressive. Just a beer trying to make money. Sad when brewers don’t take pride in brewing the beers. Sad, sad, sad.....