Shiner Bock

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

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.....

Pours a honey brown with hues of red. Aroma is sweet, dark corn syrup and a little nutty. Taste is also brown and sweet with some pencil shaving hops. This is a poor beer I’d like to pour out.

this is an okay beer. served pretty cold so it didn’t taste like much, but it doesn’t taste like much when it’s warmed up either. Smell of malt and caramel, flavor to match. A bit watery for me. I have a sentimental attachment but really not that great of a beer.

This is an amber beer that has a nice malty/caramel character to it. It was really smooth and very pleasing to the palate.