Stiegl Stieglbock

Brewed by Stiegl
Style: Heller Bock
Salzburg, Austria

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Stein

Bottle. Light amber color with medium head. Slightly malt aroma, less than usual for style, with a bit more hops than is usual as well. Malt flavor with good hopping, a bit sweet as usual, but good bitter balance. Quite highly carbonated. Rather bitter hop finish with malt as well. Good bock, more hops than usual, not really distinguished, but better than average.

27th May 2008. Nice smooth bock. Very soft in texture but with a pleasant malty depth. No bitterness.

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. The look is clear, white head, and golden in color. The smell is honey, malts, sweet, and fruits. The taste is malts, sweet, caramel, and fruits.

( 500ml bottle thanks to bu11zeye) Pours clear yellow with no head. Nose of honey and sweet malts. Taste is honey and caramel. Quite sweet but nice.

Blonde appearance, white head. I found the aftertaste very dry, but not so metallic as to be off-putting. Definitely some caramel and grain in the nose, but the smell is best described as follows: the backwash at the bottom of a bottle that’s been sitting out in the sun for a few days. The aroma is tricky for me: it’s enjoyable at the same time as it’s stale (if that makes sense). I enjoyed the beer on the palate. I taste caramel and something fruity. Overall it’s not bad at all, quite enjoyable actually. I’d try anything from 1492 twice. (Got it from Whole Foods. Bottle)

bottle thanks to bu11zeye. poured light gold with a white head. aroma was caramel, grains, and some fruity notes. flavor was grains and citrus with a slight hop bitter.

Weird. The sweet caramely maltines combines with the particular hops they use (and it is decently hoppy) to taste like mint. Definitely not my thing.

2006 bottle thanks to bu11zeye. light amber with a white head. nose is caramel and vanilla. decent on teh palate witha malty, caramel flavor that’s not too bad.