Port City Brewing Company Colossal Three

Colossal Three

 

Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  Bock - Heller Bock Special Out of Production
Score
7.16
ABV: 8.5% IBU: 27 Ticks: 9
COLOSSAL THREE is a Heller Bock. Heller Bocks are the palest and hoppiest of Bock style beers. Ours is a beautiful tawny color which comes from the Munich malt. We have chosen noble hop varieties that impart floral, spicy aromas and flavors.

This lager beer was fermented cold and aged at 32 degrees Fahrenheit for 8 weeks. The long fermentation and aging process gives this strong beer a remarkably clean finish, for which our beers are known.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Draught from whole foods. Cloudy gold. Bread caramel malt. Pretty decent bock. Would get again

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:29


8.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

on tap at the brewery Aroma: floral, caramel Appearance: hazy amber with a tan head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, slick feel, soft carbonation, long finish, Delicious

Tried from Draft on 29 Jun 2016 at 11:06


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Tap at Draught 55 this keg has been on a while and about time I got round to help kick. Reddish Orange pour thin head. Nose of caramel and tropical fruit. Tastes of caramel, honey, cough syrup, biscuits, kiwi, dragon fruit, and toasted malt. Some peppery notes on finish. Clean slick palate. Slight alcohol burn.

Tried from Draft on 16 Jul 2015 at 17:38


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. Slightly hazy bright yellow color, fluffy white head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma is peppery, floral stone fruit. Taste is bitter, peppery fruit. Very tasty.

Tried from Draft on 03 Nov 2014 at 12:42


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Great slightly hazy and honey tinted light amber coloured body with a one centimetre tall tan head. Very mild aroma of grass, honey, malt and a bunch of floral notes! Full-bodied; Very rich flavour of honey, grass, hay, malt, oak, flowers and a lot of spices noticeable on the finish. Aftertaste shows a subdued earthy flavour, but a well refined sweetness from honey and toffee. Overall, a nice and smooth herbal flavour to go with tall the honey! Great to sample here at Whole Foods for only US$3,50! I sampled this full pint on draught at Whole Foods in Falls Church (Tyson’s Corner) on 01-May-2014 for US$3,50.

Tried on 27 Jun 2014 at 09:35


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

On draft at the Mad Fox Maibock Festival 2014. Pours a hazy light coper with a thick off white head. Biscuit nose. Sweet caramel flavors with some citrus hop notes underneath. Medium bodied. Soft carbonation. Slight bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 04 May 2014 at 05:33


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draft at Whole Foods Charlottesville. Pours a slightly hazy copper color with a thin frothy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of toasted malts, caramel, apple, grassy and floral hops. The taste is apples, toasted malts, caramel, mild spicy hops. Medium bodied.

Tried from Draft on 16 Feb 2014 at 15:33


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft at Rustico Alexandria poured into a tasting snifter. Pours a dark golden honey yellow with two fingers of off-white head. Aromas of honey, stone fruit, caramel, wheat, and malts. Tastes of stone fruit, pine, caramel, light booze, wheat. Malt forward, medium-light body with a semi-dry finish.

Tried from Draft on 08 Feb 2014 at 17:15


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at "Kill the Keg" at Mad Fox Brewing. Aroma is sweet malts. Flavor is sweet, some biscuit, but mostly a sweet malty beer.

Tried from Draft on 30 Jan 2014 at 17:08