Amber Shock

Bottle #172. Light unclear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy / creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, banana, pineapple, sugar. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (051107)

Big shiny offwhite head. Hazy amber body. Light spicy acidic malty fruity aroma. Sweetish-dryish spicy wooden herbal malty taste. Dry wooden papery aftertaste with spicy notes. Hints of smoke and roastiness, and vaguely soapy. Quite nice! (0.75l bottle at Isola della Birra.)

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A hazy orange beer with a dense beige head. The aroma is sweet with notes of malt, fruits, and a touch of flowers. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of fruits, and a bit of yeast giving it a spicy note.

Colour of chestnut; thick, creamy, cream-coloured head, fast disappearing. Nose gives coloured malts, caramel, brown candi sugar and brown bread. very malty taste, like malt grabbed out of the sack; brewery-aroma put into taste. Slight retronasal bitter taste, partly hoppy. Palate is much hoppier than taste, even with a bit sharp finish. Mouthfeel gives quite some carbonation? Very pleasing beer, gives however the impression that of they had pushed it more towards a noble hop-line, it might have been a real shocker.

2013-04-12, draught at the brewpub, 7-5-7-4-15=38
Dark red-amber color with creamy head. Nice aroma, perfumy, a bit fruity. Good body structure, round, with good caramel flavor, although some darker caramel slash roasted malt is out of place. Strong bitterness.
Very good, smooth, solid brew.

2008-03-26, bottle at the brewpub, 6-5-7-3-13=34
Hazy red-amber color; creamy head. There is some caramel aroma, lightly perfumy and with a light buttery note. Good body; it has a basic caramel flavor and balanced bitterness. Missing some emotions.

2003-01-14, bottle at the brewpub, 7-5-8-5-17=42
Red-amber color, generous thick head.
Very nice hop aroma, perfect marriage of malt and hop, almost fruity (banana, …)
Incredibly complex flavor, perfectly mixing the malt (very strong), the hop, the caramel…
Sweeter in the font, drier in the strong final, a lot aromatic (2nd in Italy only to the Tipopils).
A giant brew, that can be compared to the best Belgian ones!

2002-05-20, bottle at the brewpub, 7-4-7-4-15=37
Red amber bock. Good malt aroma. Good body, well balanced, good malt, light caramel, light yeast taste. Palate is balanced, alcoholic; malty palate, stronger than the hop.