St. Nikolaus Bock Bier
Penn Brewery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Dunkler Bock Regular|
Score
6.52
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Our Holiday/European-style Bock beer. A very rich, strong, malty lager, dark ruby in color with notes of chocolate and roasted malts.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pour is a dark brown with a medium head that dies back quickly. Aromas are weak... of malt, maybe a touch of peat, dark fruit and chocolate, but not very interesting. Flavor is fairly heavy on the chocolate malt, but a fairly light and sweet chocolate. The sweetness dominates most of the flavors as it transitions into a somewhat earthy/woody finish. Fairly well constructed, but nothing that really shines out to let you feel like you’ve had something remarkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2007
at 21:48
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Deep garnet-red body, thin buff head. Sweet, sugary aroma backed by grassy hops, exhibiting a thin tartness with poorly developed caramels and toasts. The body was thin, with brown sugar, toast, and bitter esters in addition to a touch of tobacco, but this medley of flavors lacked punch. Watery, lacking pizazz.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2007
at 22:31
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Been waiting to try this with such a rating for Penn. Yeasty aroma, pours dark transparent brown. Nice story on the label. 12 oz bottle. Initial hoppy (not possible?) or malty flavor - says pure barley on label. Has a personality of alcohol and it shows thru a bit. As good as german doppelbocks. Finish is a little bitter but does not linger for too many minutes. Not what was expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2006
at 19:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz bottle 2005. Cloudy dark amber color beer with decent tan head. Rich malt aroma with some noble hop spiciness. Wow, interesting flavor. There are sweet rich caramel, coffee and toffee malt notes flavors. Some solid yeast notes that combine with the hops to create a medley of spiciness. The finish has the lingering spice with a growing chocolate and toffee maltiness. Certainly a tasty brew worth having again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Nov 2006
at 21:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Clear, orangey brown with a small, off-white head. Aroma of roasted malt. Medium body with notes of sweetish, roasted malt and perhaps a little caramel. No real bitterness. Very Bockish and decent. 300806
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2006
at 01:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
I have had this beer a couple of times over the years. I am not much of a bock fan but have found this one to be rather enjoyable. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer pours a mahogany color with a huge tan head that lingers. The aroma is sweet dark malts and molasses. The flavor is sour malts, molasses and brown sugar with a moderate floral hop presence on the finish. A nice beer but not a must have.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2005
at 20:20