Celis Brewery Celis Pale Bock

Celis Pale Bock

 

Celis Brewery in Austin, Texas, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Rotating
Score
5.65
ABV: 4.9% IBU: 12 Ticks: 21
This eclectic beer has an amber color and warm rich flavor that lingers. It's brewed with caramel malts with Saaz, Willamette and Cascade hops. This Belgian Bock is as rich, warm, and unique as Pierre Celis, the man who first made it.
 

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Appearance: Dark, redish brown. Not much head. Aroma: Fruity and malty. Taste: Fruity and fresh, some hops and malt. Some aftertaste. Flowers, pollen, honey. Info: 250ml bottle, 22/11-2006, 114/500
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jun 2008 at 10:01

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pour is a cloudy/murky brown with a small white head. Aroma is where this one get the bad marks. Almost nothing with just a small whiff of sweet malts. Flavor is much better with coriander and spice with a molasses after taste. Very thick swallow and it gets better in all categories as it warms. An ok beer with its average qualities.
Tried on 18 Apr 2008 at 19:59

3.2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 3
Not a very good beer. Light vegetable aroma. Tomatoes and oregano in the flavor. Light red. Minimal yeast, dry, boring, and not very good.
Tried on 20 Oct 2007 at 15:10

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Clear dark amber body with a small creaqmy off-white head. Sweet molassas, caramel and sugar aroma. Sweet fruity caramel flavor with a sugary molassas ending.
Tried on 20 Aug 2007 at 12:45

5.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
Decent nutty aroma. Dark copper color, thick sudsy light brown head, coats the glass well. Moderately hoppy flavor with nutty hints.. Pronounced metallic finish. This beer has some nice qualities, but detractors as well.
Tried on 02 Jun 2007 at 19:58

4.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Bruegs Zot, Saranac Belgian and Leffe Blonde; these are the only beers I’ve tasted in the Belgian ale family. I must say, from these three I would say save your money and buy pale american lager. Mostly the flavor is the same as high personality pale lagers but the big difference is in the color of the beers. …..Well, here is another, Celis Pale Bock. I find Celis to be about average for the styles they make. They are better than Matts Saranac but usually there brews are just another entry in the ubiquitous available styles. 12 oz brown bottle. Pop the top to reveal a hint of sweetness or perfume in the background of a yeasty beery aroma. Pour is clear and the color is brownish orange yellow (130000). At least on the label it comes right out and tells you what it is. I don’t like it when I buy a beer expecting one thing only to find out it is actually some other style. Is a bit hoppy on the tongue during my first sip, has some personality going there. Nice carbonation that attracts my senses. Random medium sized bubble are rising from within this darkish brew. On the front of the bottle is a couple of drawings that look like the state of texas. Also on the label is an old time drawing of people making something inside a couple of large wooden slat vats. Perhaps there is a slight hint of roastyness in the taste. Carbonation hangs in there even to the bottom of the glass. The finish is OK but not exceptionally smooth. Has some lingering bitterness that fades after a few moments. Overall, this is worth a try if you haven’t tasted one yet, but probably would not buy again.
Tried from Can on 28 Jan 2007 at 13:18

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Golden color. Very simple beer, with some sweetish body and caramel, but boring…
Tried on 23 May 2004 at 20:15

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Draft, on Premises at Michigan Brewing, which purchased the Celis brand from Miller. The owner, Bobby Mason, told me this was actually a pale ale, but some quirk in Texas law requires it to be labeled as a "Bock." It's darker than the Amber Lager I had just sampled. Still and all, its profile is a rather plain ”beer,” but it is malty and a little roasty.
Tried from Draft on 09 Oct 2003 at 09:51

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Rich appearance followed by a bland beer. Replete with puckering tang (not as much as a few other weak examples), but the malts leave something to be desired. The body is too thin, and the flavor too fleeting, for this to be considered a good example. Shiner Bock it isn't, though, and that's a good thing.
Tried on 23 May 2003 at 09:41

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Reddish amber, lasting head.Decent spiced nose. Lightly spiced malt taste that disappears quickly
Tried on 20 Dec 2002 at 12:10