Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a toffee color with a medium sized foamy orange-tan head that left minimal lacing. The aroma was malty with sweet dark and golden fruits. The flavor was sweet, toasty and malty with yeast, a bit of graininess and light fruity hops. Medium length finish. Medium body. Solid.

Bread, dates, and caramel nose. Tea colored, medium yellow head. Tea, malt, cherries, honey. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Somewhat mild, but balanced.

Poured into a pilsner glass, the appearance was a transparent burnt golden color with no carbonation seen rising. Quickly dissipating finger’s worth of white foamy head left a sticky lace.
The aroma starts sweet bready with rich honey toasty malts. Toffee and caramel come cleanly through with a nice grassy to earthy bitter hoppy edge underneath.
The flavor brings the sweetness of bready/biscuity malts and adds a touch of earthiness to it. Sly herbal quality. Quick sweet malty aftertaste with a semi-sticky sweet malty finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Carbonation seems fairly light.
Overall, nice bock that I would love to have again. Would go great with some brats.

12oz bottle poured into FLying Dog willibecker glass. Bottled on 7/27/16. Pours with large head atop a clear ruby amber color. Aroma is mildly toasty, light bread, and a general clean maltiness. Flavor is lightly earthy biscuit with a mild mineral finish. A little noble in the flavor as well. Low bitterness, bready watery finish. A very light, easy drinking lager.

On tap at troegs brewing. Pours out crisp copper orange topped with a small head. Nose is citrus hops wheat grain malts and a nice pit fruit sweetness. Taste is more of the citrus wheat notes along the pit fruit sweetness and some malty notes.