Mardi Gras Bock
Abita Brewing Company in Abita Springs, Louisiana, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Heller Bock Regular|
Score
6.13
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Mardi Gras Bock is the first of our seasonal brews. Abita Mardi Gras Bock is brewed with pale, pilsner and caramel malts and German Perle hops. Our bock is similar to German maibocks with its rich malt flavor and full body. A perfect choice during Carnival season in New Orleans. Gruyére, Emmental and Swiss are nice cheese choices with Bock. Great with roasted beef or pork. Try it with Mexican food, too.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a coppery orange with an off-white head. Aroma is caramel, malty, veggie. Taste is malty, caramel, veggie, rich.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2023
at 23:35
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear amber body, thin cream head. Big caramel and toffee nose. Sweet, toasty body with brown sugar, tobacco, and prune. A solid, tasty bock.
Tried
on 11 Aug 2021
at 21:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Apple, orange, bready malt, and fresh hay aroma. Golden yellow with a moderate off white head. Mildly sweet citrus/apple, biscuit malt, and mildly bitter-astringent fresh hay flavor. Light body. On the light side but otherwise a decent bock. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Bock on 20 Mar 2015 at 21:07 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5. Original review text: Bottle. Lactic caramel malt and alcohol aroma. Golden yellow with moderate head. Sweet caramel malt and moderately bitter/astringent herbal alcohol flavor. At least it tries to be a bock (unlike Shiner Bock).
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2021
at 00:57
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Rich amber beer with a dark cream head. Light caramel and light citrus aroma. Toasted malt and light citrus flavor. Medium bodied. Toasted malt and light citrus linger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2020
at 21:36
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with hints of dark fruit. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2019
at 13:13
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
This review was imported from my RateBeer ratings.
12 oz. bottle labeled “Mardi Gras Bock”.
AROMA: Slightly sweet with scents of bread dough, malt, and caramel.
APPEARANCE: Pours a golden, clear amber with a tall, white head that dissipates slowly
TASTE: Slightly sweet with flavors of bread and caramel.
PALATE: Medium-bodied but just a tad on the thin side. Carbonation is average. Finish is dry and has a (very) slight antiseptic taste.
OVERALL: Better than your average “grocery store” beer, but by no means is a “great” beer. This is a beer that I would label as “premium pool party beer”. Meaning, people would be very impressed if you served this at your next pool party, but it would not impress your beer aficionados friends.
12 oz. bottle labeled “Mardi Gras Bock”.
AROMA: Slightly sweet with scents of bread dough, malt, and caramel.
APPEARANCE: Pours a golden, clear amber with a tall, white head that dissipates slowly
TASTE: Slightly sweet with flavors of bread and caramel.
PALATE: Medium-bodied but just a tad on the thin side. Carbonation is average. Finish is dry and has a (very) slight antiseptic taste.
OVERALL: Better than your average “grocery store” beer, but by no means is a “great” beer. This is a beer that I would label as “premium pool party beer”. Meaning, people would be very impressed if you served this at your next pool party, but it would not impress your beer aficionados friends.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2019
at 21:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 Fl Oz bottle (as Mardi Gras Bock) on 2nd Mar 2019 while staying with my daughter in Orange County, California. Clear and clean amber body, thin and wispy white head. Cinder Toffee aroma, sweet malty molasses in the flavour with caramel notes to the fore. Bought in a Trader Joe's, cooled and drank after a huge Pizza; I am stuffed, but still enjoying this beer as I write this, it's like my dessert I suppose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2019
at 02:42
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Draught at Perch Brewery as "Mardi Gras Bock", 3/9/18.
Clear, goldenrod-to-light-brass. Thin white head showing low retention.
Waxy, vague, mineralesque nose does not feel anywhere near as malty as a bock should. Some vanilla, light honey, vague grain and light cereal really go nowhere and there's a touch of corn and alcohol lingering.
In the mouth it's quite thin, bland, loose of texture and with an undermalted, borderline husky character and uninteresting, poorly developed flavors of vanilla, cereal and light, thin honey.
Clear, goldenrod-to-light-brass. Thin white head showing low retention.
Waxy, vague, mineralesque nose does not feel anywhere near as malty as a bock should. Some vanilla, light honey, vague grain and light cereal really go nowhere and there's a touch of corn and alcohol lingering.
In the mouth it's quite thin, bland, loose of texture and with an undermalted, borderline husky character and uninteresting, poorly developed flavors of vanilla, cereal and light, thin honey.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2018
at 16:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle. Amber orange color capped by a moderate sized foamy white head. Malty nose has hints of buttery caramel and toasted grain. First sip is toasted malt and nuts. Sweet malty middle, like 12 grain bread and honey. Subtle spicy hop finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Mar 2017
at 00:32
7/10
Tried
on 01 Mar 2017
at 19:26