Bockbier
Krug-Bräu in Waischenfeld, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Bock - Heller Bock Spring|
Score
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Clear, orange, dark golden to amber colour with average to huge, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Grainy, strawy, minimally starchy, pale malty and plain, bitter hoppy aroma, whiffs of dark honey, very light smoky overtones with a touch of wood ashes. Taste is sweet-ish, minimally grainy, minimally starchy, pale malty,, slightly bitter hoppy, hints of dark honey; lingering, sweet-ish finish with very light smoky overtones Slightly creamy, watery texture, smooth and soft palate, medium to fine, soft, mildly prickly carbonation. Well balanced, relatively bitter hoppy for the style, not too starchy, nice smoky overtones - enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2021
at 19:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Thanks beerhunter111! Clear blond colour, whjite foam. Nose of caramel, honey, sweet malts, light bready.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2021
at 21:06
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at Hop Vault, Stourbridge. Pours dark caramel orange with a medium head. Aroma is boozy dried fruits and toffee. Taste has caramel, toffee and dried fruits.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2021
at 12:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle from the Offie, Leicester and drunk at home. Dark gold and clear with a small film of white head. Gentle honey and grainy aroma, with sweet malt and fino sherry notes. Taste is sweet and warming with some balancing astringency in the middle of the sip, leading to a more even finish. Agave syrup in the aftertaste with a bit of bitterness in the back of the tongue. Medium to heavy carbonation. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2021
at 21:05
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours a perfectly transparent clear amber to dark golden. A quite big white head shows ok retention and a bit of lacing. Average intensity in the aroma: cereal, white bread, honey, a touch of fruitiness (apple). Clean and well defined. Taste is medium to high in sweetness and medium to low in bitterness. Good balance in the mouth with a sweet, lightly fruity edge in a still clean finish and aftertaste. Taste notes as per aroma. Medium body, light to medium carbonation. There's a bit of warming feel, but nothing that compromises the beer's very good drinkability. Overall, a good heller bock, perfectly true to style standards. Felt maybe a bit too standard.
Tried
on 11 May 2021
at 20:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle picked up from the hier-gibts-bier.de webshop, Eckersdorf, Bayern, Deutschland and consumed at home Sunday 7th March 2021 cooking Chicken Parm Roll-Ups in the Wood Oven and also homemade Ciabatta, we're on a Zoom call with Scott and Dad. Pours almost copper in colour, actually it is copper, good clarity with a white head. Nice maltiness, a little honey, biscuit and the abv is so well hidden, subtle hoppiness and bitterness mostly on the finish. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2021
at 06:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled, thanks SaintMatty! Clear amber, small head. Floral nose with bread and caramel. Mid sweet with medium to full body and rounded mouthfeel. Bread and honey, some caramel. Mid bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2020
at 16:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Bottle, deep golden color. Malt, cake dough and boiled milk in the aroma. Sweet, malty but also alcoholic flavor. Earthy hops and milk. Hint of licorice. Medium bodied. Somehow you can really taste this is a bock from a very small farmhouse brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml Bottle - Golden/light amber in colour. Honey, grain and some biscuity notes in the aroma. Malty and slightly biscuity taste with notes of kn�ckebr�d, sultanas, dried apricot and caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2017
at 07:51
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, very light gusher. Clear amber color with tan head. Aroma is cooked peas, cauliflower, honey malts - this is unfortunate. After a couple of minutes, the aroma got rid of the flavours that remind me of DMS. Taste is honey, bready, comparably sweet. Warming finish. Velvety mouthfeel with high, but very soft, carbonation. Maybe I should revisit this at some point.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2017
at 12:54