Diamond Bock
Yankee & Kraut in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Bock - Heller Bock Regular|
Score
7.30
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Hops: Diamant (DE), Saphir (DE)
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440 ml can. Pours unclear yellow with a very big fluffy head. Extremely floral, like orange tree blossoms, vanilla, coriander seeds, biscuits, stone fruit, hay, sourdough, some skunk, lime juice. Floral fruity sweetness, hoppy zesty bitterness. Medium to full bodied, oily texture, lively carbonated, dry zesty floral hoppy bitter finish. What an excellent Bock.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Feb 2024
at 22:37
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Heller, herb-malziger Beginn mit süßlichem Hopfen. Spritzig, hohe Süffigkeit, moderat getreidig. Süffig, unbockig, weicher kurzer, mild hopfiger Abgang. 9/7/9/7/8/8
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2023
at 20:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can, courtesy of Fil, now 6.5 months old (the beer, not Fil).Misty golden body, off-white thick head, fairly big, medium retention. Hugely hoppy, floral aroma still, leaning on some fruitiness, still punchy after all this time! Lean, dry taste, almost crisp, lovely floral hoppiness, some low citric notes, like Cedevita candy. Diamant and Saphir are shining here really, and the background is cleeeean, before a lighter but still quite present herbal bitterness, the shakiest aspect of the beer - and still good. Highly atypical bock and yet pretty much what I'd expect from Yankee & Kraut's take at the style. I'm semi sad I didn't end up sharing it with people, but I'm also happy, as this beer is delicious. Need to get some more from Fil if he has some lying around to bring to Croatia. All in all, a beautiful, floral, crisp, chuggable pale bock! Raised a glass to Max as well, drinking this in RB Zoom chats that he had some great cameos in!
Tried
from Can
on 03 Nov 2023
at 22:07
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 26 Oct 2023
at 20:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can drunk after a long day with partial success mounting a plastic double door. If you ever consider this i recommend Alu-plastic instead. Also I should add, I'm thinking about Max Senner while I drink this, wishing I could send him a message about what a great beer Y&K made. Light gold, huge very fine head. Honey and light hops notes on the nose, beautiful bitterness balance for this pretty sweet beer. Very crisp flavor. Great Bock!
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jul 2023
at 20:48
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy golden beer with a white head. Aroma of honey, mid sweet strong pale malt. Taste of mild sweet pale malt, some honey, yellow fruits, mild bitterness.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2023
at 18:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap after Max' funeral. Rest in power big guy, we miss you. Clear golden color with white head. Aroma is good flowers, honeymelon,. Taste is honey, dried fruits, melon, pretty sweet, almost sugary. Oily mouthfeel, soft carbobation. Tasty, and super drinkable, despite the high sweetness.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 May 2023
at 11:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can picked up from Bierkiste, München and consumed at home Tuesday 9th May 2023 listening to Steve Lamaq on 6Music on a glorious sunny Spring Day. Raising this glass in memory of the sadly departed Max Senner of Yankee and Kraut brewery. Pours light/mid gold with a little haze, superbly drinkable, you'd never guess this is 6.8%. The hops give a very floral light perfume led aroma, but any thoughts of an exotic Maibock are dashed *reassuringly may I add as this is very much in the mould of a traditional heller Maibock, solid maltiness, a light touch of citrus in the mouth but with that lovely, fresh perfumed hoppiness throughout, great beer.
Tried
from Can
on 10 May 2023
at 05:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Hazy yellow, white foam. Nice citrus, peach fuzz nose. Medium body, mellow chewy, spritzy citrus, fine sweet fruit notes, Grassy finish. Very nice flavorfull bock.
Tried
from Can
from
Bierkiste
on 28 Apr 2023
at 20:49