Barrel Roll Bock
Flying Bison Brewing in Buffalo, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Heller Bock Regular|
Score
6.69
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Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Barrel Roll Bock from Flying Bison Brewing 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draught pint at Cambridge Common on 4/29/06
Medium-high clarity in this deeply blonde beer, with some lightly baked straw notes and a hint of amber. White head is lightly creamy, medium in size and quite well retained for a draught beer, providing spotty lacing.
Some sweaty hay, table sugar, and mildly spicy phenols (white pepper-like) are note initially in the nose, the pale malts coming off light, but fluffy, while the dry, hay-like hops add some complexity. Pepperiness on end nips at the nostrils, not too strongly and helps keep things in balance. Not really much in the way of heavy yeastiness or munich sourness (though there is a touch of light breadiness), more of a strong munich helles (but I guess that’s essentially what a blonde bock is, and who’s to say they need to use a large amount of munich malt). Some light creamy sweetness emerges as it warms, and the hops become a touch more crisp, still staying dry and straw/hay-like. Bits of fruit rise up as well, apricots, yellow-cherries and nectarines. Were it not for the crisp, clean yeast on the end (in the flavor) it would almost seem more like an ale yeast fermented at low temps.
The flavor is spicy again, leading to an almost perceived roastiness, though it quickly sinks in to the creamy, honey-rich maltiness, not heavily thick, but definitely notable of a long boil, with some preliminary caramel notes. Soft, moderate to low carbonation is not intrusive, but helps mitigate the sweetness. Light bock-like melanoidins and a touch of sourness, but it’s a very easygoing bock. Phenols are a touch heavy on the finish, as it warms, combining with some dry breadiness, and it begins to overpower the malt, but the carbonation helps keep things fairly well cleansed. I didn’t note any alcohol in aroma or flavor.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Barrel Roll Bock from Flying Bison Brewing 22 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled on draught at the brewery
Copper-coloured maibock. Malty nose with hay (from the Perle), cherries, and woody notes. The palate shows flashes of the rich malt and vibrant complexity that I look for in a maibock. It's hoped that future batches really take the melanoidins and nuances to this level in a more assertive fashion.