Rye Bock
Salt Spring Island Ales in Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Bock - Doppelbock Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.92
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Found this stray bottle at the Ganges LDB. It's a spring seasonal but I went for it anyway because I'm an egregious ticker. Looks great - a nice reddish-brown colour, bright, with a thin head. The nose is almost toffee it's so rich - a really deep caramel, sweet as heck. It's the same on the palate - very sweet, rich caramel, toffee, some burnt notes. Big body, alcohol in the finish, and some rye chewiness. It's well-balanced, with hop, alcohol and rye all lending different elements to the palate. Then I noticed the abv - at 7.4% it's a doppelbock, stronger than Celebrator or Andechs, the two best of style for me. I'm digging this - it gets no distro obviously but would love to get my hands on some next spring.
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on 20 Nov 2020
at 05:02