St. Nikolaus Bock Bier Brewer's Reserve
Penn Brewery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Doppelbock Winter|
Score
7.01
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Our St. Nik Brewers' Reserve version has a higher ABV of 9% and holds a silver medal from the 2011 Great American Beer Festival®.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, Batch 002. Dark brown pour with a thick beige head. Nose of sweet malts, toffee, light chocolate. Flavor is rich with a strong, sweet malty backbone. Notes of caramel, roasted malts, dark fruits, brown sugar. More roasted malts on the finish along with some mild bitterness. Medium bodied with average carbonation, this brew is smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2010
at 09:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Location: 750 ml bottle from Norm's, 2/22/10
Batch 002
Aroma: Aroma has lots of sweet toffee notes, some fruit/cherry, some caramel, yeast, and roasted malts
Appearance: Pours a clear dark reddish-brown color with a thin beige head, some lace too
Flavor: Taste is fairly malty, sweet, yeasty, fruit lighter then in nose, light bitterness in finish
Palate: This beer is quite smooth and very drinkable, a really nice mouthfeel
Overall Impression: This is quite on point for this style. It has a lot of flavor to it, and a really nice mouthfeel. It works nicely. Highly palatable and drinkable. Not one of those beers where a 750 feels like way too much beer for one person. This one makes for a very good malt-lead bock.
Batch 002
Aroma: Aroma has lots of sweet toffee notes, some fruit/cherry, some caramel, yeast, and roasted malts
Appearance: Pours a clear dark reddish-brown color with a thin beige head, some lace too
Flavor: Taste is fairly malty, sweet, yeasty, fruit lighter then in nose, light bitterness in finish
Palate: This beer is quite smooth and very drinkable, a really nice mouthfeel
Overall Impression: This is quite on point for this style. It has a lot of flavor to it, and a really nice mouthfeel. It works nicely. Highly palatable and drinkable. Not one of those beers where a 750 feels like way too much beer for one person. This one makes for a very good malt-lead bock.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2010
at 15:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 75cl.Clear medium brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, ryebread, toffee notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091123]
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2009
at 01:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy mahogany with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caranel and chocolate notes. Flavour was sweet with roasted malt, caramel and hints of hops. Finished bitter. Very nice.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2009
at 12:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
clear brown, smooth thick brown head aroma is sweet, spicy, sort of beligan, faint sugary. flavor is sweet, spicy, faint flowery.
Tried
on 23 Nov 2009
at 11:53
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. A hazy deep red beer with a thin tan head. The aroma has notes of fruit, caramel, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, malt, fruit, and red berries, leading to a dry woody and berry-like finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2009
at 11:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of goryshkewych. Pours a clear orangey brown with a creamy beige head leaving some laces. Sweet malty nose with lots of pumpernickel. Solid body, amazingly pleasant roasted malt base with an extremely smooth and pleasant mouthfeel. Warming alcohol finish. Compares with the best German Doppelbocks! Yummy. 231109
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2009
at 11:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
75 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is mild fruity and phenolic. Roasted malty and light fruity yeasty. Light spiced too. Dry roasted and malty flavourd. Smooth finish with a nice bitterness coming through. Dry caramelish finish. Vague oxidised note.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2009
at 11:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750 mL bottle courtesy of CrellMoset. Batch 001. Thanks! Pours a clear ruby-strawberry color with a medium head. Fair head retention and lacing. Dark malty aroma with raisins, toasted coconut, molasses, slight alcohol. The taste seems a bit weak with notes of molasses and raisin. Muted hops. Thin-medium bodied and it just borders on watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2009
at 18:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750 ml bottle in a fancy red bag and all... (Batch 1). Pour is a dark brown, but as I’m pouring it looks like it has an almost pink color to it... Head is fairly substantial. Aromas are dusty grains. Flavor is almost completely malt and roast... with a little hint of alcohol and some nuttiness in the aftertaste. This makes this a fairly simple, yet decent brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2008
at 22:51