On tap at MBGSF 2010. Amber bock. Plenty hoppy, slight caramel, tangy, fruity aroma. Very sour, with a bit of caramel behind it, decent hopping, nice bitterness. An interesting beer. Not as nice as the Pipenbock, but good.

Sampled at the MiBGSF ’10. Poured a near clear amber with a tan head that dissipated to the edges. Flavor was interesting with a clear pine note that clashed a bit with the sour fruit note that was present. Flavor was sour as well with that same pine note but it seems to work a bit better on the tongue.

Blind tasting at Papsø’s
Cloudy orange color. Quite nice and dynamic aroma, hoppy, fruity, sour; cellar aroma. Medium mouthfeel, there is some astringent toffee flavor, strong hopping, woody, a bit sour, definitively astringent.

Bottle 75cl. @ Papsoes blindtasting. [ Bottle #36. ]Unclear medium orange amber color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, good - fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy madarin, fruity, pineapple - peach, light to moderate hoppy, spicy hoppes, modearate yeasty. Flavor is heavy sweet and shell bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. Very nice beer but not much bock about it ! [20090612]

Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma is sweet with lovely spicy hoppy notes combined with notes of fruit. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, fruit, spicy hops, and alcohol, that burns in the throat.

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of Ungstrup. Hazy amber golden with a creamy off-white head. Spicy aroma with some Brett presence. Medium body, sweetish malt, peaches, distinct Brett accents and an astringent, sourish finish. Not much Bock left in this! But very delicious. 120609

From bottle, blind #36. Pours cloudy orange with a small off-white head. Dry brett and light peachy aroma from a distance. Dry and peachy. Dry, hoppy and mild acidic base flavoured. Dry and slight sourish base flavour. Bitter and crisp hoppy too. Quite peachy. Lasting dry impression.

Draught samples at ABF on 6/16/07
A heller bock malt profile, with czech pils hopping and dry-hopping, it actually smelled somewhat on par with a czech pils, though the hopping rate is quite a good deal higher than a traditional pils, not surprisingly. Incredibly herbal, leafy, spicy hops are soaked in honey and sweet cookie dough-like malts, as an odd cotton candy and bubble gum-meets-pineapple note emerges. Wow, that’s certainly unique. Not very bock-like, with, perhaps, only a touch of yeast dryness on the finish. Sweet and spicy, with just tons of soft bubble gum and pineapple. It almost melds together to give off a note of maraschino cherries. Very high strength of aroma, and certainly very interesting, though I have no idea if this was intended. No alcohol, anyways, and it didnt seem overly sweet for what was there.
Soft, honeyish and bready malts comfort the palate, as some hop dryness begins to balance. A touch of passing earthiness follows, and quickly transitions in to a hugely fruity (cherry, pineapple, apple, pear) finish dotted with strong herbal hop notes. Very low carbonation, leading to a bit too much stickiness. Definitely would like to see more dryness and even more hop bitterness to balance this odd mix of malt and ester sweetness. Alcohol well-concealed. Very unique, that’s for sure. I suppose the barrel could be the culprit for creating all of these esters? Perhaps it sat warm at some point and the yeast went crazy? The only problem with that theory is that the beer isnt all that much attenuated. Hmmm, I dont know.
Deep golden with a fiery orange hue and a medium amount of off-white head that is fairly quick to recede to ring, leaving moderate lacing.