5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Dark amber color with a huge off-white head. Light aroma of malt and a hint of earthy spiciness. Slight sulpher finish but otherwise an easy drinking beer. Hint of roastiness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2004
at 11:06
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours a copper with a nice red hue to it. The head is small and fizzy. No real aroma and the flavor is a carmel malt. Nothing really to go out and find.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2004
at 19:15
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Bottle/tap. Light caramel malt and straw aroma. Brown color with small head. Light caramel malt and lightly bitter straw flavor. Watery palate. (bottled version better than draft). Shiner and Abita were two of the first microbreweries to challenge (quite successfully) the BMC stronghold in the south. Now it could be that I have a more refined palate at this time, but then again, I still like other beers I drank back then (Pilsner Urquell and Franziskaner) just as much and Shiner doesn’t taste nearly as good as it did in the early 90s (at least to me). Still a nice ballpark beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2004
at 14:23
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Kolsch: the most dangerous style of beer to brew. When you get it right (like Goose Island) you have a perfectly extraordinary and surprisingly complex light ale. When you miss it, you have a bland ale that nobody wants. Where does Shiner Summer Stock land? Perilously in between. They do some things right: the hopping is OK, with indistinct presence in the aroma, a light herbal touch on the palate, a solid bitter finish. The malts are lacking, as is the yeast. The malts come across as very light, hinting at adjuncts, the yeast is much to clean. The carbonation bites and burns at the tip of the tongue. Yellow to faded gold in color, with no head.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2004
at 12:16
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 8
Overall 3
Medium brown in color, no head to speak of. Smell definitely leaves something to be desired for... as does the taste. Very watery and almost flavorless. Nothing I'd buy again.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2004
at 00:20
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3
Aromas of malt and wood. Flavor is also of malt. Thin. ok.................
Tried
on 31 Jan 2004
at 02:02
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(draught) Mixture of brown, gold and greenish shine, totally clear. Virtually no head left after 30". Malty nose, like German dark malts, bready. Tast is a bit neutral-sweet. Bread-taste is authentic enough. An USA Bock for Germans. Filling without being full-bodied. Alcohol apparent, not overwhelming. It's convincing enough. Why all the bad critics? The manufacturer prejudice?
Tried
on 02 Oct 2003
at 14:16
3.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
Rather than a classic Bavarian wheat, I think this is actually a classic American wheat in that it has little aroma, little flavor, and pretty much sucks. There is a small hint of wheat in the taste, but the flavor is closer to a lager. Appearance is cloudy orange, in an attempt to fool the drinker that there will be a real hefe taste. Don't bother with this one.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Sep 2003
at 20:43
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 4
Can someone say "the bud of bocks?" - because I sure can - I had this in a country music bar, which naturally made me want to get drunk as quickly as possible, but I could stilll hardly bring myself to drink this stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Aug 2003
at 20:04
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
If I was expecting an American Standard, then Shiner Bock would have been an agreeable experience. Instead, the label makes the audacious Bockian claim, and the brew fails in this regard. Shiner has your typical straw-colored "light beer" body, and little aroma. There isn't much to say about the flavor; while it is tastier than the Budweiser clan, there is little detectable malt sweetness that I typically associate with a bock. Drinks more like an American lager, unfortunately.
Tried
from Can
on 05 May 2003
at 12:38