7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Chocolate fudge malt and hay aroma. Dark chestnut brown with large tan head. Moderately sweet dark chocolate malt and mildly bitter hay flavor. Okay body. Very chocolately.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2021
at 02:23
7/10
Dark amber body medium creamy tan head. Toffee bready toasty aroma. Toasty bready flavor. Medium body moderate carbonation. 7/4/7/4/14 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2021
at 18:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
I have an appreciation for the style although it is nowhere near top-level. Generally the beers are all right, just not very challenging. This evening I have a 12 oz bottle of Toasted Bock that was obtained at the neighborhood HEB supermarket. There is my New Belgium globe glass out for the sampling and I tilt the bottle for the pour. I see a dark chocolate brown liquid with amber highlights showing with a backlight and a momentary head of light taupe foam. The scent is grain and something roasty. The drink is a nice surprise, a little more working here than I expected. A nutty flavor, toasted bread, field and just the barest bit of toffee sweetness. Not as thin as others. One of the better bocks I have sampled.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2021
at 22:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, Teeter. Clear brown, lots of carbonation, small beige head. Caramel, light smoke, toasted malt nose. Caramel, toasted malt, brown grasses, light cola, light nuts. Not bad at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2021
at 21:33
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
12 ounce can from Festival Northland, 12/23/21. Clear dark brown, thin foamy brown head, good retention. Aroma of intense cocoa, not much else. Taste is cocoa, cola, tootsie roll. Thin. Meh.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2021
at 02:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 ounce can from Total Wine Brookfield, 12/11/21. Clear dark amber, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of toasted malt, stone fruit. Taste is toasted malt, maraschino cherry, stone fruit, hint of hops. Thin, crisp. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2021
at 01:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Aww hell this one fails to deliver. Promising start, a nice reddish brown color with modest head. Nose has a nice caramelized thing going on, but the sweet melanoidiny malt expected on the tongue is just barely there. Finishes with an earthy mild bitterness, I feel like I'm steeling from puboflyons below with that comment, but its really there. But there's just no depth, a tad thin in the body. Not that I'm expecting a big heavy complex beer here (I don't even want that), but its still just not where it needs to be.
Tried
on 19 Dec 2021
at 00:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a dark brown with a foamy tan head. Aroma is a pretty decent hit of cocoa powder. Flavor is flavor is more cocoa powder. Not much of a dunkel with this, it is full on about the chocolate. Decent beer and full of chocolate flavor I just don't know if I would ever want more the one of these.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2021
at 01:42
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very dark brown with a large foamy tan head that lingered and left good lacing. Sweetish and toasty with malt and cocoa notes. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2021
at 02:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample at Mariano's, Westmont. Oh yes, a big chocolate and caramel nose, even in this tiny glass. Looks deceptively like a light porter, with a thin ring of fine foam. A song chocolate cake taste, even chocolate frosting. Fidget background, very little bitterness. As the barkeep said, it's a beer you'd have once at dessert, then move on to the next one.
Tried
on 14 Nov 2021
at 20:27