BJs Bock

Brewed by BJs Restaurant & Brewhouse
Style: Heller Bock
, USA

Draft in Orlando. Pours a nice translucent amber color with a thin, lacing head.Malts, hops and caramel on the nose.Has a definate malt presence with a spicy bite.The finish was bitter with a slight warming of the inside.

Draft at BJ’s Pinellas Park, FL. Nice clear copper color with gold edges and lasting thin off white head. The aroma is sweet malts and caramel. Really nice but could be a bit stronger. Had to struggle to get a good whiff. Medium mouth feel with spot on maltiness of sweet malt, roasted malt and caramel malt mix. Nice balance.

Medium amber body with little head. Aroma is caramely and sweet. More of the same in the flavor, with a bit of smokiness and little hops. Not bad.

tap in plano . pours red tinted with a yellowish head. aroma is berrylike. taste is rough, very rough. raw grain and something burnt. very hard to drink. like sandpaper in liquid form. finish is like treebark. this is tannic and woody from every angle. ugh. original rating 5 3 2 1 4= 1.5 second time around. i was assured that what i was getting was nothing like i recalled. it might have been bad lines, it might have been a bad batch. but this was better. dark brown pour with some red. lacing thick white head. aroma was pecans and syrup with a touch of alcohol. taste was nutty sweet with a nice subdued bitter that left a great nut flavor with some red grape taste. it was a bit acidic and overly sweet, but better than before. 6 3 6 3 14 = 3.2

On Tap in Lewisville, Tx. Pours a rich amber color with very little head. The best bock I’ve had to-date. A smooth flavor, full of caramel, and a little like a root beer (as said below). Very good.

On tap at BJs in Addison, TX. Poured clear amber with almost no head. There was an odd sweetness in the aroma that I just could not peg... not bad... but not much else came through. Flavor was of sticky caramel and dried leafy hoppage, laced with alcohol. Sticky for the most part on the palate with nice moderate bitterness.

Draft at Bakersfield; Dark gold with a medium off-white head; nose of caramel malt; flavor of sweet caramel and some roastiness.

Draft in La Mesa. Golden Amber with smallish head. Lots of malty sweet aromas, and more on the flavor. Just slightly bitter on the finish, but very bocklike sweet for the most part. Not bad.