Breckenridge Pandoras Bock

Brewed by Breckenridge Brewery
Style: Dunkler Bock
Denver, Colorado USA

Some sweet toffee on the nose is quickly overrun by Iron and sour cherries. Not sure if this is oxidized? Old brewing equipment? Crumby water? Wet rust and sour fruit seem to dominate the palate as well. The body is not bad, leaving a film of forced hop on the back end. Take this rating with a grain of salt, I may have a bad bottle.

Pours an amber color with an off white head. Caramel malt aroma with some breadiness. Similar flavor. Not enough hops here. Bland

12oz. brown bottle served in a pilsner glass. Poured a clear dark gold with a thin off white head. Nice maltiness in the aroma with a hint of noble hops. That’s about as good as it got. Flabby, caramel malt flavor, medium body. Some noble hop bitterness in the finish. Fairly drinkable. No defects, just another weak American attempt at a bock.

Pours a bright rust color, with gentle but abundant carbonation bubbling up and a thin but creamy tan head. The beer is thicker, more creamy, and less fizzy than most other bocks that I have tasted.

Pours redish brown with a small off white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet with slight hops aroma. needs a bit more body.

12 oz bottle. Pours a dark amber/gold color with a lacking white head. It looks a little lighter than I was expecting. Aroma falls short. I get subtle hints of caramel and a tinge on citrus but I had to look hard for them. Flavor is a little on the under noted side. This could be a bit more upfront. There are hints of caramel and maybe fruit at the end. Kinda weird It is very easy to drink, just not very "full" flavored. Not bad, just not great.

Aroma, thin but malty. The color is awesome, a beautiful dark copper. No head to speak of, though. Flavor is fairly weak, but what's there is spot-on. If it were as full-bodied as a bock should be, this would be a wonderfully malty brew with just enough hops to make it interesting. As it is, it's probably not worth too much of your time, but I picked it up on sale and am happy with the purchase.

This was one of the first beers that I had when I turned 21, but that was 6 years ago and I’m trying it again for the first time. Clear, Copper color. There is a soft foamy head that dissapates rather quickly (not that I really care about head retention). In the aroma, malt and yeast dominate, smells nutty. There is a toasty malt flavor that yields to a very dry aftertaste too quickly. I might like a maltier flavor, but the dry aftertaste makes it a Bock I guess. This Beer tastes fresh. I don’t usually write a lot for mouthfeel, but the dry (yet not astringent), alcoholic mouthfeel is dominant in this beer. Overall, I really like Pandora’s Bock, I would just like a little more body. I think it’s worth buying and enjoying. It’s a rather cerebral beer, if that makes any sense.