Breckenridge Pandoras Bock

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

Pours a reddish brown with a medium tan head. Nose is cardboard and malt. It's very odd and hard to place but I am picking up some sort of toffee or caramel also. The tongue is very thin and almost tasteless. Some light malt, and sweetness seem to make up the bulk fo this one. There isn't much to it at all. This would be a good session beer were it not for the 7.2% abv, which is not discernable either. Decent but nothing to rave about.

I really wanted to like a beer with this name. Aroma is malts and vanilla. Flavour is thin and wattered down.

12 oz bottle: Pours a light amber with virtually no head. The aroma is dominated by caramel. The taste is dark fruit, figs, raisins, and a int of butterscotch. The palate is medium light, which is lighter than I would expect for the style. The alcohol is well masked. This beer is okay but I won’t seek it out again.

3/18/2009: What’s most interesting for me about Pandora’s Bock is that it tastes a lot like Cracker Jacks and peanuts, especially toward the back and through the finish. Overall it is malty and sweet with something sour and I’m not quite enjoying in the middle. I’m not sure how to completely describe it, but it seems to be a cross between acetaldehyde (green apple) and burn malt. Overall this is a decent beer, but probably not one I will return to in the future.

12 fl. oz. bottle from Tmoney99. Thanks Tom! Rating #105 for this beer.

dark apricot cloudy pour with almost non-existent head and no lacing, this strong winter warmer is not as good as it should be or as bad as it seems to be at times. fruity, strong malty taste and not the best finish. it’s best service seems to be keep one warm at night with its 7.5% abv

Bottle courtesy of natedoggkc. Thanks for the bottle, Nate. Pours a clear, dark reddish copper with a thin, fizzy, beige head that reduces rapidly to a mall island of tiny bubbles at the surface. The nose is of cocoa and caramel with a mildly vegetal note and light, earthy hops in the background. Light-bodied with fine, tongue scrubbing carbonation and a quick, slightly astringent finish. The flavor follows the nose with a lightly roasty, cocoa and earthy hopped finish. It’s a decent brew, but if you’re looking for a solid example of the style, I’d recommend looking elsewhere.

Pour: A maghogany color with a 2 finger head. Nose: Maltly, wheat, citrus. Taste: Malt character with hints of wheat and citrus. There tends to be a bit of hops on the finish but it is very null. Body: Medium Finish Slightly acidic, the beer is okay not great but okay.

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.