Brew Kettle Dunkel Bock

Brewed by The Brew Kettle/TBK Production Works
Style: Dunkler Bock
Strongsville, Ohio USA

22 oz bottle. Pours a clear light brown body with a large frothy light beige head that left a good bit of lacing. The nose is a little grainy, some light nutty notes, hazelnut, and a touch of light-roast coffee. The flavor is a bit too sweet with a heavy hazelnut quality, almost reminds me of Rogue Hazelnut Nectar, but also a little thin and husky. Finishes with a light hop bitterness that is overtaken by the sweet malt and maybe a touch of butterscotch. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, a little sticky, with moderate fizzy carbonation. Overall, not the best, but it could be worse. Wouldn’t buy again.

22 oz. bottle - pours a deep mahogany with a light tan head that disapates quickly. malty bock flavor with a clean crisp flavor, not much to it. gets better as it warms. good mouthfeel and nice aftertaste. good beer, nothing special.

Bottle: Deep amber w/ a lasting beige head. Plain malt aroma, very non distinct, no munich malt as I’d expected or hoped. Clean, but pretty much void of any real malt aroma. Although, as it warms it does show signs of life with hints of Munich malt, alcohol, and a light plum fruitiness that gets much heavier as it warms. Also hint of sanitizer in this beer. Lighly malty flavor, but more well balanced than it should be IMHO. Light toasted malt flavor along with a little hop in the aftertaste. Clean of most fruitiness but plum creeps in w/ a light bitterness in the finish. Alcohol is warming; lightly dry but not astringent m/f, higher carbonation w/ a medium body. Not a bad beer, but not a bock in my estimation. Somewhere between a bock and a plain old dunkel. Lacks any strong malty character in flavor or aroma for this type of beer.

Bottle. Poured a medium sized frothy ivory head. Carbonated, transparent and a reddish brown hue. Malty, caramel and sweet aroma. Malty, caramel and hoppy flavor from start to finish. Tingly palate. Medium bodied beer with fair lacing.

This bottled brew poured a large head of fine to medium sized off-white colored mostly lasting bubbles that left behind a very good lacing. The body was transparent carbonated and brown in color. It had a malty smooth bock aroma and a tingly smooth initial mouth feel with a lingering malt bite in the finish. It had a good bock malt flavor that was smooth and well balanced.