Carolina Spring Bock Lager

This fabulous extra was provided bottle form by kp. Thanks Keith! Pours a reddish brown with a medium head and little retention. Grainy, malty aroma... rice and creamed corn. Pretty much the same taste as the aroma. Strong grain taste, almost comically so. Alcohol is barely noticeable. Drinkable.

On Tap in Raleigh-NC. Clear copper pour not much head. Sweet malt aroma mixed with hops and grains. A little thin but refreshing and drinkable.

Copper pour with spotty off white lacing. Honey and fruit on the nose. Malty with a balanced hop flavor. Clean and refreshing, however it is very thin bodied.

12oz bottle. Light copper color. Aroma of butter sauce. Flavor is crisp clean malt. Sweet malt character followed by a balanced hop bitterness. Not the best lager. (bottled on 01.23.08)

Pours an amber color with a white head. Aroma is malty, caramel, grain, and some peppery hops. Flavor is sweet sugary malts and a light bitter finish.

Bottle courtesy of kp: Pours a transparent copper amber with a spotty-lacing off-white head. Aroma of sweet, lightly toasted caramely malt and some noble hops. Body starts with a nice mild sweetness and earthy bittering hop balance before a crisp, smooth fairly full finish. An authentic and drinkable heller bock.

Appearance: Pours a clear, deep orange body with a small, fizzy white head. Smell: Sweet-smelling aroma of honeyed bread, lightly toasted grains, a pinch of spice, and a faint whiff of fruits. Taste: Bready, honeylike maltiness with a medium, candyish sweetness. Touch of toasted grains. Vague fruitiness. Light hop spiciness with a mild bitterness. Still finishes sweet with a bit of that warming alcohol sneaking in. Mouthfeel: Just barely medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: A decent, quaff-minded maibock.

Tap at the bean and barrel. Pours a copper gold with no head. The aroma was sweet, some light grassy hops, bready, a tad grainy. The flavor was sweet and light, bready malt, grassy hops, easy to drink. Not a bad brew.