Coronado Bay Bridge Bock

Brewed by Coronado Brewing Company
Style: Dunkler Bock
Coronado, California USA

Draft at brewery. Mild beer with sweet tasting afterthoughts. A little hop finish rounds our nicely.

Draft at Brewery. Lots of sweet malt aroma off this light orange beer. Not much head. Flavors were very similar with a nice malt profile and very very mild hops. Nice Bock.

Draft at brewpub. Poured clear amber color with an average frothy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Light toasted nutty malt aroma. Light to medium body with a smooth texture. Medium balanced bittersweet flavor with the same medium finish of average duration.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours cloudy light brown, in fact, more of an amber. Thin creamy off-white head. Caramel toffee flavor, but a bit lighter than I expected. Much weaker than the bock that Karl Strauss makes. Seems a bit soapy. Has a spark of malt in mid flavor, but mostly mild. The palate leave the mouth with a carbonation tingle.

(Draft: Coronado Brewing Co. in San Diego, CA) This is a disappointing pale bock that seems to have all the makings of a decent, true-to-style pale bock, but just comes across as subpar and "cheap" tasting; It’s somewhat balanced initially, moderately bitter and hoppy with a sweet, pale malt flavor and prominent alcohol not being shy; But the light maltiness fades and the sweetness really stands out midway through into the finish, and it’s kind of a cheap, sugary sweet; The moderate bitterness remains fairly steady into the finish; Light malty nose; Pale golden color; Light tan head has average retention, fading after a few minutes to a thin sheen that leaves no lacing

Gold color with medium white head. Aroma and taste is mainly malt and alcohol. Not much else here but malt sweetness and alcohol.

This Bock is pretty light in color, maybe a light amber. It says this has a high alcohol content and as you taste it, boom, it hits ya. The rich flavor and some alcohol flavor hits ya as it reaches the palate. I quite enjoyed it, and I thought it was one of their better brews.