Fiedler Bockbier

Brewed by Privatbrauerei Christian Fiedler
Style: Dunkler Bock
Scheibenberg-Oberscheibe, Sachsen, Germany

I like bockbiers and I was looking forward to this one. Looks great in the glass, dark coloured. Smells and tastes too much malty, this becomes really penetrating. Not a good beer.

Date: 02/02/2002
Mode: Bottle
Source: Chevy Chase, DC

Hazy yellow, frothy white head, sweet malt aroma with a slight spicy touch, rich sweet malt flavor, lots of spicy character, almost a trippel

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Score: **+/4
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dark copper colour, vanishing head. starts with roasted malts and caramel taste. mild. hops comes in the middle and stays until the end. here addited by the roasted malts. a normal drinkable dark bock without accents.

Bottle (thank You, EithCubes!): Chestnut-amber coloured, small lacing tanned head; sweet dark-malty, fruity (berries) and a bit vinous nose; sweet (fruity) flavour, medium bodied, a bit sticky; sweetish, fruity, a bit vinous finish with delicate chocolatey bitterness in the aftertaste. Lacks a bit of bitterness to be really good, but all in all a quite decent Bock.............

Not sure why these beers appear here but I guess they do. A dark brown to black appearance. A large head on this one. A sweet sugary flavor with some chocolate and raisins. Overall this was a good beer
Earlier Rating: 7/15/2003 Total Score: 3.6
Hard to believe this is a rare beer considering I know of at least 3 stores in town that carry this. I was a little scared away by the price but broke down and bought one today. Cool stein too. Now to the beer. Aroma is quite nice, fruit and alcohol similar to a belgian in a strange way. Appearance is basically yellow with little head. Flavor is nice with citrus fruit and a fairly harsh alcohol burn. Seems alot like an abbey dubbel to me. Although every bock Ive ever tasted seems different so I assume it will do for a catch all style for this beer. Overall its good and worth a look at if only once.

Bottle. Dark brown pour, red under light, with a rocky tan head. Smells sweet and fruity, mostly grape. Sweet, sugary, and grapey. Sticky. I’m probably overrating this, not a great bock by any means.

Slightly sweet aftertaste with a defined medicinal bitterness. Very smooth on the way down. Nice reddish amber color.

Interesting and distinctive aroma, with a goodly amount of caramel and honeyish malt sweetness, a light herbal hoppiness, very faint medicinal phenols and less familiar notes of dried flowers and anise. Light-medium rosy amber color, hazy, a light dusting of sediment coating the glass, with a fine, creamy head that subsided utterly. Lightly fruity and sweet to start, caramel taking over a bit more in the middle then blending with some licorice and gentle hops to comprise the finish. Palate, although smooth is also a bit on the watery side, with low effervescence. Medium-full body. A rather unique, pale Bock.