Gordon Biersch Blonde Bock

Brewed by Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
Style: Heller Bock
Palo Alto, California USA

Draft. Included as part of a sampler at the brewpub in Vegas. I remembered liking pretty much everything but do not remember specifics. Definitely surprised by the high quality from what is essentially a chain restaurant.

Sweet malt aroma. Golden color with a nice creamy head. Looks like a good beer. Good mouth feel, sweetish but not sweet, nice hops that are not too big, great maltiness, nice bitter on the back side. This is not the same average beer some of you guys write about! Give GB a try!

About as average as a beer gets. Pale golden color with a small white head (commercial description of "rich creamy" is a flat-out lie). Aroma is sweet malt and some hops. Flavor is sweet almost Oktoberfest-like malt, caramel, and grassy hops. Average on the palate for a bock.

poured a light gold with a white head. aroma of citrus and slight banana. flavor had citrus, some spice, and alcohol. light body and high carb.

Dark golden in color. A little sweet on the palate almost like sweet cream & bananas with a slight hoppy aftertaste. After pouring, I immediately get a hint of corn for some reason but it switched to more of a sweet malt scent. Overall it’s an OK beer but I probably wouldn’t purchase again.

I am a big fan of bock beers, but I found that this one was a bit light in the loafers. Maybe it is impossible for a "blonde" to pack much complexity, but I found that I was missing the fuller flavor of a darker bock. The color was nice to look at, but I didn’t want to take it home to mother.

Nice bock, bit of a citric flavor. Good especially being a blonde bock, I didn’t quite know what to expect, but it was really good.

Golden beer with a moderate white head. Slight banana aroma. This one shines in that you think it’s super light then find out that it’ll get you drunk. Light fruity taste with lively carbonation.