Iron Hill Triple Bock

Formerly brewed at Iron Hill Phoenixville
Style: Doppelbock
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania USA

Bottle 37 cl. Courtesy of Miver. Pours hazy and opaque orangey brown with a beige head. Aroma of burned caramel and alcohol. Quite full-bodied, roasted maltiness and caramel with a distinct warming alcohol in the finish. 010209

From bottle, blindtasting #12. Pours hazy brown with a fully gone head. Slight oxidised and wineous aroma with a solid malty base aroma. Slight metallic and slight wineous flavoured with a smooth caramel and roasted malt. Smooth fruity and malty finish. Nice and good balanced, yet with a distinct oxidation note.

13oz bottle with the neat novelty 3-D label and attached glasses. Poured a deeper reddish-brown color with an averaged sized tan head. Aromas of dark fruitiness, roast, chocolate, caramel, molasses, and a little bready. Tastes of dark fruits (lots of raisins and plums), caramel, toffee, brown sugar, and a little smoky. Some alcohol warmth in the finish, but it is 13+%. Sweet but not cloying. Very nice!

Bottle... Very dark, murky, prune juice-colored lager with a small, creamy, tan head. Pulled deeply from my glass, the aroma lends vinous, earthy, fruity notes of dried plum, dark raisins, fig, cola, wood, tawny port and rawhide – that is a nose-full. Full-bodied with a smooth, velvety mouthfeel and tender carbonation. Sweet, meaty, vinous flavors of dried plum and sherry balanced by ethanol and hop bitterness alongside a whisper of chocolate and delicate acidity. Lengthy, dried plum finish.

Bottle. Pours brown with a tan, dissipating head. Smells of wine, oak, dry malt, chocolate, earthy, earthy. Tastes of chocolate, vanilla, toffee, molasses. Alcohol is masked well on this one.

Bottle. Dense burgundy color, cloudy, unfiltered, thin tan ring of carbonation on top. Rich and malt-forward nose, dominat notes of toffee, brandy and honey. Full bodied, syrupy and thick, overly sweet, excessive sugar but it balances well with the body and present itself as a dessert sipper. Alcohol not dominant at all, rare to find in these days of super-alcohol mess-terpieces.

Bottle and draft from IHP. THis one weigh in at 14.6 (or 14.8, not sure)% ABV as per the menu. Ratings from bottle with additional remembrance of the draft offering to form a bit of a composite, as such. The pour (into a snifter) is deep black with very little light through and a 1-finger off-tan head that dissipates quickly. Nose is oaky spirity dark malt, heavy figgy fruit, molasses, peaty notes, and dark chocolate. Nose reminds me of Westy 12 mixed with Sam Adams triple bock in a 3-1 ratio. The flavor is very malty, very thick, yet not cloying at all, with a heavy note of molasses, bourbony, oaky dark malt, figgy, plummy, and blackberry fruits, and some finishing dark chocolate. Fairly sweet, per se, with a lot of figgy fruity, peaty, spirity, oaky, bourbony notes mixed with an overall dark choclate element that balances well with the overall profile. The palate never waters out at all in spite of the hefty 14.5+% ABV of this one. This beer is world class, and inarguably the best triple bock I have ever had. I bought two bottles, and it saddens me that many of these bottles will be whored out by the eBay scumbags out there. In summary, this beer kicks major ass, but is not for lightweights. In the words of BBB63, "Get ya some, and do it now, punk!"

[Draft @ Phoenixville] Poured a mahogany brown color with a small, tan head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malts, vanilla, chocolate, raisins, dark fruits, oak, and a bit of smoke. Taste of molasses, raisins, brown sugar, roasted malts, chocolate, dried fruits, a bit more smoke, and a sharp alcohol bite in the finish. I feel fortunate to live so close to so many Iron Hill locations. The mug club parties they’ve thrown for us the past month have just been top notch, and I plan to support these guys for as long as I live here!