Neuzeller Bock

Brewed by Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle
Style: Heller Bock
Neuzelle, Brandenburg, Germany

(bottle) Clear pale amber colour with a medium frothy white head, slowly lacing. Malty aroma with a bit of honey-sweetness and a tinge of herbal hops. Sweet flavour, almost honeyish, malty taste with a slight fruity and floral hoppy finish. @JorisPPattyn: speaking of Islay malts and this brew in the same review is kinda heresy (just got a new bottle of Lagavulin today…; ).

Bottle: Orangey colour, firm, oo-white head; fruity (citrus) and malty (cookies) nose; initial malty sweetness with a tinge of honey, sweet flavour, smooth, only a very short bitter-sweet finish. Too sweet, not great........Maybe it’s this Bock and Closter Zell are the same brews.....?

(Bottled) Golden color with a medium, foamy head. Grassy, slightly sweetish-malty aroma with soapy honey. Quite malty, sweetish and acidic, fruity (pear) flavor and some vegetables in the finish. Medium-bodied, medium-carbonated palate. A decent, fruity bock.

Golden-amber with strange fuchsia shine in it; amber-yellow, very dense-syrupy head, but fast gone as there is no carbonation to speak of. Nose of speculoos, kind of Belgian spiced cookies, spicey too, especially preserved ginger (piquant-sweet as for sushi) - maybe hint of cardemoms. Sweet main taste, alcohol, like whisky-malt. Not an Islay, but slightly smokey all the same. Ever so slightly soapy. Retronasal, the aroma is nearly fully malt-whisky, but a very cheap one. Rather thinnish MF, some alcohol, no real burn. What puzzles me most is why Jim&Nat chose this beer for me. I presume it was to show that Neuzelle is really botching up things. And then they failed miserably, as I do like it somehow - though I fully agree it is miles from what I understand usually as a Bock. <P>a very average malt, with too many shots of water?</P>

No head, no carb, light look through brown, clay honey nose, sweet and bahhhh

I was really dissappointed by this beer. Rotten vegetable nose, no head, and looks like a clear apple cider. Waeful, sweet malt taste with some honey and no bitter. None of the qualities of a good bock that I was hoping for. Poor showing.

Nutty and somewhat soapy aroma. Orange amber, low head. Fruit, nuts and very sweet malt. Vegetable aftertaste. Medium body with a smooth texture. Too sweet for my taste - I like the megasweetness in their dark beers, but here it does not fit.

Strong smell like roasted peanuts, sweet and nutty taste, well balanced. The swettness stays long in the mouth