Neuzeller Bock

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

A hazy amber beer with a thin off-white head. The aroma is sweet with notes of caramel and alcohol, while the flavor is sweet malty with some notes of metal - my guess is that it is from the alcohol. A boring Bock.

(Bottle 50 cl) Neuzeller’s Bock is rather light in color. And yet, with it’s beautiful slightly hazy amber color, I guess it’s somewhere between a dark "Doppelbock" and a pale "Bock". The head is tall and hard to control. Pale bocks are sometimes very alcoholic in the flavor, bordering on unpleasant. But definitely not this one. Very harmonious beer, where the fullness doesn’t turn to extreme sweetness or alcohol. A fresh flavor of grains and fruit. Definitely a good one. 091203

50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a lasting, off-white and creay head. Grassy and roasted malt aroma. Flavour is mainly grassy hoppy than roasted malt driven. Light metallic touch and a distinct bitterness leading into a dry and mild sweet malt flavoured finish.

Gold brown. Rather sweet, somewhat fruity. Full bodied with soft texture and some bitterness.

Bottle 50cl. @ home.
Clear medium amber orange color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, bread, grain, toasted, sugar, overripped apple notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to modrate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090629]

Bottle. Funky, spicy, malty aroma. Clear copper colour. OK peppery bonbon flavour. Not too flavourful, but palatable.

Bottle. Clear golden coloured with a white head. Aroma of malts, caramel and spices. Flavour of malts, caramel and spices.

It is warm golden with a huge, creamy head. The aroma has notes of malt, flower and caramel, but it is mild, almost weak. The flavour is sweet with notes of malt, flower and light caramel. Sadly the overall impression is too sweet and too weak/thin.