OFallon Goats Breath Bock Ale

Brewed by OFallon Brewery
Style: Dunkler Bock
OFallon, Missouri USA

I’ll start by saying this: It’s not undrinkable.... but not by much. Aroma is syrup, caramel and hints of nuttiness- all artificial though. Taste follows suit, with absolutely no finish to speak of and hints of smokiness. Bleh, poor effort.

12oz bottle poured in a lager glass. OGBBA pours reddish borwn with a small flat head. It smells like malt, caramel and a touch of metal. The body is syrup-like and very sweet. The after taste is clinging and thick and a bit stale. This isn’t a very good beer really and quite a disappointment for both a dunkler bock and an O’Fallon beer.

Poured dark murky brown vs red and accompanied by a musty aroma. Flavor profile was extremely muddled and malt-heavy. A confusing heavy swirl of lost flavor. Sweetness was cloying and tough to swallow. Perhaps an old bottle but I didn’t enjoy this one at all. Passed it around to some beer friends who concurred. I’ll try another beer from this brewery, it hopefully should be more appealing

Rather weak nose--slightly sweet, some carob, black tea, orange, a hint of coffee. Practically no head, with a red/brown body. Flavor is quite nice, though it could be more robust. It’s fairly sweet, with a bit of chocolate, some dry bitterness, and some orange or apricot notes.

Poured a reddish tarnished copper with a foamy off-white head that settled into a thin sudsy lacing. Minimal amount of splotchy lacing. Good malty nose of lightly roasted caramel, chocolate toffee, hints of coffee and toasted grains. A light sweet grape fruitiness and traces of spicy hops. Mildly sweet tasting with a smooth moderate body, lightly crisp and softly dry. The malts have some earthy roastiness to them, cocoa, caramel, toffee and toasted grains. Towards the end a nice nuttiness comes out. In the middle is a subtle sweet fruitiness, white grape vinous tasting. The hops are properly subdued, adding a little drying spiciness to the malty finish. Only slightly unusual for the style, pleasantly mellow and quite easy to drink, I thought this was a very enjoyable winter release from O’Fallon. I would like to try this fresh from the tap sometime soon.

Pours a dark mahogany with a faint foamy head. Smells like caramel but has a nice roasted flavor. A little bit of a smoky aftertaste as well. Not bad, but could have had more to it.

12 oz. bottle from Lukas - KCMO. Pour is a clear auburn with just a hint of settling. 1/2 inch tan head caps it off. Aroma of caramel biscuit malt and a hint of smokiness / roastiness. The taste is pretty straight forward maltiness, with a thin-medium palate and some smoke towards the finish. Not big fireplace smoke, more like a wood oven cooking somewhere nearby smoke. Nothing complex, but nice and drinkable.

Bottle: Pellucid amber color, light head. The nose is light and toasty, some vague fruit and alcohol. The flavor is a bit too sweet, medicinal with some light caramelly notes in the tail. A thin interpretation.