OFallon Goats Breath Bock Ale

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

Name: Goat’s Breath Bock
Date: August 08, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Ticker
Appearance: clear dark amber, wispy beige head, sudsy lace
Aroma: dry caramel malt aroma, earthy, hint of goat
Flavor: lightly sweet caramel malt flavor, balancing earthyness, touch of sourness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 3/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 6/20
Rating: 2/5.0
Drinkability: 4/10
Score: 4

12oz bottle. Poured a a deeper and muddy amberish color wtih a small sized off white head. Aromas of toasted grains, caramel, light chocolate, and bready. Tastes of toasted malts, caramle, nutty, an dsome brown sugar sweetness.

re-rate... Figured out the bourbon aroma. Drank the beer by the pool with coconut-smelling sunscreen on my face. Happened again today with a watery South American pale lager. I was like... "damn, did they barrel age this Cerveza Imperial?" A couple points taken off the aroma that were bonused for originality... and my love of all things bourbony. ***Original rating*** Bottle... Almost clear, orange ale with a small, creamy, off-white head. Good retention. The nose is a mystery to me as it’s a bit lactic and very oaken. I’m also picking up notes of sourmash. Full-bodied, fatty and chewy with medium carbonation. Malty-sweet and woodsy with moderate bitterness and just a tinge of acidity. Short, crisp, very lightly bittersweet finish. Strange brew... but underrated in my book. Thanks go out to xmarcnolanx for shipping me this very pleasant surprise!

Pours a transparent dark copper mahogany with a thin, wispy-lacing off-white head. Aroma of sweet dark caramel and milk chocolate with some bready German yeasty notes and mildly tart esters. Body starts pretty chewy for a dunkler bock with some sweet dark caramely maltiness and earthy bittering hop character toward a toasty malty finish with some lingering milk chocolate and light fruity presence. A pretty authentic and enjoyable dunkler bock.

I had this beer many years ago at one time when I was only giving ratings to the beers but was too lazy and stupid to write down my thoughts. I will update this as soon as I get my hands on this beer again.

Not bad. It pours a deep amber body with a modest yet sustained beige head. No lacing to speak of. The aroma is sweet and bready with a splash of runny caramel and a wee bit of an herbal/earthiness to it. Kind of light bodied, it has an additional orchard fruitiness to it and the hoppy bitterness, still mild, is a tad stronger to keep the flavor from getting cloying.

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Bock Ale, Hum, perhaps a strong ale or other name may fit, but what do I know. Clear burnt orange color with a dissipating beige head. Toasted dark bread, with some nuts and light fruit as well. A strong brown ale scent. Sweet in the start with caramel coated walnuts. Middle dries out a touch with lightly roasted nuts. Quite nutty this one. Some hints of herbal hops. Not a bad winter ale. Bock? not so much.

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.