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Otter Creek Mud Bock Spring Ale 3.37 93

Otter Creek Mud Bock Spring Ale

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80
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
933.41/5.03.37/5.0Spring5.7%89.7Dimpled mug, Snifter
Commercial Description:
Mud Bock Spring Ale makes its appearance with the spring thaw. The main feature of this full bodied beer is a broad and deep malt flavor. While sweeter than our other beers, a wine-like character provides balance in the flavor profile. Has fruity, herbal and floral notes in the aroma. Available February to May
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 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 04/13/2003
Mode: Bottle
Source: Norm’s, DC

Brown with ruby highlights, thin tan head, malty aroma with a touch of sweet chocolate malt, light malty flavor with traces of chocolate and roasted malts, just the right amount of sweetness, clean finish with only a hint of bitterness. What do you get when you add chocolate to an otherwise fine bock? - a mud bock!

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Score: **4
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 argo0 (6978), Washington DC, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Mar 9, 2003  
Small tan head atop a clear garnet-brown body. Aroma and taste are both roasty coffee and hazelnut, slightly caramel and chocolate. Taste finishes with a light bitterness. Fairly decent body.


 Bov (5490), Bienne, Switzerland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 2, 2000  
red-brown colour, roasty coffe aroma, hazelnut flavor, remembers me more to a porter than a bock (btw, bock is not an ale-style ?!)


 Cletus (5058), Connecticut, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 19, 2009  
Pours brown with a thin tan head. Smells of dark fruit and sweet malt. Tastes fruity and sweet with some spicy peppery splashes on the finish.


 Tmoney99 (4779), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20
Mar 18, 2009  
Bottle from Jungle Jim’s. Poured clear deep brown with an average frothy off-white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate complex toasted sweet malty aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Moderate balanced malty sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. Good drinkable brew, but average for style.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
May 4, 2005  
Draft. Pours brownish with aroma of malt, hops, some dark fruit, slight chocoff. Tastes fruity, with finishing malt, hops, and some candi sugar notes. Complex and flavorful.


 Lubiere (4550), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 18, 2004  
April 2004. Deep red copper with off white head. Light caramel aroma and roasted malts and light hops in tatste. Medium bodied. Thnaks to Muzzlehatch.


 muzzlehatch (4427), Burlington, Vermont, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jan 16, 2002    Updated: Apr 26, 2004
Jan 2002: Bottled. Nice looking brew-dark brown but transparent, with a decent head. Aroma malty-sweet but thin. Nice flavor -- caramel/coffee/nutty, and a decent body, though it could be thicker. Finishes a little bitter for a bock; I'd say this feels like a cross between a bock and robust porter. Probably OC's best brew.

April 2004. I get a bit of cedar and orange; lighter than I remember, but overall just as good.



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