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Penn St. Nikolaus Bock Bier 3.28 160

Penn St. Nikolaus Bock Bier

Percentile
73
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1603.3/5.03.28/5.0Winter6.8%82.7Dimpled mug, Snifter
Commercial Description:
Until the 19th century, St. Nikolaus was a tall, stern, patriarch in bishop's robes. Then he became a sky-riding, jolly old elf. He may be a milk-and-cookies kind of guy today, but he knows what you want and it's this St. Nikolaus Bock Bier. It's rich, dark and full-bodied, brewed with a variety of roasted and chocolate malts. Celebrate the holidays with St. Nikolaus. He's in this bottle. Gee, we hope you've been good this year.
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 zebracakes (1217), Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Dec 24, 2006  
On tap at Penn Brewery. Dark, clearish caramel. Aroma is caramel, nuts, malt. Flavor is the same with a hint of grass. Fairly pleasant on tap.


 Goodgrief (1161), Middletown, Delaware, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 12, 2008  
Beer pours amber brown with a really nice head that dissipated to nothing in record time. Aroma was sweet bready malts, as was the flavor, with caramel, fruits and a lot of brown sugar. A bit thin and watery, but not horrible.


 dolemike1 (1129), Jeannette, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 12, 2001  
Smelled and looked nice, tasted alright. Not excellent but alright.


 jeremytoni (1123), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Nov 20, 2008  
From a bottle poured a dark golden color with a small head. Nice malty flavor with a quick finish.


 kenb (1100), Oregon, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/513/20
Apr 17, 2007  
12 oz bottle from the Eppeist (thanks man!). This one is a dark brown with a small beige head. Nose is malty with some subtle fruitiness, most berries. Taste is sweet, toasty and a tiny bit of sourness. Sort of a sweet n sour n toasty! Like orange marmalade on a biscuit, but instead of orange....strawberry marmalade..well if there was such a thing, but you get my drift? There is also a bit of chocolate malts and some nuttiness in the finish/aftertaste. Medium body and moderate/high carbonation. A decent bock that i would be happy to chugalug on my patio without much thought. In otherwords, there is nothing wrong with this beer...’s ok in my book.


 MAP (1089), Lakewood, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Mar 28, 2004  
Tasted at the brewery. Nice dark flavor to it, and a rather tame aroma. Flavor is crisp, somewhat leaft, yet ends somewhat smooth and malty.


 Prostman (1077), Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/512/20
Dec 15, 2002  
This is a decent winter offering and a decent bock...worth seeking out.


 Cobra (1066), In a van, down by the river, Maryland, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/104/512/20
Nov 22, 2006  
2006 batch. 12 oz. brown, longneck bottle. No freshness date seen. Poured out a deep chocolate brown, with a sticky tan colored head. It also has red highlights to it. Aromas are of chocolate malts, roasted coffee beans, sweet malts. Flavors are of roasted malts, semi-sweet chocolate, roasty. Thick mouthfeel, decent body. Alcohol is well hidden. Finished semi-sweet.



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