Penn St. Nikolaus Bock Bier

Brewed by Pennsylvania Brewing Company
Style: Dunkler Bock
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

Fresh 07 bottle. Barely translucent in the glass. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malts and dark fruits. Rich, medium to heavy body. Sweet caramel/roasty finish. 7/4/7/4/14 06 Draft at Capone’s. Cloudy copper. Medium head. Aroma of roasted malts, dark fruits and a little spice. 7/3/7/3/14

Pours a reddish-brown color with a tan head. Aroma is of dark fruits, brown sugar, and some toasted malts. Flavor is of very slight roasted malts, brown sugar, and some dark fruits up front. Finishes with some toasted malts. Flavor was different from the aroma and a little better but not really as good as I was hoping.

Draft at the Grey Lodge in Philly. Boring beer. Tasted and looked like any other bock.

bottle from bottle aquired via trade with Schutzenliesel..dark brown, almost black pour..aroma of bread, grass, sugar, spice, and light plum...flavor is heavily sugared, finishing very grassy...hints of dark fruits as well (perhaps cherry?)...

Pours a brownish purplely color, a little transparent, with a nice amount of froathy tan head. Aroma is very very sweet and malty, I would say almost a sweet raisin smell. Taste is very very sweet and malty with some spiciness and gingerbread taste. Some alcohol flavor. Very heavy on the palate. Overall, a good winter warmer, but not something I could take a lot of due to the sweetness. Should definitely serve slightly below room temp.

Oh yeah, nothing like an X-mas seasonal on the longest day of the year at least the temps haven’t hit the 90’s yet! Abundant aroma of sugary bready malt with some spices and red wine. Dark amber pour, little tan head, and no lacing. Creamy and filling, velvety and smooth as well. Flavor is exceptional especially for the style. Fermented plums and raisins combined with sweet malts and cherries. A sprinkling of roasted malt as well with a dry honey aftertaste. This seasonal was treated nice and is well blended, too bad it was merely a lone single on the bottom shelf because this is really good.

Dark brown color with light head. Sweet aroma of dark fruits, chocolate and some spices. Taste is a strange sweet, sour, & spicy mix that was OK. Thanks for the trade JB.

12 oz bottle, 2006 version. Pours to a beautiful, bright, chestnut color, with a thick, creamy, white head, and a good bit of carbonation. The nose on this beer is fantastic with lots of good aromas of toasty and nutty malt. The palate is firm, with lots of good toasty and nutty malt flavor, on a polished, smooth, round body. This beer finishes with more fantatic clean and malty flavors up front, then ends with the perfect amount of herbal hop bitterness, and some sooth alcohol to balance. A very impressive bock bier, with fantastic malt character. A perfect beer to enjoy over the Christmas season.