Penn St. Nikolaus Bock Bier

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

Bright brown pour with a thin head. Sweet malts on the nose. Thin bodied, chocolate and caramel flavored. Slight roast on the finish

Bottle sampled at the Newtown Brewfest with Stegosaurus and the Mad Indian. Pours brown with an off-white head. Aroma of roast, caramel and fruit. The flavor was mainly roast and chocolate, with a slight hint of fruit. Good beer.

Bottle at the Newtown Brewfest with Beerded_one and the Mad Indian. Pours brown with an off-white head. Aroma of roasted malts, caramel and slight fruit. The flavor was roast, coffee, and choco;ate. good body, goode brew.

Pours a dark malty brown with a smallish light brown head. Smells of banana, other dark fruits, sweet caramel malts, and a touch of roast too. The flavor was much the same. Pretty standard for a bock brew. The banana was apparent along with the malty sweetness, which wasnt too much over the top like some can be. Fairly solid brew from a mediocre brewery.

On tap at FocciaLuna - State College, PA. Aroma is a light dust of hazlenut and toast, running sweet. Pours a mid-mahogany brown, rimmed with a soft slide of off-white. Flavor develops a rich, darker fruit tone, with some toasted breads, candied nuts, and light caramels. There’s some light off-grain notes buried deep. It’s pretty average. And really the story of a bock is a bock is a bock. Finishes with a light noble hop leaf. A touch sweet and some light off notes are the real drawbacks, but otherwise has a decent malt figure.

This is a beer for the cold weather. I love a good Bock and this one hit the spot. Maybe I am biased (being from Pittsburgh) but this was a great suprise from what I was expecting. The aroma was strong and almost smelled like a red wine. The dark brown pour looked like Pepsi (except for the thin white head). I was expecting something sweeter, but the roasted malt flavor and the bitter but not too bitter aftertaste had me thanking Santa after each sip.

Large light tan head of pretty big bubbles yet creamy on top. Light carbonation. Nice aroma with vanilla, malts and a bit of caramel. Maybe a bit of butter toffee. Color is a dark mahagony brown. Malty and slightly sweet flavor. Very slight tangyness to it. Not much hops. Bit of spices also. Finish is a little dry and leaves a slight bitterness on the tongue. A decent bock. Thanks to Matta for this one.

Draft at the brewpub. Dark brown with a thin off white head. Light aroma with a touch of roastiness. The flavor is also on the light side, with some caramel sweetness and a touch of toast. Not bad.