Penn St. Nikolaus Bock Bier

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

This is a must beer. My yellow fizzy something drinking friends who won’t touch a micro even love this beer. It will make your cheeks rosey and put a twinkle in your eye!

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.

This dark brown beer pours with a thin, tan head that is very creamy and leaves a nice lice on the glass. The aroma is primarily malt, with a touch of spiciness. The taste is strong on roasted flavors, with a touch of sweetness and nuttiness. Nice hop bittering on the finish cleans the palate. This beer is creamy on the tongue, with just a touch of alcohol. This beer finishes rather clean, and is very appetizing.

Dense dark brown body with red highlights when held up against the light. Pale colored and medium sized head with decent carbonation. Little to no lace left on the glass. Sweet aroma and dominant malt taste with a hint of sourness. No hop bitterness whatsoever. A nice enhancement to the flavor is achieved with a small helping of spices appropriate for the season. Smooth velvety mouthfeel. Very yummy indeed. This is my first taste of a bock, and I’ll be back for more. I’ll also try to sample more of the offerings of this brewery when I get around to Pittsburgh.

Only brewed for a short time around christmas. A hearty mouthfeel, taste of carmel, chocolate and alcohol. I have had it on tap and in a bottle. Its best on tap. If you like a dark beer thats rich on flavor you just gotta have this.

12 oz. bottle, purchased at the Penn Brewery while visiting an old college roommate this past December...Pours a sparkling ruby with a small, rocky, light-tan head that quickly diminished...Smell some roasted-molasses malts and light grassy hops. Can definitely pick up some toffee notes as well...Average body with a thick texture and surprising lively carbonation...Lightly bitter and moderately acidic with a flavor that stuck around for some time...Overall, highly carbonated but still a quality brew. A very sweet, yet roasty finish with a complex mouth feel (thin up front, creamy going down). Tastes a bit like drinking a shot of liquor through a licorice twizler. An easy drinking cold weather beer. Great label as well.

A dark purple color when poured with thin white head. Goes down extremely smooth, slight alcohol flavor, and a little spice at the end. A great beer.

This is a rich thick beer but with some spicy/citrusy flavors. This isn’t what I would call a typical bock because of the extra spicy flavorings which I liked in the first few sips but tired the more I drank the beer.