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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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 mgumby10 (1858), Jupiter, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 27, 2008  
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.


 stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Oct 21, 2006  
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.


 Beerdedone (1885), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Nov 1, 2006  
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.


 joshwilfong (790), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 1, 2008  
dark brown with slight white head. flavor is mostly composed of malts with some evidence of some Munich variety, definite some fruitiness to the malt that really is the most pleasant aspect of the beer. the hop flavor is not really evident but the beer is decently balanced. a rather flavorful lager, likely their best


 MadIndian (997), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Oct 21, 2006  
Drank with Stegosaurus and Beereded_one at Newton brew fest. This was decent. Malty caramel aroma with a nice dark brown color. Roasted malt flavor. Overall not bad.


killedge (26), Miami, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Jan 17, 2008  
12oz Bottle....dark brown color with slight carbonation... thin head that stays... mellow chocolate bit malty... smooth finish


 durhambeer (1220), Durham, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Dec 23, 2008  
Bottle from Sams in Durham. Dark clear brown pour with nearly white thin head that sticks around. Wheat and malt strong on the nose. Roasty chocolate. Odd vanilla-like notes. Definitely decent, and cool bottle. Simply okay beer.


 Sonicdescent (381), Donora, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/510/20
Aug 23, 2009  
Pours a dark golden color with a very thin layer of lasting off white head. Smell is good but has no outstanding qualities. A very light citrus/hop scent. Taste is good with a smooth spice taste followed by a hoppy bite and a nice aftertaste. Pretty full bodied for it’s type and leaves a nice coating feeling after swallowing. Very drinkable and even sessionable with the warning that this has a much higher alcohol content than it may let on.



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