Penn St. Nikolaus Bock Bier

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

Pours a dark brown with a reddish hue. Thin, loose off-white head. Mild, slightly nutty aroma, some light malty characters. Decent toasty flavors with a very mild suggestion of roast. Kind of an even finish, with some light sweetness. Decent, but nothing extraordinary.

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.

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.

Sampled at the brewery in Pittsburgh in a pint glass. The beer had a dark brown color with a ruby-red tint and a creamy, dark tan head. The aroma was mostly of figs and some roasty malt. The taste was mostly a mixture of bitterness with some sourness too. A wet and somewhat creamy body, with a smooth effect. Good seasonal brew, probably the best the brewery has to offer.

Draft. I didn’t know this was a bock, lol. Lots of nuts and maltiness, I guess,really dark, not the best bock ever.

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.

Penn St. Nikolaus Bock Bier. 1 December 2005. Bottle. Pour produces a tiny-bubbled head that dissipates bit stays. Aroma is of toffee, sweet malt and raisins. Flavors continue to be heavily influenced by toffee, but become overly sweet as the beer warms. I like this, and like nearly all of Penn’s lineup, it is good but not stellar. A little more balance and a little less sweetness would be a start.

A dark brown beer with a fast disappearing dark beige head. The aroma is sweet and very malty, but also with strong notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty combined with notes of straw and hints of alcohol.