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Samuel Adams LongShot Traditional Bock

Percentile
83
overall

bottled
common

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unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3043.42/5.03.41/5.0Special6.8%91.2Dimpled mug, Snifter
Commercial Description:
2008. Created by homebrewer Alex Drobshoff. Alex’s Brew is a bright copper German inspired bock with a complex, full bodied mouthfeel. Hints of rich plum and cherry aromas paired with its toasty, malt flavor make this the perfect beer to linger over on a cool evening.
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REDBOSOX (70), Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/513/20
Sep 20, 2009  
This one was probably the best in the Longshot 6-pack. I thought it was. It’s a good bock beer with lots of different flavors. It looks good, smells good, and tastes great. I’d gladly drink it again!


 jgb9348 (2500), Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/514/20
Sep 14, 2009  
Nice perfect looking deep copper and ruby tinted amber body with a nice two centimetre tall deep tan head - this is how you want any bock to look like! Aroma of roasted malt, nuts, raisins, pit fruit and a bit of basement oldness - just like a typical bock again that you’d find in Germany - nice so far! Medium-bodied; Nice roasty flavour with caramel, cardamom and a bit of toasted pine nuts that show before the malt and any hop bitterness at all - nice flavours throughout with plenty of complexity. Aftertaste shows plenty of roasted malt, nuts and sugars - nice body throughout. Overall, a pretty good beer, very representative to the style almost to a ’T’, with some perhaps too bitter and too roasty tastes for my liking, but definitely good to sample! I sampled this twelve ounce purchased from Total Wine in Chantilly, Virginia on 11-July-2009, sampled at home in Washington on 13-September-2009.


 carl4beer (400), Fairfax Station, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 13, 2009  
form the long shot 6 pack. pours brown with a nice lookin head. aroma is dried fruit and brown sugar. mouthful is malty and has a little alcohol note on the back end. pretty easy drinking.


 ScottyP (314), Brentwood, Tennessee, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Sep 10, 2009  
Pours a clear copper with tan head. Aroma of malts, brown sugar, bread, some booze. Similar taste with a nice malty/bitter finish. Medium bodied with decent carbonation. Okay I guess.


 Butters (1652), Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/512/20
Sep 10, 2009  
Sampled with curly at scottyp’s condo. Pours a clear reddish brown with fair light tan ring of head. Nose of molassis and sweet alcohol fumes. Flavor is plum, rum, and biscuit. Has a good bit of warming for only 7%. Not my favorite of the series.


 DarkSong (110), Dacula, Georgia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/105/517/20
Sep 9, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Pours a dark reddish brown color with a small tan head. It has a malty molasses aroma. It has a wonderful roasted, molasses and toffee taste with hints of espresso and chocolate. This is an outstanding beer.


 CaptainCougar (5493), Rockville, Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 8, 2009  
Pours a transparent dark copper brown with a thin froth of off-white head. Aroma of sweet doughy dark caramel German malts with a hint of brown sugar and noble hops. Starts with good fullness and a rich, doughy dark caramel husky sweetness with some light fruity tones and a full bodied, yet very drinkable sweet malty finish. Has just the right amount of noble hoppy bitterness throughout. A very well made and true to style Dunkler Bock that is amazingly drinkable.


 MadIndian (997), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/105/57/103/515/20
Sep 8, 2009  
Mahogany pour with thick head. A dough smell with mild hops. Possible licorice. I would like to try this on draft. Not bad



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