Kulmbacher Mönchshof Bockbier

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

50cl swing top pours clear amber with copper hues and gold edges as well as thin off white head. The aroma offers up caramel malts, sweet dark fruity esters, faint spicy black strap molasses and earthy dirt. The taste is sweet with malts and then quickly becoming earthy figs, earthy date skins, caramel malt and some dark to near brunt malts. Some of the spicy hops and mild roasted malts help provide for a near dry finish.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

50cl bottle at Lorry, Oslo. Pours amber with an off-white head. Aroma of caramel, dried fruits and malt. Sweet, but quite balanced. Medium body with slightly soft carbonation. Quite nice, a bit sweet, but still pretty easy to drink. (2013-08-22)

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle Swing-top: Poured a reddish brown with off white lacing head. Aroma is sweet malts with some burnt caramel. Taste is sweet caramel and malt, there is a nice hops in there also. Warms the mouth as any Christmas style beer should.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

Clear dark brown white foam head. Aroma is light caramel. Taste is like an ALT, little caramel. Some toffee. Short aftertaste. Little dissapointed in this one. (Velp 201401)

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Deep copper colour, huge off-white foamy head. Aroma of rye, nuts, malts and some slight caramellish notes. Flavour is malts, rye, nuts, butter, some dry fruits and spices. Alcoholic warming touch in the finish. Very wellbalanced and refreshing.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

500 ml swingtop bottle, now available in Norway (Vinmonopolet, bestillingsutvalget). ABV is 6.9%. Orange to amber colour, large off-white head with an orange hue. Moderate aroma of malts, some fruity hops and bakery, notes of alcohol. Flavour is fairly malty and bready, some caramel sweetness, alcohol is evident but not too much. Some hoppy bitteness and slightly burnt notes in the finish. OKish, but not my favourite bock.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

I ain't seen this one for years in the states. back in the day, this was a first rate german brew. Found the bock in Franken. Not the greatest bock, but damn sure does the job. If I could buy it in the Forest, would be a daily drinker. Matlz dominates, 6.9%, does the job well. For the geld, it is sehr gutt!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Bottle. Dark amber colour, clear with a small, but lasting off-white head. Malty, caramel aroma, with some hops. Crisp and malty, then sweet. Nice, sweet, grainy finish. Smooth, medium bodied, medium mouthfeel, maybe a bit thin at the end. The alcohol is well hidden. Good bock.