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Railway City Sham-Bock

Railway City Sham-Bock

Rated 3.243 by BeerPals

Brewed by Railway City Brewing Company Limited

St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada

Style:  Bock

6.8% Alcohol by Volume

23 International Bittering Units

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Notes of dark fruits raisins and figs, molasses and dark maple syrup. Plum and toffee are foremost with a hint of chocolate. True to the Doppelbock style, Shambock is a little sweet, higher alcohol (6.8% ABV) with a minimal hop profile. Like a good lager, Shambock is very drinkable, impeccably clean and crisp in finish. Pours a creamy mocha head, which is dense in texture with a little lacing. 2009-2012 Draught Version: 6.8% 2014 Bottled Version: 5.8%

ID: 42585 Last updated 1 month ago Added to database 13 years ago

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Statistics

Overall Rank16576
Overall Percentile70.5
Style Rank200 of 731
Style Percentile72.6
Lowest Score3.2
Highest Score3.6
Average Score3.425
Weighted Score3.243
Standard Deviation0.000

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  • PAULCARDOM 549 reviews
    rated 3.2 6 years ago

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

    A decent alternative to the plethora of green beers that one sees around St. Patrick’s Day. Railway City is better known for their ales than their lagers so this one will be a new one for me from them. It pours a deep mahogany colour, murky, with a this light brown head. Lots of dark fruit and roasted notes in the aroma, with hints of bread, yeast, and maple syrup. The flavour is very sweet as the maple syrup really shines over all the other flavours.

  • PALEALERIDER 2314 reviews
    rated 3.6 10 years ago

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

    Pours a large frothy beige head and has a dark amber colour with ruby highlights. Leaves sticky lace. Aromas of malts, cereals, no bitterness really, maybe a tad in the finish. Light flavours of caramel malts, and quite faint citrusy notes. Smooth and slightly oily mouthfeel, real easy going down. Lively carbonation.

  • CHOPZ 7579 reviews
    rated 3.5 10 years ago

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

    Bomber from the LCBO. Pours a brown colour with mahogany highlights. The head is beige, creamy, with good retention but not much lacing. Beautiful roasted malt nose with some light sweetness from the maple syrup. Nutty notes as well and coffee. Lots of this reflects in the taste, but harder to detect the maple, and alcohol is felt. The roasted malts are well-blended with some fruitiness. Pretty interesting brew, but would be hard to drink more than one of these (sweetness not helping).

  • CYRENAICA 2418 reviews
    rated 3.4 12 years ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    330ml draught
    6.8% ABV
    I tried this beer on draught on March 9, 2012 at "c'est What" in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The beer was poured a translucent dark burgundy colour with a thin white ring of a head. Aroma was sweet fruits like plums with hints of caramel, molasses, and grains. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour is sweet and fruity...almost fruity enough to be a turnoff. Flavour has similarities to their Dragonberry pilsner. It's certainly a sham if you ask me.

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