March 20 just so happens to be National Bock Beer Day.
I've never tasted a Bock beer so I really have no idea what it tastes like or how it might differ in taste from any other beer. I'm not now, nor have I ever been, a beer drinker.
Would anyone care to describe the taste?
Anyway....here is an image I created a couple of years back of a Bock beer from Spoetzl Brewing located n Shiner Texas. I hope you like it.
Malty, some seem to have a bit of caramel taste, sometimes nutty, less bite aftertaste due to fewer hops being included in its brewing, darker in color, some seem sweet, but not citrussy. That is my experience anyway. Heavily associated with monks who used it as nutrition during fasting.
This is a very fine rendering, Larry,,,,,except, I would crop off the label reflection on the bottom.
Douglas
douter wrote:
Malty, some seem to have a bit of caramel taste, sometimes nutty, less bite aftertaste due to fewer hops being included in its brewing, darker in color, some seem sweet, but not citrussy. That is my experience anyway. Heavily associated with monks who used it as nutrition during fasting.
This is a very fine rendering, Larry,,,,,except, I would crop off the label reflection on the bottom.
Douglas
Thanks for the nod-o'-the-head Douglas.
I may have to give this stuff a try next time I make sausages in beer and onions....or something.
Bock's tend towards slightly sweet, malty/bready, with toasty notes as a result of using malts kilned a bit longer. Think dark roast coffee as opposed to light roast.
A single bottle would be a decent addition to a pot of chilli or hearty beef stew, although my preferred addition is a dry stout.
