Friedel Friedelsator is a marvelous Bock with some floral hop notes in the nose and a semi-dry, semi-bitter finish.
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Roppelt (Trossenfurt) Bockbier from gravity dispense
Roppelt Bockbier from gravity dispense in 2024 was richly malty and fruity with a lingering, semi-dry, semi-bitter finish.
Wiesener Frühlingsbock
Wiesener Frühlingsbock from Bürgerliches Brauhaus is a gorgeous deep golden Hellerbock with an ample rocky head and spicy floral hoppy nose. Balanced richly malty palate features a nice spicy hop element. The lingering finish is semi-dry and bittersweet.
Roppelt (Trossenfurt) Bockbier bottle
Roppelt Bockbier is richly malty with some caramel before the lingering, semi-dry, bittersweet finish.
Düll Bock
Düll Bock is an unfiltered amber beauty with tons of malt but well-balanced with ample hopping making for a sublimely dry and moreish Bock at 7.7%. One of Franconia's best.
Grasser Kathrein Bock from gravity dispense
Grasser Kathrein Bock is a marvelous Hellerbock from the Franconian brewing legend in Huppendorf. It's a great mix of rich malt and fine hops with a dry bittersweet finish. It's dangerously drinkable at 7.5%. This gravity dispense version at Der Pelikan Best of Bock 2023 was a notch drier in the lingering finish.
Schroll Bock from gravity dispense
Schroll Bock is a dark rich beauty with a hint of licorice and a fine dryish bittersweet finish. This version from gravity dispense at Der Pelikan Best of Bock 2023 was extra dry.
Penning Bockbier
Penning Hetzelsdorfer Bockbier is an quaffable treat from the small countryside brewery whose Vollbier is legendary. This Bock has a gorgeous amber hue and rich malty palate with hints of caramel. The lingering bittersweet finish makes it moreish at 6.5%.
Forstquell-Bock
Forst-Quell Bock is another great beer from the brewery, coming out on Ash Wednesday at their annual Bockanstich. It's full of dried fruit and the lingering finish is quite dry for its strength and dangerously moreish.
Heavyweight Championship of Beers: Round 15 Schlenkerla Märzen vs Unfiltered Märzen
Schlenkerla is the most renowned of Rauchbier/Smoke beer breweries. They have a great line-up of seasonal beers and in this comparison, we look at their flagship Märzen and a special edition unfiltered version of it.