Rich prune swoon and mild curacao orange souring underscore pumpkin-spiced sugar-candied malting of copper-hazed medium body. Latent banana-clove subtlety too withdrawn to upend lusty alcohol resonation.

Honeyed wheat aromatics entice rich barley-oats graining, clove-spiced pep, and raisin-fig ascension unexpectedly upstaged by barleywine insistence. Mild caramel malt creaminess fortifies atypical German bock.

Profound smoked hickory sweetness emphasizes maple wood mouthfeel, peat-y mulch earthiness and piney campfire romp of musty, oceanic-scented, noirish amber bock. But up-front essence lost as foamy flesh-toned head diminishes. Moderate grain thrust squanders honeysuckle nicety, acetous citric snip and docile cherry nip.

Taut molasses-caramel-cocoa sweetness given dry-roasted barley backdrop to secure resinously hopped alcohol-burnt bock. Pumpernickel-rye sequel and walnut shelling confirm busy frontage, but sugar water finish cheapens up-front zeal substantially. Still, quite decent for classic macrobrewed old-timer.

Impressive ‘continental breakfast lager’ is a fearsome doppelbock and perfect nightcap. Enormous espresso frontage allows hop-roasted ground coffee and baker’s chocolate illusions to expand atop equally compelling chewing tobacco, pine tar, and chicory bittering. Definite caffeine booster sweetened by vanilla fudged interlude and malt-smoked burnt cedar residue.

Despite viscous bronzed copper dramatics, fleshy yeast sediment, and punctual raisin-date theme, vacuous gauzy fizz engulfs wood burnt earthiness and toasted barley restraint, fading precipitously to metallic sour orange murk. Mild sour ale fans might appreciate its astringency.

Inadvisable green bottle doesn’t plague reputable creamy Polish bock. Sweet brown chocolate drips into big fig embrace and nice hazelnut-walnut-pecan wrap, creating initial full-bodied lunge. Honeyed wheat girds frisky carbolic fizz as massive raisin-prune influence steps forward. Busy finish picks up meritorious burgundy-barleywine ripple.

Easygoing amber-bodied bock closer to mild cream ale. Perfumed citrus entry picks up honeyed caramel malting to seize surfacing prune-raisin dryness, finishing crisp, clean and mellow.

Well integrated rye-toasted pumpernickel theme extends through dirty earthen graining, torrid vegetal souring, and dried cherry dirge. Though cumbersome phenol fizz gets in the way and sour mash waft may be off-putting, its chocolate-cocoa malting adds abstruse depth.

Unassuming amber-cleared white-headed blonde lacks expressive ‘bock’ character as pungent grain exertion and alcohol-stricken malt astringency provide off-dry finish with cheap Scotch neutrality.

Perhaps closer to a toasted lager than a true bock, well-balanced golden-hued medium body substitutes chewy caramel-chocolate malting and increased roasted barley sweetness for dried fruit expectancy. Near finish, recessive white grape-date-fig nuances and earthy nuttiness rail against ashy coal harshness.

Typical easy pounding domestic premium beer sweeter and more yeast-infested than macrobrewed Michelob premium, but nothing ‘special.’