Decent 2009 cellar-reserved bottle-conditioned ‘strong wheat beer’ with pleasant citric acidity and surprising mocha tenacity bides time as loud 8% alcohol luster gets heard. Creamy caramel-cocoa-chocolate malts ride above peppery clove-spiced fig-sugared vanilla sweetness and orange-bruised banana tartness. Molasses-like Sugar Daddy keepsake forges doppelbock-like character over musty yeast-creased candi-sugared Belgian ale peculiarity.

 

Drab sunset-hued Mardi Gras fave fails to impress from its washed-out pale amber hue to its ridiculously inappropriate mildness. Astringent honey-soured caramel malting, musty orange-banana-cherry trickle, phenol spicing, and caraway seeding make for ineffectual Maibock or Helles bock traits.  

Bavarian bock more influenced by toasted barley, roasted chestnut, and sweet husked corn than expected full-on creamy malt thickness. Dry mocha and sweet chocolate coat underside, dissipating abruptly by mildly bitter hop finish. As usual, American bock version has less complexity than most Germans.

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. In embossed brown bottle, brown-sugared toffee and butterscotch sweetness scatters thru corn syrupy dried fruiting. Spicy nutmeg tingle drapes latent caramelized raisin-fig-prune conflux.

Sweet candied bock with dominant barley roast, buttery pale malting, and receding dry nuttiness. Carbolic hops fade as toasted graining battles back coarse astringency. Label claims 'lager beer' under bock 'title,' and it's much closer to the former with its lively hops and bittersweet grains. Plus, mocha presence too light for bock class.

Sturdy seasonal Bavarian golden lager comes across like a better crafted and more luxurious malt liquor. Creamy corn sugared honey malts swerve by apricot-cantaloupe enticement and muted floral-herbal spicing. Dry barley-wheat foundation constrains sweet vanilla dab.

Sumptuous soft-fruited dry bock with perky hop subtlety, tangy orange peel blitz, and chewy caramel-molasses tether gains barleywine luster scurrying to sweet barley-roasted raisin-almond finish. Creamy mocha malt midst smoothed out by frisky carbonation and herbaceous recess.

Golden red bock nearly as colorful as its snazzy label. Soured raisin persistence impels sweet cedar influence, bruised cherry tang, red grape tartness, and grassy hay smidgen. Almond nuttiness brackets meager rye sentiment. Brewery defunct: 2005.

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.

Quaffed bottle 1,417 of 2,400 before X-mas '04 expecting seasonal illusions (nutmeg-cinnamon) to ultimately develop due to label's wreathe insignia. But indistinct reddish auburn dry bock also lacked advertised 'rich, creamy' character. Instead, distant barley roast and sedate gourd, tobacco, chestnut, and almond illusions drop off to deficient maple finish.

Amiable yellow-hazed white-headed medium body brings softly creamy marshmallow malting and banana-clove-bubblegum sweetness to sinister bruised lemon souring. Delicate herbal restraint placates subsidiary coriander-cinnamon-allspice illusions.