Rich auburn-bodied beige-headed top-fermented abbey ale with combustible 8% alcohol rate and sinewy leaven yeast sediment. Barleywine subtleties waver above dirty grain base and silken hop spicing. Fully formed, yet difficult to clearly define as a double bock, therefore recommended to dark ale connoisseurs.

Expansive ‘premium lager’ alleviates roasted chocolate-caramel malting and buttery cocoa elegance with soft barleywine warmth, picking up minor cinnamon-nutmeg tingle and dark rum spicing at lingered dry prune-raisin finish. Closer inspection reveals creamy maple-cola immersion.

Easily one of greatest American brewpubs, Mc Neill’s generic labeled ruddy-browned full-bodied seasonal bock offers laid-back ice coffee flow soured thusly by orange-bruised prune-dried green raisin scour and vinous grape tannic tartness before settling into dry port finish. Ashen peat bottom collapses.

Heavenly juicy-fruited medium-bodied dark amber may lack alcoholic chocolate-rimmed citric-dried inertia of richer bock competition, but fig-spiced bruised cherry entry dazzles. Spry floral-hopped briskness enhances luscious melon sweetness and mildly tart grape-quince sequel solidifying toasted wheat bed. Instantly approachable for lighter thirsts, yet bold enough for strong ale heads.

Rich honey-soaked barley-roasted moderate-bodied bock pours like prune juice. Barleywine-swirled caramelized molasses malting delicately seeps into heavy cream texture but staid dried-fruited finish could be more convincing.

Exquisitely rich ‘double malt’ amber lager gains initial dried fruit spicing above honeyed caramel-butterscotch pleasantries, crisp barley roast, sharp floral hops and creamy mocha surge. Temperate barleywine, port, and rye restraint aids medium-to-full-bodied force.

Scary grim reaper label inundates hazy golden lightweight bock. Tart fruit esters overcome astringent alcohol thickness, deepening its resolve. Penetrating orange-bruised peach-tangerine-grapefruit tang seeps into honeyed tea and wheat grass nuances thereafter.

Robust prune-hued butterscotch-scented full-bodied doppelbock closer to rich barleywine than dry port with its malt-lacquered pungency, nutty caramel embrace, and prominent rasin-prune finish proving quite a contrast from mild Mundien Light.

Fab Michigan brewer turns to Rogue-like embossed label with Stone-y side parable for busy ruby chestnut-hued full body. Though only its minor sugarplum sweetness and stewed prune seduction seem specifically bock-like, there’s no denying thick chocolate-y vanilla incline and fitting hazelnut-almond influence. Caramelized barleymalt base deepens butterscotch-maple trench guarding fruitcake-like fig-date finish.

Only a slight metallic astringency knocks back rich khaki-headed crimson-bodied double bock. Roasted chocolate malting stirs up bittersweet raisin-fig thickness to sticky molasses-maple finish. Powdered cocoa midst gains slim pecan-hazelnut tinge and charcoal singe.

Peppy amber mediocrity lacks efficient cognac thrust and molded orange-fig appeal of truer robust dry bocks. Less fruity than August Schell’s Maifest, less spicy than Pale Ale, allowing meandering malt murk and candied cherry dab to overwhelm dry prune finish.

Elegant maple sugar richness firmly coats barleywine-port warmth, dark cherry pureeing and creamy butterscotch sweetness to candied molasses finish. Delicate honey-spiced mocha malts contrast back-ended musty cellar dankness. Mild floral hops soften subtle wheat biscuit spine of classic double bock jealous rivals envy.