Shiner Bock - Spoetzl Brewery

Beerevity

1.93/5  rDev -37.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

A - Bronze caramel color with a frothy white head that doesn't last.

S - Smells of rice and very light malt.

T - Boring malt with a bit of, is that tin? There is no real way to convey this but it tastes like half beer, half pool water.

M - Watery and fizzy but drinkable.

O - I really don't like the taste of this beer. It's drinkable, especially straight from the bottle, but there are so many better choices for the same price.

Serving type: bottle

06-16-2012 05:40:51 | More by Beerevity

donmonkey1

Tennessee

1.98/5  rDev -36.3%
look: 1.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

Appearance: medium brown, similar to Coca-Cola. No head, no lacing, virtually no carbonation. Pathetic.

Smell: Watered down Coca-Cola.

Taste: A pint of water with 10 honeysuckles in it,a drop of caramel flavored syrup, and one shredded metal bottle cap.

Mouthfeel: Water

This beer is horribly unimpressive and boring but at least it's not offensive.

Serving type: bottle

06-06-2012 22:54:36 | More by donmonkey1

garymuchow

Minnesota

2.58/5  rDev -17%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

I generally don't like my beers too loud when they pour, so this one doesn't start too well. Very light aroma of malt with a little sweetness, slight caramel/toffee, but really not much going on here.
Over carbonated, but ya' wouldn't know it with the short-lived head. Color is right on and very clear.
Bockish flavors, but too much like some colored water. Hops to take away and sweetness that might have a thought about showing up, but add no flavors particularly.
Lighter body.
Lawnmower beer, but carbonation is too much like diet soda (not a good thing). Otherwise palatable, but generally uninteresting.

Serving type: bottle

05-27-2012 17:31:27 | More by garymuchow

BeerCon5

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +20.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a very dark amber color with about one finger of fluffy off-white head that disappears fairly quickly.

The scent is of caramel notes and some toasted malts.

The taste is of sweet caramel, toasted malt, some light hop presence.

Light body, smooth and crisp, moderate carbonation.

I thought this was a nice presentation of the style. It was flavorful, well balanced and very drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2012 18:42:26 | More by BeerCon5

jifigz

Pennsylvania

2.73/5  rDev -12.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Bottle poured into a pint glass.

The appearance of this is dark, caramel brown with no head whatsoever and what appears like tons of carbonation. The aroma is slightly funky, slightly sweet, slightly caramel, and slightly nothing. The flavor is weak and not very bock like. The flavor is, well, weak for a bock. It isn't a bad flavor, it just isn't much of a bock. It mimics the smell and appearance. The MF is higher carbed than I would like, and i think of the style, and thin and watery. Overall, this is a beer. A bock, I am sure that it is, but not a great one.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2012 01:20:44 | More by jifigz

BierStein711

Illinois

1.6/5  rDev -48.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2

Bottle poured into shaker

Dark brown with off white head

This is a beer that drinks like a watery cola. Don't have this as well because it tastes like plants, and burnt veggies. The finish was very metallic!

It smelled like a beer, though!

I either had a bad bottle, or I just don't like it.

Serving type: bottle

04-26-2012 00:53:48 | More by BierStein711

DrinkSlurm

Connecticut

3.05/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Poured from tap into pint glass. It ctually has some lacing.
I know this doesn't have a very good rating but I'm not sure why? Its actually one of the best macro style brews I ever had. Its has some malty flavor and maybe even a munich style lager flavor. I just wish the abv was a bit higher, but other than that its probably a nice safety brew in a pinch.

Serving type: on-tap

04-24-2012 22:23:06 | More by DrinkSlurm

Cavanaghty

Maine

3.13/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass, had before in Texas, got this one in trade. Thank You to shan8454 for the trades!

Appearance: Reddish brown in color, with a thin off white head. No lacing on the glass.

Smell: I can smell malts, mild hops, maybe some nutty/fruity notes too.

Mouthfeel/Taste: Smooth medium to light bodied. Flavor is a little watered down, but not bad. Malty and nutty I think.

Overall: Not a bad brew, would be good on a hot summer day while grilling.

Serving type: bottle

04-21-2012 13:42:07 | More by Cavanaghty

Noxious26

Saskatchewan (Canada)

2.75/5  rDev -11.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Had this in San Antonio a couple of weeks ago. Catching up on inputting some reviews. Taken from notes. Poured in a standard hotel glass.

Light brown - dark amber in colour and clear. Cream coloured head is 1/4 inch on the pour. Spots of lacing here and there.

Aroma is pretty mild. Very little comes out other than malts, but there are hints of biscuit, dried fruit.

Taste is pretty mild and muted for a bock. Kind of like a mass produced versioned toned down for the masses. Mostly malts with a hint of caramel and dried fruit and a tinge of metallic twang.

Pretty watery and light bodied for a bock. Very little carbonation.

Overall it's not bad, but it really isn't a good representation of the style. Going by style guidelines alone, this is a big miss, but I kind of enjoyed it and preferred it to the macros available at the function I was attending. Give it a try, but don't go out of your way.

Serving type: can

04-15-2012 22:00:55 | More by Noxious26

fx20736

New York

2.43/5  rDev -21.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Poured cold into piint.

Head receded so quicklly that I don't know what color it was. Beer is darkish amber, no lacing, well carbonated.

Aroma: not much here.

mouthfeel; flat

taste: weird industrial taste. Tastes like chemicals.

Notes: not a good beer.

Serving type: bottle

04-15-2012 19:43:17 | More by fx20736

rudolphjacksonm

Virginia

2.23/5  rDev -28.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2

A - Small head that is really effervescent and dissipates within seconds. Not what I expected. Really light-bodied with an amber-brown hue. Steady carbonation bubbling up from the bottom. 2.5

S - Malty, hoppy smell with an almost overpowering grainy, bready undercurrent. Also a soapy smell somewhere in there that reminds me of some adjunct lagers...which is weird. 2.5

T - Hrmm. Not quite what I remembered Shiner Bock tasting like. I thought it was a good beer a long time ago but after having it again now...I'm not very impressed. Strongly carbonated, sour flavor followed by the teensiest hint of malt on the middle of the tongue, followed by a metallic hop aftertaste. It goes down easy and is sort of enjoyable, but really not flavorful enough and has an odd aftertaste. 2.0

M - Very carbonated and light-bodied. Easily drinkable. Not sure if this is part of the style but it isn't a bad thing. 3.0

O - Shiner Bock seems to me like a decent session beer (though I still think Full Sail's Session series is a far better choice), but I would leave the compliments at that. I suppose the only reason I'm so harsh on Shiner is that I remembered this beer tasting good once, and now I'm left with this sort of Bock-adjunct hybrid that makes my tongue shrivel. I hope this is just a bad batch and that the next time I try this beer it performs a little better. 2.0

Serving type: bottle

04-08-2012 22:45:48 | More by rudolphjacksonm

Fatehunter

Oregon

2.25/5  rDev -27.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Poured into a pint glass. A transparent copper color with half finger of head that was bubbly and short-lived.

Smells faintly like wet hay. It has an unpleasant smell too, hard to place but not nice.

Mild malt sweetness at first, a faint touch of bitter (not really bitter, but less sweet). Watery taste overall.

Medium body, moderate carbonation, unremarkable.

This was difficult because I used to drink Shiner all the time years ago when I lived in Corpus Christi because it was the only beer with some flavor to it. It's a caramel colored American lager with a little less carbonation and a touch of sweetness.

Serving type: bottle

03-21-2012 03:11:28 | More by Fatehunter

shoeinc

3.08/5  rDev -1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A- The dark color makes me think I am drinking a real beer, slightly cloudy

S- Bready

T- Slightly sweet, here there hops in there?

M- low carbonation. not heavy

O- Not quite the best beer the Shiner puts out, still better than most other readily available beers.

Serving type: bottle

03-11-2012 04:52:13 | More by shoeinc

TheSixthRing

California

3.23/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Appearance - Pours a fairly clear, dark amber brown with reddish tinge. The off-white head is about a finger thick, and dies fairy quickly, leaving behins a sparse lace.

Smell - Mostly sweet caramel and honey-like malt in the aroma... a bit of dry hop as well. The smell is light and pleasant.

Taste - Tastes like it smells. Sweet caramel and honey malt to start, then quickly switches over to a dry hop finish. A very faint sawdust flavor in the aftertaste? The finish happens very fast.

Mouthfeel - Light, and very little carbonation. It goes down smooth, but in a watered down sort of way.

Overall - Nothing offensive about this beer, but nothing too interesting either. To call this a 'safe beer' seems an appropriate term.

Serving type: bottle

03-07-2012 06:24:20 | More by TheSixthRing

KTCamm

New Jersey

2.95/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Poured from bottle into pint glass.

Pours a medium dark brown with no foam. Light malty smell - kind of a sweeter caramel smell. Light sweet malt taste - a little bland and with no carbonation. Mild and uneventful. Some cola flavor in there. Just enough bubbles to let you know its not the wort. But just Ok at best.

Serving type: bottle

03-03-2012 00:33:03 | More by KTCamm

Looneybiz

Ohio

2.8/5  rDev -10%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Overall it was ok, but the mouthfeel kinda ruined it for me.

The appearence was dark but hardly any head or lacing. Probally due to the flatness of the beer itself. The bottle had some interesting little tid bits and I enjoy that kind of stuff.

Taste was fine for the style, nothing amazing, but average and drinkable. Highly malty with a small hint of hops.

Very watery mouthfeel, with too low of carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

03-01-2012 08:44:27 | More by Looneybiz

Reaper16

Alabama

2.1/5  rDev -32.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

12oz. bottle served into a pint glass

Pours a nutty, caramel-brown color. It's very clear, with plenty of visible carbonation rising to the top of the glass. There it becomes a head that gets to about one finger before diminishing to a thin ring. It's pretty dark for a lager; it's basically in Marzen territory. Maybe darker.

Shiner Bock smells of sweet grain husks and commercial honey, like from a bear-shaped plastic bottle. Some grass-clippings hops are here too, but they are distant. It's mostly like a slightly-more-amber-malt smelling version of Miller High Life.

This beer is not good. It tastes very cheap: chalky yet sweet grain flavors, some vaguely metallic hops. It's crisp, sure, but finishes like I licked a traffic sign.

The mouthfeel is fine, I guess. It's got a fine body to it. The beer has a sweet mouthfeel but the hop character clashes with it. Overall, this beer is a pretty pathetic bock. It's not tasty at all. I feel like Padma Lakshmi when she was tentatively drinking Shiner Bock on season 9 of Top Chef. I feel you, Padma. I feel you.

Serving type: bottle

02-27-2012 04:05:28 | More by Reaper16

jeffrydon

3.18/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

Shiner Bock is my favorite daily beer. With that in mind I will try to be fair on this review. I have had it countless times on tap and in bottle but for this review I am using a bottle poured into a pint glass.

A- Light brown with a short 1 finger head that dissipates extremely fast with hardly any lacing at all.

S- Heavy on a breadiness smell. It also has some sweet caramel malt.

T- Sweet, but not as strong of a flavor as you may expect. It is actually very light tasting.

M- Again, very light, not much for mouth feel.

O- Overall this is an easy to drink beer that I enjoy quite a bit. Nothing earth shattering by any means but it's something that makes me smile and I find myself drinking it more than any other brew.

Serving type: bottle

02-25-2012 04:54:12 | More by jeffrydon

Florida9

Illinois

2.68/5  rDev -13.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

A: Clear brown in color. Forms a thin fizzy off-white head that quickly reduces to absolutely nothing. No retention. No lacing.

S: Smells of bready caramel malts and a light sweetness.

T: Watery blend of lightly sweet caramel and mild bready malts with some vanilla accents. Simplistic.

M: On the thinner side of medium. Lower carbonation. Watery.

O: An easy drinking everyday version of a bock. In all actuality, not very good, but simple and very easy to drink.

Serving type: bottle

02-19-2012 23:22:49 | More by Florida9

dbrauneis

New Jersey

2.75/5  rDev -11.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

A: Pours dark amber with very little head which disappeared before I was finished putting the bottle down after pouring. Small amounts of visible carbonation. No lacing.

S: Hints of bready malts and roasted malts but not much smell overall.

T: Flavors are dominated by the malts both bready and roasted. Slight hint of bitterness from the hops.

M: Light to medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly watery.

O: Easy to drink but nothing exceptional. Pairs well with Texas style BBQ. Quite sessionable.

Serving type: bottle

02-16-2012 02:09:43 | More by dbrauneis

acevenom

Louisiana

2.68/5  rDev -13.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Pours brown with an off-white head that dissipates quickly. The aroma or roasted malts is present, but it is not a strong aroma. The malt flavor is pretty mild and the taste is clean and crisp. The hops flavor is pretty mild. Like the Blonde, it does not leave much lacing behind. It is still an average beer, but I remember knocking back quite a few of these years ago.

Serving type: bottle

02-14-2012 21:15:12 | More by acevenom

mvanaskie13

Pennsylvania

3.03/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Picked up at the DFW airport, asked for a glass, poured into a pint glass; color is amber, nice frothy head light tan in color, dissipates quickly (glass was chilled).

Smell is mild breadiness, lager type scent but underdone.

Taste is very neutral mild sweetness, light cara el and bread flavors, with solid bitter finish.

Mouthfeel is clean, crisp, not too many off flavors or lingering, but maybe too much so.

Overall, this a mild average bock, could use some more caramel flavor, but the bitterness was ok

Serving type: bottle

02-04-2012 18:10:52 | More by mvanaskie13

chugalug06

Colorado

1.43/5  rDev -54%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

A - Brew is very dark with nice clarity. Not too much head. No lacing. Below average.

S - Not too much of a scent... Very bland and bready.

T/M - Over carbonated. How do people drink/enjoy this beer??? There's no flavor other then light malt.

O - This beer is bad. Very bland and disappointing. Highly not recommended.

Serving type: bottle

02-03-2012 02:05:18 | More by chugalug06

Merkur

Tennessee

3.25/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Beer pours a brown color with a bit of white head.

Beer smells mainly of malt, but nothing stands out.

Beer tastes slightly roasty and then finishes with a bit of caramel taste.

Moutfeel is very light and a good bit of carbonation.

Not a bad session beer.

Serving type: on-tap

01-29-2012 15:31:57 | More by Merkur

siradmiralnelson

Iowa

3.03/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured from 12oz bottle into SABL perfect pint.

A. Pours 2 finger head. Decent retention. Moderate lacing. Color is an amber brown.

S. Moderate caramel and bready malt aroma. Has a bit of hop bitterness.

T. Has a bit of peaty malt flavor. Pretty bland to be honest. Has a slightly sweet malt flavor with a bit of hop bitterness. Strangely has a bit of citrus fruit flavor?

M. Light body. Medium/low carbonation.

O. Pretty light bodied, little aroma, and little flavor. Overall average beer at best. Definitely want more flavor than shiner bock delivers.

Serving type: bottle

01-28-2012 21:35:44 | More by siradmiralnelson