Bodacious Bock
Wildwood Brewery

Bodacious BockBodacious Bock
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From:
Wildwood Brewery
 
Montana, United States
Style:
Bock
Ranked #44
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
86
Ranked #19,264
Avg:
3.77 | pDev: 17.51%
Reviews:
6
Ratings:
15
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 12, 2023
Added:
Apr 03, 2013
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  1
Bodacious Bock is a traditional German Spring Bock. Three organic malts are employed to give a complexity which hints of honey. Only German noble hops from the Hallertau region were used for the soft floral component. It was decoction mashed. This is a strong beer, imbiber beware!
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Reviewed by muchloveforhops3 from Montana

3.84/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
from a 4-pack picked up at Super 1 Foods in Stevensville, MT; 'german-style bock lager'
16oz can poured into Baerlic Belgian-style tulip

p- deep copper w/ a small white head; quick recession
n- soft aroma; bready malt with a very light sweetness
t- sweet bready malt forward; finishes with a sharp herbal/earthy bitterness; a sweet candied note in there as well; simple prof- not too bad at all all, though
mf- med to med-full bodied with med carb; satisfying
o- I'm liking this one more than I thought I would; simple, tasty, and satisfying, once again

review date: 06.23.23
can date: n/a
Dec 12, 2023
 
Rated: 3.98 by DownyIsHungry from Minnesota

Oct 02, 2022
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.74/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
16oz can from Buckeyeboy. Copper colored pour, mild haze, thin cap of foamy head. Sweet, toffee malts in the aroma. More sweet malts in the taste, slick, oily, kind of sticky at the finish. Really solid.
May 16, 2021
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Reviewed by 406theman from Montana

3.78/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.5
The appearance is copper-brown. The smell suggests maltiness. The taste is some malty sweetness followed by some bitterness. Overall enjoyable though the alcohol content on this one is certainly up there.
Jul 24, 2018
 
Rated: 4.57 by RochefortChris from North Carolina

Jan 25, 2018
 
Rated: 4.4 by sporklift87 from Colorado

Aug 09, 2015
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Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas

2.65/5  rDev -29.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5
Poured from a can into a pint glass

Appearance – The beer pours a hazy amber color with a one finger head of just off white foam. The head has a decent level of retention, slowly fading to leave a light level of lace on the sides of the glass.

Smell – The aroma of the beer is strongest of a bready and slightly grainy smell mixed with a decent showing of a lemon and sour funk smell. Along with these aromas comes some lighter notes of a sweet orange and apricot as well as a bit of a grassy hop aroma.

Taste – The taste begins with a mix of a grainy and quite sour taste with a good deal of funk and some lemon. There is a little bit of a sweet fruit taste upfront, with this flavor fading rather fast and giving way to even more sour of a lemon and apple cider vinegar flavor. Toward the end some more funk and grass come to the tongue, bringing with them even more sour and leaving one, in the end, with a very sour (for a bock) flavor to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is rather thin for a 7.5 % abv with a carbonation level that is rather average. While the light body really is not great for the bock style, in light of the very sour tastes of the brew, it actually kind of works and makes it a little easier drinking.

Overall – Way too sour for me for the bock style. Not what I was expecting at all. No really balance and not one I will go to again any time soon.
Apr 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by neckbeered from Montana

Oct 13, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Lobina from Arizona

Sep 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by GClarkage from California

Jul 08, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by trytoketchup from Colorado

Dec 07, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by Twal from Colorado

Sep 28, 2013
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Reviewed by MikeMilanoDesign from California

4.41/5  rDev +17%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
overall its a great beer and was much better then my expectations. if i could get it in LA i would definitely buy it again.

taste is somewhere between shiner bock and the sweetness of a german doppelbock. lightly biscuity dark flavor followed by sweet molasses and berry flavor.
Sep 18, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by Thorpe429 from Illinois

May 03, 2013
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Reviewed by Misajet90 from Montana

3.62/5  rDev -4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Added this beer because I saw WIldwood only had one beer on here. The brewery itself is awesome and the master brewer usually is the one working the taps at the bar. He can tell you everything about the beers and make a good suggestion depending on what other beers you like. The Bock is my favorite, a nice strong taste and smell to it. If you are in the area check it out his beers are much better than the one other review indicates.
Apr 03, 2013
Bodacious Bock from Wildwood Brewery
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 15 ratings