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Spring Bock
Saint Arnold Brewing Company
- From:
- Saint Arnold Brewing Company
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- Bock
Ranked #69 - ABV:
- 6.9%
- Score:
- 82
Ranked #24,516 - Avg:
- 3.64 | pDev: 12.91%
- Reviews:
- 161
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 13, 2024
- Added:
- Jan 24, 2003
- Wants:
- 17
- Gots:
- 86
An authentic, copper colored, German-style Bock, celebrating the coming of spring. This big, deeply flavored lager has been aged to create a smooth, malty taste with a hint of sweetness. A light addition of German hops balances the malt flavor.
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Reviewed by turfy from Texas
3.76/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.76/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Crystal clear deep amber with a vigorous three finger light tan head. Aromas of grain and malt. Taste of malt, grain, bread and slight toffee. Nice medium mouthfeel and spot on carbonation for the style. A good beer.
Feb 13, 2024Reviewed by BroBobby70 from Texas
4.28/5 rDev +17.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.28/5 rDev +17.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
$9.99 from Walmart, 12 oz. Can poured into pilsner glass
Look: Copper, two-finger tan head, medium carbonation, nice lacing
Smell: Strong Malt, some bread, burnt sugar
Taste: Heavy on malt, a little sweetness on the back end. No skunk. Nice finish
Feel: Good Carbonation, nice mouthfeel, flavor lingers
Overall: I like it. It has a nice complexity while easy enough to drink. Smooth and I don't feel like I am chewing the beer.
Feb 25, 2022Look: Copper, two-finger tan head, medium carbonation, nice lacing
Smell: Strong Malt, some bread, burnt sugar
Taste: Heavy on malt, a little sweetness on the back end. No skunk. Nice finish
Feel: Good Carbonation, nice mouthfeel, flavor lingers
Overall: I like it. It has a nice complexity while easy enough to drink. Smooth and I don't feel like I am chewing the beer.
Reviewed by imasloth from Texas
3.74/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a deep amber, clear, with a one-finger cream to tan head. Head dissipates quickly leaving no lacing and just a slight ring around the top of the liquid. High number up tiny bubbles racing up throughout.
Sweet, malty nose. Grain, toffee, and caramel. All malt, no hop to me. Luckily, I like malt.
Like the nose, it’s sweet and malty, but there’s a pleasant balancing bitterness. Caramel and bread. Wish it had a bit more complexity.
Notable carb, fairly light-bodied for the color/style/maltiness. Surprisingly, dry finish.
I like this beer and I welcome its appearance each spring. I’d like to say that the whole is better than the sum of its parts - when I broke it down for rating, I didn’t find a lot of special qualities. Perhaps, in Texas, it just feels like a treat over the ubiquitous Shiner Bock.
Apr 18, 2021Sweet, malty nose. Grain, toffee, and caramel. All malt, no hop to me. Luckily, I like malt.
Like the nose, it’s sweet and malty, but there’s a pleasant balancing bitterness. Caramel and bread. Wish it had a bit more complexity.
Notable carb, fairly light-bodied for the color/style/maltiness. Surprisingly, dry finish.
I like this beer and I welcome its appearance each spring. I’d like to say that the whole is better than the sum of its parts - when I broke it down for rating, I didn’t find a lot of special qualities. Perhaps, in Texas, it just feels like a treat over the ubiquitous Shiner Bock.
Reviewed by gvickery from Texas
4.5/5 rDev +23.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +23.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Looks dark copperish brown with a khaki head.
Smells like brown bread, some spice, a little molasses, maybe some burnt sugar.
Tastes bread crusts, brown bread, some earthiness, a hint of molasses. So much better than the mass produced bocks in the yellow cans.
Mouthfeel is medium.
Overall I think it’s great, it’s different than a German import but it’s still great in its on way.
Jan 23, 2021Smells like brown bread, some spice, a little molasses, maybe some burnt sugar.
Tastes bread crusts, brown bread, some earthiness, a hint of molasses. So much better than the mass produced bocks in the yellow cans.
Mouthfeel is medium.
Overall I think it’s great, it’s different than a German import but it’s still great in its on way.
Rated by MichaelSneed from Texas
3.01/5 rDev -17.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.01/5 rDev -17.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Decent, but a little too hop-forward for a bock, IMO.
Sep 10, 2020Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas
3.77/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a bottle into a pint glass
Appearance - The beer pours an orange amber color with a billowy head of off white foam. The head has a great level of retention, very slowly fading over time to leave a ton of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the brew is strongest of a bready and slightly grainy smell mixed with aroma of a light sweet citrus and herbal hop smell. Along with these smells comes a little bit of a grass and a touch of grapefruit.
Taste – At the front of the taste profile is a bready and lightly caramel sweet taste that has a moderate showing of herbal hops right from the start. Along with these flavors comes a little bit of sweeter citrus of a tangerine nature as well as a touch of grapefruit hop. The tangerine gets a little bit stronger all while the herbal does so as well. These tastes take the taste to the end where they are joined by a little bit of an earthy and hay taste, leaving one with a moderately hopped and rather flavorful and easy drinking taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is on the average side with a carbonation level that is average as well. For the flavor profile and the abv. the feel is fantastic and makes for a very easy drinking and flavorful brew overall.
Overall – A great easy drinking brew overall with a nice flavorful and enjoyable taste.
Feb 18, 2020Appearance - The beer pours an orange amber color with a billowy head of off white foam. The head has a great level of retention, very slowly fading over time to leave a ton of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the brew is strongest of a bready and slightly grainy smell mixed with aroma of a light sweet citrus and herbal hop smell. Along with these smells comes a little bit of a grass and a touch of grapefruit.
Taste – At the front of the taste profile is a bready and lightly caramel sweet taste that has a moderate showing of herbal hops right from the start. Along with these flavors comes a little bit of sweeter citrus of a tangerine nature as well as a touch of grapefruit hop. The tangerine gets a little bit stronger all while the herbal does so as well. These tastes take the taste to the end where they are joined by a little bit of an earthy and hay taste, leaving one with a moderately hopped and rather flavorful and easy drinking taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is on the average side with a carbonation level that is average as well. For the flavor profile and the abv. the feel is fantastic and makes for a very easy drinking and flavorful brew overall.
Overall – A great easy drinking brew overall with a nice flavorful and enjoyable taste.
Spring Bock from Saint Arnold Brewing Company
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
422 ratings
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