This Top Ten List of Bock
Beers is
from the results of the
2012 U.S. Open Beer Championship,
Great American Beer Festival, and the
World Beer Cup.
1. Bayern Maibock - Bayern Brewing
Company
2. Capital Mai Bock - Capital Brewery
3. Bucking Bock - Rahr and Sons Brewing
4. Troegenator - Tröegs Brewing Co., Harrisburg, PA
5. PrePro Bock - Coors Archive Brewery, Golden, CO
6. Maibock - Stewart’s Brewing Co., Bear, DE
7. Doppel-Hirsch - Der Hirschbräu, Immenstadt, Germany
8. Winter Bock - Silver City Brewery, Bremerton, WA
9. St. Nikolaus Bock Bier - Pennsylvania Brewing, Pittsburgh, PA
10. Saranac Black Diamond Bock - Matt Brewing, Utica, New York
Bock
Subcategory: German Bock
Traditional bocks are made with all malt and are strong, malty,
medium- to full-bodied, bottom-fermented beers with moderate hop
bitterness that should increase proportionately with the starting
gravity. Hop flavor should be low and hop aroma should be very low.
Bocks can range in color from deep copper to dark brown. Fruity
esters should be minimal.
OG: 1.066-1.074
FG: 1.018-1.024
Alcohol by Weight: 5-6%
IBU: 20-30
Color SRM: 20-30
Subcategory: German Heller Bock/Maibock
The German word helle means light colored, and as such, a heller
Bock is light straw to deep golden in color. Maibocks are also
light-colored bocks. The malty character should come through in the
aroma and flavor. Body is medium to full. Hop bitterness should be
low, while noble-type hop aroma and flavor may be at low to medium
levels. Bitterness increases with gravity. Fruity esters may be
perceived at low levels. Diacetyl levels should be very low. Chill
haze should not be perceived.
OG: 1.066-1.074
FG: 1.012-1.020
Alcohol by Weight: 5-6.4%
IBU: 20-38 |
