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Home > Best Bock Beer - Top 10 Ranked by the United States Open Beer Championship Best Bock Beer - Top 10 Ranked by the United States Open Beer Championship This Top Ten Bock Beer List is from America's Best and from the results of the 2009 United States Open Beer Championship. 1. Sprecher MaiBock, Sprecher Brewing 2. Sam Adams Tradition Bock, Boston Beer Comany 3. Schell Maifest, Schell Brewing 3. South St. Spring Bock, South Street Brewing 5. Bucking Bock, Rahr Brewing 6. Millstream Schokolade Bock - Millstream Brewing - Iowa 7. Samuel Adams Winter Lager - Boston Beer Company - Massachusetts 8. Uff-da - New Glarus Brewing - Wisconsin 9. Aass Bock - Aass Brewery - Norway 10. Saranac Black Diamond Bock - Matt Brewing - 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 Color SRM: 4-10 |
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