Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Saint Arnold Spring Bock:
Hello all, and welcome to another “I’m not small, I’m just a ‘low rider’” beer day.  Today lets venture into a beer of our great state of Texas and see that not all our bottles are long, tall and normal.  Saint Arnold's is a good brewery that hails as our bold state’s oldest craft brewery and they make some decent normal beers and some awesome seasonal and single distribution beers.  Today we are going to venture into their seasonal brews and try the Spring Bock a great beer though it does seem outside of season.  The beer is a typical bock with the amber color, light head and caramel nose but the taste is totally different.  While most of us here in the Lone Star State are used to Shiner Bock or even Zeigenbock, this beer adds a sweet over tone to the flavor while adding a malt undertone.  A great find, I wish I discovered this a little sooner but alas, constraints of the review job take it’s toll on season beer offerings but luckily, World Market still had a six-pack and a little moving around, I grabbed two bottles gladly left with my find.  Next year, I’m stocking up on this one.  I see it more early spring than late (in Texas speak, that’s February rather than late March-early April) thanks to it’s weight but it’s still a beer I could drink anytime.  

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