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Bottle recieved in a trade with mnjeff - thanks Jeff! Poured into a Duvel glass around cellar temperature this beer is a hazy russet brown (almost a rootbeer color). The head is soft and fizzy almost like a coke and dissapates almost as quickly. The aroma is of toffee, white chocolate, caramel, toasted almonds, and light alcohol. The taste is candy sweet (a bit more than I would like) but not far from the style. There is a ton of unfermented sugar in this one - NG could have gone to 11% on this one easily. This is a major MALT BomB with a capital "B"! The aftertaste/finish is a bit harsh with burnt sugar and rough alcohol in the throat. Mouthfeel is viscous and full. This is more of a double bock but I still think it's just on the edge between the styles. I would call this beer drinkable but not more so than any other bock I've tried. I can easily drink this one, but it's not my favorite. I would much prefer a Great Lakes bock. Overall I liked this beer and I don't believe it deserves the harsh scores I saw before mine. An "A" it is not, but it is also not a "C" beer. I'm not sure how the authorities could be this far off.