30th Anniversary- Charlie, Fred And Ken's Bock
Pours a cloudy golden orange with a solid 1.5 finger white head which recedes quickly and leaves no lace. The nose is rather delicate, with honey soaked biscuits and background notes of orange zest and hoppy flowers. The palate's malt is creamy and mildly buttery but light in presence as it is quickly overtaken by the hoppy bitterness (a bit faded in character) and some big, peppery alcohol- flavors of orange blossom and more honeyed biscuit. Much hoppier than a normal bock, as expected from SN, but the faded character makes me think I got a bottle that's a touch old. I'm not sure when this beer was released, but if it was a few years ago then I'm guessing this bottle most likely was in the store I bought it from since then. Not that it's bad, but I don't think this is a style of beer that's meant for aging.