Berghoff Famous Bock

Joseph Huber Brewing Co.
Monroe, WI

Available: WI, IL, MN, MI, MS, OH, IN, CO, IA, KS, TN, KY

This bock beer, introduced in 1989, is brewed with two-rwo, carapils, caramel and black malts and domestic hops.

ABV: n/a
ABW: 4.3
Color: 38
Bitterness: 24
Original gravity: 1056

"Since 1845"⎯a claim not many American brewers can make! I like the deep amber color, quite dark until you hold it up to a light. The head is made up of large camelhair bubbles that unfortunately dissipate very quickly. The nose is slight, mostly malty but with a pleasant underlying hopiness. On the palate, the taste is malty and full-bodied but too thin to be called bock. Enjoyable with sausages and sauerkraut, wiener schnitzel and juicy hamburgers, this is one of America's finest dark lagers.
- Charles Finkel

A nice beer you’d want to date. Aroma and flavor are mild with fruit and chocolate notes. Bitter personality from the darker roasted malts comes through in the flavor. Sweet, chewy malt character and foundation of hop flavor are lacking, perhaps traded off for what some would consider “American drinkability.” Clean, neutral aftertaste. A nice, middle-of-the-road, American dark beer, but a bock? Stylistically in flavor? No.
- Charlie Papazian

Ripe and enticing aroma of fresh malt loaf and dark fruit, with rich malt and sultanas in the mouth. Hops make their influence felt in the finish, which is dry and bitter with a backing of spices and dark fruit. Perhaps not as complex as a Bavarian bock, but this one would see me nicely through Lent. A good companion for pizza or spicy dishes.
- Roger Protz

Charles Finkel
Founder of Merchant du Vin and the Pike Brewing Co., Charles Finkel is a pioneer in the marketing of craft beers in America.

Charlie Papazian
Author of the New Complete Joy of Homebrewing, founder of the Great American Beer Festival and a Beer Examiner at www.examiner.com, Papazian is a leading voice in beer and brewing.

Roger Protz
Roger Protz is the author of Complete Guide to World Beer and 300 Beers to Try Before You Die. He is a respected beer authority and editor of the CAMRA Good Beer Guide.