New Glarus Cabin Fever Honey Bock

New Glarus Brewing Company
New Glarus, Wisconsin

APPEARANCE: 2.25/3
Clear, bubbly. Pale gold color, thin head.

AROMA: 3/4
Crisp, clean like a lager. Apple juice notes.

TASTE: 7.75/10
Hop/Malt Balance: 3/4: Tastes like apples. Sweet, some sourness. A bit grainy.
Aftertaste: 2.5/3: Subtle hop bigger aftertaste, alcohol in the middle.
Mouth-Feel: 2.25/3: Very malty, dry. Refreshing, a bit fizzy. Alcohol increasingly noticeable as it warms.

OVERALL: 2.25/3: Tasty and refreshing, lots of apple flavor. Missing the caramel notes you'd expect from a bock, though.

TOTAL: 15.25/20–Pour Me Another

NOTES:
Matt: Nice, if not very bock-esque. Becomes more interesting as it warms, so don't serve it too cold. Not amazing, but good (as one would expect from our friends at New Glarus).
Ben: Very malty, apropos for a bock. A tad light in color—I'd drink this after mowing the lawn rather than in the dead of a Wisconsin winter.