Spoetzel Brewery's Shiner 100

Yeah, I know, this is a fairly lame beer to post about, but what the hell, I'm drinking it.

Shiner 100 is probably the worst of their anniversary series. Dopplebock? Hell, it's lighter in color than their standard bock. Pours a clear copper with a light tan head and good carbonation. Slightly bready, smells like a lighter, less malty version of Shiner Bock. Many of their beers taste like a variant of their mainstay, and this is no different. Although I would have expected a dopplebock to be maltier, some would even say twice as malty, the truth is that it doesn't look or smell like it will be.

I will say that it's heavier in the feel than their bock is, so that's good. It just tastes like a Shiner beer though. It's slightly more malty, with more twang than bitterness. Slight orangey citrus hiding under the Shiner yeast taste, and the slightly bigger malt that somehow still lets some alcohol sneak through. At under 7% ABV, that means it's pretty weak for any alcohol to creep out at all. The higher malt adds more body than anything else, it doesn't really contribute to the flavor as much as you'd expect.

Meh. OK beer. Nothing offensive, I just don't think they're ever going to beat their bock, a Texas institution that someone has to grow up with to truly understand. If you haven't had Shiner Bock while floating in an inner tube down some central Texas river, you're missing out. As for this one, you're not missing much.