This is a wonderful Texas beer! I am proud that my state has the reputation of brewing this wonderful beer! Good flavor, straight taste all the way through, and a great aftertaste to follow. I can drink a 12 pack easily.

Too Wheaty for me!

I didnt really care for this beer. Just tasted like Budlight to me.

Not a bad dark beer, kind of a first foray away from American macro-beer. Sweet and tasty which makes it very drinkable. Not enough of a flavor profile or hops to please most craft-beer drinkers.

It is a decent dark beer. Not great, but much better than some pricier offerings I've tried.

Pours dark reddish-brown with a medium head.  Aroma of bread dough, over-ripe fruit and alcohol.  I think this is slightly more flavorful than Amber Boch from Michelob, but that is as far as the compliments go.  It has loads of hot fusel alcohols (the kind that cause nasty hangovers), and is too sweet for my taste.  If you want a real bock try Schneider Aventinus, and you'll never go back.

I love this beer!  It has a somewhat bold, yet satesfying, taste!  It's pretty much all I drink when it comes to beer.  I usually get the 12 pack box for about 10-14.00 in your local grocery store.

Shiner Bock is a great beer that I had forgotten was as good as it is. I've recently drank it again, and was more impressed than I remembered. It is great tasting and goes down smooth for a darker beer.

A little sweet, some color, average brew. . .

Not bad, not great.

The original is the only one I'll drink, I love it and since moving to Texas, is the only beer worth mentioning down here.Best on tap;smooth,cold,dark.... yum Don't think would be good elsewhere since if it gets a little bit old, it starts tasting sour...

Bad. Just plain bad.

great beer! re:prev. comment-i thought ziegenbock was just a fancy name for another Miller product. shiner is relatively unknown outside of texas

Pretty good dark beer, but I actually prefer Ziegenbach when it comes to Texas brew.

Perhaps one of the best kept secrets in all of beerdom. Delicious and smooth, tastes great ice cold on a hot Texas day. I can't remember if I have seen it up here in Maryland. I guess it is another thing to miss like Whataburgers and real Mexican food!

very tasty

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Best Beer I ever had. But if you don't live here in Texas its hard to find. Puts Miller Coors and Bud to shame.

Excellant Beer!

A staple of my beer diet. There isn't a good amount of decent beers available here, but this is definately the top of the heap.

This beer might just be one of the best kept secrets since not many people outside of Texas know just how consistently good it is. Incredibly smooth with not much of an aftertaste. Well worth the money if you haven't tried it before.

Shiner is one of the best smaller brewery beers you could ever run across. It's a dark bock beer, with a lighter taste. When you try it, it doesn't taste like any other dark beer you've ever had. Smooth, full-bodied, very tasty. Shiner bock is a great beer to drink out on the boat.

One of the BEST beers I've ever had! Great taste and fairly "smooth." Little to no aftertaste (like some of the other "bock's" or dark beers). Never got a headache from this one either. Hard to find outside of Texas, but worth the search!

If you are in Texas and you want to drink what the locals drink, then try one of these. If you are anywhere else, don't bother. Shiner Bock is syrupy and will give you a pounding headache almost immediately - there are plenty of quality dark beers out there, there's no need to swallow this cough mediciney swill.