3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 9/20
On tap at the restaurant. Heavier than most Maibocks I’ve tasted. Very smooth drink with nice sweet flavor. Mouthfeel similar to that of Chimay blue.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear, deep amber with a creamy, off-white head. The aroma is fruity and malty with distinct notes of pears. The mouthfeel is medium-bodied and almost creamy with a lightly metallic finish. The flavor follows the nose, beginning with a sweet yeasty faint bubble gum front and an effervescent sweet, malty, clean finish. A very drinkable maibock and quite tasty to boot.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap at the brewpub, this 10% lager was served in a snifter glass. Golden to light amber with ample white head. Good lace. Very clean aroma with some spiceness, and a certain peach/pear aroma that I rather liked. Ther aroma carries over to the flavor as well. Completly devoid of alcohol character untill it reachs almost room temp. Finishes with a nice floral bitterness. Easy drinking mouthfeel. Not too shabby.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled on cask (firkin), I believe making this the first cask-conditioned lager that I’ve yet sampled. Strongly grainy aroma, abundant maltiness, plenty of lightly toasty, bready sweetness and floral hops. Thoroughly cloudy medium amber color with a think cask head and respectable lacing. Flavor characteristics are balanced well throughout, the sweet maltiness and light, flowery, apple-pear fruitiness mingling with the lightly spicy, moderately bitter hops and faint alcoholic presence. Nicely smooth mouthfeel and medium bodied. Pretty tasty, actually.
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