4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JAN 24, 2011 A clear golden pour with frothy white head. A nice malty aroma with some caramel notes. The taste is smooth with medium sweetness. The full body has lively carbonation and a velvety finish. This is a very nice bock.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Clear amber with a good amount of carbonation. Malty sweet aroma. Medium mouth feel. The alcohol is more noticeable towards the end. German Maibocks are hard to come over here in Texas.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
bottle, pours light amber, tall frothy tan head. Aroma is carmel and sweet malts with some booze. Flavor is rich with a metallic carmel maltyness that is sweet throughout with a light bready finish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
The aroma is sweet and malty with paper and a bit of fruit. The appearance is gold with a light amber hue and a nice foamy head. The flavor is like the aroma with clean and slightly yeasty finish. The palate is typical for the style. Overall this is alright but nothing that invokes a celebration.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap at Cowgirl Seahorse. Pours a light, shiny brown-amber. Medium white head. Nose is sweet, caramel malts. Flavor is malty, with some maple and caramel notes. Also some warming alcohol. Rich malty aftertaste. Pretty good.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
12oz. Bottle: Aroma of corn, slight caramel malt, slight hops, and a hint of spice. Poured amber in color with a large, creamy, dense, off-white head that diminished but lasted throughout. Clear. Not sparkling. Very good lacing. Flavor is lightly sweet. Tastes of corn, malt, and a hint of hops. Medium body. Slightly sticky texture. Average carbonation. Corn and caramel malt finish is lightly sweet.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
12 ounce bottle - $1.49 Total Wine & More in Kennesaw, Georgia (though it wrap up as Abita Christmas [close enough, I suppose]). Best By: 05/16/10
Appearance: Pours a clear, amber-gold body with a frothed, off-white head.
Smell: Pale malts with some light toasty qualities and an iota of light caramel held within. Slight hop spiciness along with a meager background fruitiness.
Taste: Pale malts with distributed tastes of lightly toasted grains and lightly toasted sliced bread. Slight caramel sweetness. Spicy, earthy hops with a good amount of malt-countering bitterness. Just a hint of peppery alcohol tones. Drying finish with bit more spice and, at the tail end, a small hint of honey. The combination of toastiness, honey, and graininess eventually leads me to picture a mouthful of whole-grain Cheerios. Not that that’s a bad thing!
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium-plus carbonation.
Drinkability: Typically, I find Abita brews to be lackluster at best, but this lil’ bock isn’t half bad. If a regular dose of Cheerios is heart-healthy, sure Abita Mardi Gras Bock has some health benefits as well.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a copper color with basically no head. Smell is biscuity with a little bit of fruit and hops. Taste follows the aroma a lot of malt. Not much hop presence in the beer. Even though this beer is half a year old, it still tastes pretty good to me. One of the better Abita brews I have tried.
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