3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Taster at the <a href=/events-detail.asp?eventID=3891>Balmoral Brewhaha. Got to this pretty late in the evening, while I was pouring. So my notes are a bit sketchy. Couldn’t gather too much of the smell, only that it was a fine "beer" character. Taste turned out to be rather yeasty, surprising for a beer that I would presume to have been pasteurized and carbonated… or is it? Still, some fine dark roasty malts and a contrasting German hop profile make this a solid example of the style.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap New Orleans Pours out a copper gold topped with a small white head. A nice aroma of light malts. Tast picked up some very good spices and some sweetness. Not to bad.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Malt aroma with hints of medicine. Clear dark golden color with a medium white head. Mildly sweet malt beginning with a light amount of bitter fading in the finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Pours a light amber color. Small white head. Roasty malt aroma. Grainy flavor. Plenty of bitterness. Good body. Decent beer. Date not printed on it, but believe it is a little old. Overall, ok, but missing the sweetness that I have enjoyed in othe bocks.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 oz bottle. Pours a clear amber with beige head. Aroma of toast, toasted grain, light fruit esters, caramel, malt and earthy with faint band aid. Flavor is exactly the same, lightly sweet with a touch of nuttiness at the end with a light bitter finish and metallic. Mouth feel is medium body with medium-high carbonation. Overall, not all that bad but wasn’t into the somewhat earthy, weedy hop finish.
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.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: FEB 15, 2010 Pours an off-white head with a copper-amber body. Smells of yeast, sweet, and barnyard. Flavor is caramel and yeast. Little dry on the finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
12-oz bottle Marcello’s Lafayette, La - Aroma: malty, bready; Appearance: clear, orange color, white head, some laces; Flavor: salty, sweet, malty, dms; Mouthfeel: full bodied, thick texture, average carbonation; Overall: nice sweet bock.
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