bottle, traded with Koelschtrinker. Clear golden yellow colour, small white head. Full-bodied, malty with a fruity touch and some nice flowery, perfumy hoppy flavours.

Yellow-golden colour, clear. Medium lasting head, white. Aroma has some dry flour notes. Bitter hopped and a nice maltyness.

Bottle. Just another heller bock. Nothing unsual to say about this one. Grainy malty flavour.

Very clear beer, colour of old gold, virtually no carbonation visible; very discreet white head. Very dry grainy nose, and a bit of solvent, caramel and honey-covered toast. Taste features again this honey&toast, but now much more marked. It is very sweet, but at the same time the opposite of cloying. Again grainy - warm, hot summergrain fields. I like this. Tastes also slightly oxydized - BBd is only 1 month overdraft. Ends drier - joss’ herbal counterpoint. Medium bodied, alcoholwarming and -thinning. Usually I’m all for the Doppelbocks, thinking of the Maibocks as their lesser brethren. This is one happy "<i>Ausnahme</i>". Thanks to whomever gave it to me - Robert?

<i>Bottle</i><br /> Dark golden, low creamy head. Quite nice aromatic hop aroma with some sugary sweetness in the background. Sweeet malt base with a herbal counterpoint and some light ethanol burn. Solid oily mouthfeel, still sparkly though. Thanks to Dortmunder for the bottle.