Berkshire Maibock Lager

Brewed by Berkshire Brewing Company
Style: Heller Bock
South Deerfield, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Stein

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Bomber. Pours hazy honey gold with a thin white head and some streaky lace. Aroma is honey, toasted malts, sharp burnt sweetness, slight earth, must, and herbs along with some medium dms- cabbage as it warms. Flavor is slight overly sweet pale malts, and sugar, cotton candy, smarties candies, toasted malts, slight sugary sweet toffee, toasted bread, fairly good body, and a medium dry finish- slight acetaldehyde like apple finish as well with some fruitiness. Drinkable and ok overall, but not a great maibock for sure.

Draft from Coalhouse Pizza, Stamford, CT. This beer has a sweet profile with bready notes and flavor from the malts. Medium bodied but very drinkable.

Poured from bottle. Poured a pleasant deep orange with a nice 2-finger off-white head. Minimal lacing. Aroma was a little disappointing. Very malty and grainy. Taste is malty with a strong alcohol burn. I was very surprised by the overwhelming taste of alcohol for the style. Beer was nicely carbonated and felt good going down. Malty after taste was long-lasting with a slight hint of bitterness at the tale end.

On tap at a local restaurant, 23 oz pour into a tall pilsner glass for a reasonable $6. A - Dark amber body. Small white head forms but disappears all together after a bit. Swirling doesn’t yield much action. S - Bready caramel malts, light spices, honey, and a touch of herbal grassiness. Alcohol is surprisingly present. T - Very similar to the nose. Bready malts, caramel, toffee, floral hops and a lingering honey sweetness. The alcohol makes it self present in the finish. Medium and lightly creamy mouth feel. O - Not BBC’s best effort. It has some decent flavors and I really enjoy the honey sweetness, but I found the alcohol to be a bit overwhelming for a spring seasonal.

Cloudy orange. Bottle on the lake in nh. Aroma largely toasted malt, yeast, earthy, spices, light fruits. Taste is a nice balance of sweetness vs the toastiness of the malt with a spicy sing. Some bitterness and alcohol burn at the end. It’s interesting but not something I would go back for.

En fût. Verre de 5 oz dégusté chez Chandler’s Restaurant (South Deerfield, MA). Arôme: Odeur de céréales acec une pointe fruitée. Apparence: La couleur est dorée légèrement voilée avec une moyenne densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de céréales avec une pointe de caramel et de fruité. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement minérale. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de céréales en arrière goût. (Rating #3695)

Expiration date of 8/30/11. It pours a hazy, orange tone with a quarter inch or so or rising, fizzy head that diminishes to a ring. The aroma is of sweet malts, overripe fruits, cereals, and a bit of grainy alcohol. The body is about medium but also on the creamy side. I’m not sure if the tart bite at the end is due to a hoppy addition or something akin to grain alcohol. In any event it leaves a noticeable aftertaste.

22 oz. bottle. used a pint glass. Light almost transparent copper color. Large white head that fizzled down after about 1 minute. Nose of honey and bread. Taste is Rich caramel malt with a decent hops notes and a touch of honey. Very nice balance of malt sweetness and hops. Its a great spring brew. I finished the bomber in about 11 minutes, very easy to drink. I’m going to buy more of this.

Large bottle. Poured a cloudy light orange with a white head. Sweet aroma and sweet malty taste. Dark fruit and dough.

Welcome to the season of Spring. They have a saying in these New England parts; March is in like lion and out like a lamb. Well, besides the fact that this beer is a ’may’ bock, and not a ’march’ bock, the saying still goes, but in reverse! This beer is in like a lamb; smooth, flavorful with balanced hop to malt characteristics, easy to drink. It is out like a lion in the Serengeti plains, with it’s 6.5 % ABV. If you want to make some spring friends serve a few of these 22’s with some grilled asparagus and a pork tenderloin. Prost!