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Big Rock Maibock


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24
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A Heller Bock brewed by
Big Rock Brewery

Calgary, Canada

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162.69/5.02.69/5.0Winter6.25%11.5Lager glass, Shaker, Stein P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Only brewed with choice wheat and barley malts, select hops, rocky mountain water and our special yeast. Cold micro-filtered for even better taste.

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 Oakes (7047), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/102/510/20
Aug 21, 2005  
Medium red-tinged brown colour. Aroma is fruity (plums), tobaccoey and molassesy. Body is moderate (so, light for style), malty (hints of caramel and earth). Fruity overtones are distracting. But I don’t think it’s esters, just the way the malt comes across, possibly a function of what appears to be light oxidation.


 JoeMcPhee (4061), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 22, 2005  
Deep brown with a light ruby tint. Thin fast-fading light brown head. Sweet malty aromas of brown sugar, and a touch of nuttiness. Flavour is lightly sweet, malt accented, caramel and toffee with a bit of toastiness. Just enough bitterness to balance. Well made.


 Lubiere (3524), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/510/20
Jan 23, 2006  
Clear brown with a ruby hue, and a thin dissipating off white head. Nice nutty malt aroma, a bit woody. In mouth, sweet nutty malt, with some smokey notes, but rather thin and short in mouth. Maibock for the mass. Merci, JM.


 presario (2523), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
Apr 28, 2003  
Light colour for a bock, sort of an orange tinted yellow. Light head, big bubbles. Strong pleasant aroma off the pour quickly goes back into hiding. Doesn't taste very bockish. Honey-like sweetness with alcohol notes. Mild but lasting hop flavour. A pleasant beer from Big Rock but thin and disappointing as a Bock. Flavourwise I remember last year's Spring Bock to be more enjoyable if less adventerous. Same goat posed for this label.


 Crit (2272), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
May 16, 2003    Updated: Nov 9, 2005
Sparkling gold, fast fading beige head. Grainy astringent nose. Foretaste is corny, finishing rather metallic.Large bead. Rather gassy. Nowhere near the quality of the old Springbok Re rate: Nov 9/05 Obviously a different beer than the first I tried. Brown this time, small beige head. Light malt nose. light sweet malt profile with no discernable hops. Considerably better this time around, but still nothing special This should be listed as a separate beer, 03/04 were golden. and a totally different beer.



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