Big Rock Maibock

Brewed by Big Rock Brewery
Style: Heller Bock
Calgary, Canada

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Stein

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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.

Pours a dark copper colour with not much of a head. Light malt aroma as well as some caramel. The taste was somewhat malty, kinda thin mouthfeel. Average.

Clear dark copper colour with thin beige head. Mild malt nose with hints of smoke. Smokey malt taste with mild warming alcohol finish.

Malty and a little sweet. No discernable hops. Slight rumminess and as it warms the malt profile becomes more interesting.

A little disappointing. Body was golden with no head. Aroma was lightly malts and little hops. Little flavour except for a grainy taste. Texture was oily and over carbonated with a strong alcohol burn.

pours golden, minimal white head. slightly yeasty, fruty and minerally aroma. unfortunatly, like the mcnally's reserve, this beer goes limp once you taste it.

Old review from summer of 2006. Light brown with some fizzy bubbles. The aroma is sweet and really malty with some fruit like plums or something. The flavour is sweet and malty as well, caramel and maybe toffee. I’m not a fan of this brew - seems thin yet thick. Glad It’s gone.