Bull & Bush Maibock

Brewed by Bull & Bush Pub & Brewery
Style: Dunkler Bock
Denver, Colorado USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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On tap @ B&B. Red orange appearance with a fluffy, foamy, cream colored head. Fairly light, sweet caramel malty bock aroma. Sweet caramel malty, somewhat bitter hoppy, pretty easy drinking bock flavor. The piney bitterness makes me think that they somewhat overhopped it. Sweet malty, medium bitter hoppy aftertaste. The bitter hops are missing in the nose.

Listed as "Don’t Mock Maibock". Clear honey gold, light head. Smelled like apricot infused honey with some herbal spice. Honey is big on the flavor, relenting just enough to show some grassy hop tones. Starts sweet, ends dry with mild lingering bitterness. Creamy buttery notes in the middle, slick texture. Somewhat spicy, quite complex and warming. Some warm boozy esters throughout.

Tap at brewpub - listed as "don’t mock maibock" - this is a heller bock, not the dunkler bock it is listed as - lightly hazy gold - a bit heavy, sweet, syrupy and boozy for a maibock - a bit of toasted grains and rather strong hop profile on the tail end try to balance this out, but the sticky honey sweetness persists regardless - this one needs to be turned down a notch.

A friend bought a growler of this from Bull and Bush and I had about a half a pint since I have never had a Maibock before. It was orange in color with some haze. The smell was faint and earthy. The taste reminded me of an Oktoberfest beer very much. It had the "lager taste" as I call it which means I detect the same flavor in many lagers. I am just not experienced enough to associate that taste with another flavor. lagers seem to have a really clean flavor This beer was really drinkable and one that I would probably purchase if B&B’s IPA’s weren’t so damned good. It is really hard for me to pick something at Bull and Bush that is new when I see Man beer and Justice on the wall. Serving type: growler Reviewed on: 07-18-2007 16:28:38

tap. copper/brown pour with almost no head. nut sugar hops aroma. soapy, perfume hops, caramel. floral. slightly roasted.

listed as "don’t mock mai bock" golden pour with a big white head. sweet nowse that reminded me a lot of cairo syrup(yeah, i know i’ve used this one a few times, but fuck you, it seems appropriate) with a straw scent. yep, it’s a sweet one. really syrupy mouthfeel. strong sugar flavor, a lot of sugar without the husky grain note i anticipated. the alcohol. bites nmoore than it should, a bit of mean booze in my opinion, makes me wonder whaT woud happen to the poor soul that drank 3 or 4 in an evening.

Sweet and roasty malt aroma. Bosy is lighter than I expected with a strong flavor of cooked grains, some boiled vegetal things going on as well. Light but pleasing caramel sweetness, fruity.