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Buzzards Bay MaiBock

Buzzards Bay MaiBock

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A Heller Bock brewed by
Buzzards Bay Brewery

Westport, Massachusetts USA

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73.17/5.03.08/5.0Special6.1%0 Lager glass, Shaker, Stein P  Stats

Commercial Description:
The Buzzards Bay Mai Bock is light in color but hefty in flavor; it is the perfect brew for welcoming back the warmth and looking forwards to summertime. A long cool fermentation followed by 4 weeks of lagering; let's just wait for the results... Canadian 2-Row Pale Malt, Vienna Malt Bittering Hops - Magnum Flavor and Aroma Hops - Mt Hood & Liberty ABV: 6.1% IBU's: 28.0

 jjpm74 (2660), Connecticut, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Jun 24, 2008  
Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells of honey, some caramel, sweet malt, flowers, earthy. Tastes of light spice with some earthiness to it. Decent.


 tytoanderso (1140), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
May 9, 2008  
12oz bottle. Honey dipped cardboard on the nose. Perhaps a touch of diacetyl. Definite grassy and earthy hops. Grainy and slightly vegetal. Pours a fairly clear bright gold with a thin lasting white head producing spotty lacing. Flavor is almost like a hopped pale lager with some added corn syrup. Thin to medium bodied with an incredibly intense grainy finish. Thanks Nelson.


 emerica56 (432), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 15, 2007  
This beer pours a clear pale orange, and amber color. there is not much of a head to it, but it does have some nice laceing around the glass. It has a honey and mildly earty aroma to it which is very hard to pick out since it is not that strong. this initial flavor is very bitter and hoppy. There is alsom a nice citrus after taste, but the palate is very weak not much to it the flavor tends to fade rather quickly. Although the flavor is rather spicy like pepper the palate is very weak.


 Drink4Satan (444), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
Oct 15, 2007  
Pours out clear golden colour with a foamy off-white head with moderate retention and spotty lacing. The nose really pops with bright hoppy citrus notes, honey and slightly earthy caramel. The flavour is fruity, slightly bitter hops and a bit of peppery spice and even some smoke. The malt presence is more subdued than hidden. The dry hopping doesn’t seem intense enough to overcome what would have been a solid malt backbone, especially at a modest 28IBU’s. I can’t deny that it is refreshing and that the mouthfeel is effective in being quenching and relatively full for the style. A nice offering overall. Needs some eathiness.


 doublebock (141), USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/514/20
Jun 18, 2007  
Golden translucent color, slighly hoppy smell but reminiscent of a macrobeer. peppery bite, mild bitterness somewhat soapy aftertaste-was looking for more maltiness




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