Charleville Maibock Lager

Brewed by Charleville Vineyard & Microbrewery
Style: Heller Bock
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Stein

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Location: 22 oz bottle from Colonial Wine and Spirits, 4/17/12

Aroma: The nose has some yeast, bready malts, a little spice, and some grass
Appearance: It pours a clear golden-orange with a lasting, thin sheet of white head
Flavor: Tastes lightly sweet, fairly malty and yeasty, with a light earth/spice/grass bitterness
Palate: The body is medium, with a soft carbonation, a fairly clean feel, and a slightly dry finish
Overall Impression: Overall, this one is pretty solid. I enjoyed it, I thought it drank pretty well, and it seemed to be a nice example of the style. It isn’t an outstanding beer, but I think "pretty solid" really sums it up.

Courtesy of Strykzone via a trade. I liked this better than he did. Pours as slightly cloudy light amber with a small,off-white head and no lacing. Nose is of mild hops on a sweet caramel malt base. Medium in body and smooth in mouthfeel. Flavor is caramel malt with just a little hops. Actually quite good tasting. Nice Heller Bock..

Bomber from Wine & Cheese in Clayton, MO. Pours lightly hazy light amber with a small, foamy off-white head. Aroma is pretty bready, and the noble hop aspect seems rather mild. Med + body. Wow - this is pretty spicy (along with bready). Stacks up well to Victory’s St. Boisterous. This beer is very tasty, and I recommend you get some. Finishes bready/malty with herby/grass/spicy noble hop. Is it sweet? Is it bitter? Is it a bit of both? Good stuff. That from a guy who usually isn’t all that fond of bottem fermented beer.

(bottle) amber with rapidly fading white head. Aroma of sweet malt. Flavor is sweet malt, somewhat bready.

Draft sample at St. Louis Microfest 2011. This is a Charleville brew that has escaped me thus far, so I was happy to try it. Pours a clear amber color that is pretty bright around the edges and has a small off-white head that doesn’t last long. Notes of caramel malts, sweet toast, nuts, mild spices, dry grains, crackers, and dusty wood. Light-medium bodied, with a dry, toasty mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Not bad.

Tasted 4/30/11. 22oz bomber. Bottled recently. Pours hazy, lively and sedimented with a bronze honey golden hue. It’s a good lookin’ brew! Trace ring of head of an off-white hue. Aromas of graham crackers and caramel malts. Medium roasted toasty malts and a faint grassy hop character. Medium bodied with a rather spicy and dry palate. Good medium roasted malt flavors with notes of toast and cereal grains. A bright and bitter effervescence that tingles the tongue and adds a dimension to the palate. Initially sweet malts, then the bitter astringent carbonation, followed by a tangy and mildly hoppy finish. This beer lingers slightly on the tongue. Totally dry from the middle to the finish. This is spot on, style wise and really offers quite a rounded palate. Well crafted and very fresh!

Pours copper / bronze with a quickly disappearing off-white head. The aroma has light bread, caramel malt, some toast, light toffee, smooth slickness and some sweetness. Medium / thick body with mild carbonation. The flavor begins with smooth lager malt, light spice and some richness - overall cleanness as well. The finish is a bit grainy and lightly bready.

Pours orange/red with a tiny white head. Aroma is sweet, toffee, grainy malts, slight hay, and burlap. Flavor is well balanced initial malt breadiness quickly warmed by balanced hop pepper, followed by a grassy note, and a long, dry finish. Nicely done. No sign of the off flavor identified by Strykzone.

A copper gold pour with a very small head of little duration. It is mostly clear but some cloudiness can be seen drifting as a haze. Lots of visible carbonation. Aroma is grainy and malty as is the flavor. There is a hint of fruit and some spice and chemical can be tasted late. I wish I could rate this one higher but just can’t.

First rating woot! Pour is a dark red with a small white head. Aroma is some caramel malts and maybe some alcohol. Flavor is again some caramel malts with a touch of chocolate and a very herbal hopping toward the end. Something different and another good for from a MO brewer.