3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On tap @ the brewpub: Clear copper in color with a white head. Aroma, some fruits, yeast and caramel. Flavor, nutty, caramel, some grassy hops, but overall very malty beer.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hazy copper amber color, about an inch of tighly packed tan head. Head quickly recedes to a very thin ring. Some spotty lacing, not a whole lot however. Prominent aroma as soon as I twist the cap off the growler. Malt and spicy hop aromas are very nice, but there is a certain something in there that is difficult to identify. The closest thing that comes to mind is kalamata olives. It is strong each time I twist the growler cap for a refill. It is mild in the glass.
Nice flavor of malt and spicy hops. There is certainly a lager character to this beer. It is clean and softly carbonated. Aftertaste is more spicy hops and unfortunately that olive taste.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Another ridiculously overcarbonated Kraftbrau lager...I lost a few ounces again. This is a caramel-colored maibock that poured with a thick light tan head. Caramel and alcohol notes in the aroma. Flavor is caramely, somewhat fruity, and musty, with strong bread-like notes and touches of alcohol. Fairly smooth for a maibock, as these tend to be a bit harsh.
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Nice cloudy orange to brown wheat looking beer. Nice foamy off white head. I smell apple, caramel, lemon peel perhaps, toffee, malt, & some bitterness. Great smelling for a Kraftbrau beer. Tastes quite light actually, a little bitterness, toffee, slightest bit of alcohol. This is the best beer from Kraftbrau for me so far. Awesome. Too bad its seasonal. Actually after the beer sits for a little bit a foul rotten egg smell has been discovered. Why is it that Kraftbrau beers stink. Hope they aren't using water straight from the Kalamazoo river.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
poured a murky copper color with a massive white head. sweet malt aroma, taste is of mostly sweet caramel malt with some light fruitiness, with a nice bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
There's that wacky Kraftbrau nose again. I love it. Flavor is fruity, grassy, malty, sour and bitter all at once. Probably the most bitter maibock I've had, with the possible exception of Einbecker. Thanks, Prof!
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cloudy copper color. Great white head. Sweet malty flavor with a bitter finish. An interesting beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JAN 29, 2004 I'm not a bock fan and this was pretty darn good. Super pronounced malty sweetness (caramel) but immediately tempered by noble hops, flat and bitter. Wonderfully full body but not syrupy.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
A little lighter than I expected a bock to be. And very sweet with a malt flavor I can’t quite place. One of my least favorite Kraftbrau offerings lately.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Light golden color. Light hoppy, sweet malty aroma. Quite sweet malty finish, a little hops. Probably not a bock considering the golden color.
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