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Otter Creek Cuckoo Bock

Otter Creek Cuckoo Bock

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A Heller Bock brewed by
Otter Creek Brewing

Middlebury, Vermont USA

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433.31/5.03.29/5.0Special7.5%80.7Lager glass, Shaker, Stein P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Cuckoo Bock, Otter Creek's seventh stop on the "OTTER CREEK WORLD TOUR" is inspired by the German Mai Bocks. This time the Otter is back in Germany, with a traditional German beer, Mai Bock. Brewmaster Steve Parkes procured Vienna malt, pilsener malt, two types of Munich malts, and hops and yeast all the way from Germany, in an effort to make this beer as authentic as possible. The Otter Creek version will be light and slightly sweet, with a fresh aroma. Don't let this fool you, however. Mai Bocks are strong beers and this one won't be any different. As it says on the label- "Now you can have your own German Mai Fest- prosit!"

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 Oakes (6979), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/510/20
Sep 20, 2008  
Golden-amber. Malty-caramel nose with notes reminiscent of glossette raisins. Caramel taste, some bready notes. Hop dryness towards the finish. Thin body. Lacks focus.


 Beershine (1440), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Sep 18, 2008  
Bright golden copper with slight haze. Good white head that lasts. Rusty, chalky. Some fruit, some sweet cereal. Oily mouthfeel. Sweet metallic. Sulfuric, strange and strong. Not bad, not good.


 Radek Kliber (3339), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 4, 2008  
Bottle 650 ml
Appearance: Slightly hazed amber bock with bright white , off-creamy head. 3+
Nose: Mineral hop feel with off fruity malts . Stylistically ok but felt a bit empty an generic.
Flavor/Palate : Medium light bodied. A bit shallow with its malt character. Slight bitter hop accents. Closer to Polish Mocne than to German bocks.


 blipp (818), Grand Island, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 7, 2008  
Bottle. Pours orange with an off white head. Sweet malt aroma with caramel and toast. Medium, smooth body. Flavor is a little dull, but sweet, with toasty and herbal notes. Not bad, very drinkable.


 notalush (2078), Rawn-kawn-kohma, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Mar 22, 2008  
Hazy golden beer, with a slight copper tint - aroma of wildflowers steeped in honey, with a bit of spicy hops, and some noticeable diacytel, but it doesn’t detract too much from the enjoyment - the flavor has some honey character, but it is not nearly as sweet as the aroma suggests, and the diacytel is not present at all - on top of the mellow sweetness, some soft herbal, tea-like flavors, mildly spicy hops, some doughy character - notes of wildflowers linger, and the hops add a bite at the end - this is a damn fine maibock, and another surprise from Otter Creek.



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