Schell Maifest

Brewed by August Schell Brewing Company
Style: Heller Bock
New Ulm, Minnesota USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Stein

Pour is golden / copper, not too much head. Aroma is bright hop, with some sweetness. Taste of malt and caramel. Finish is a touch sour, after taste is a touch boozy. Nothing special.

Pours a light orange copper with a medium white head. Aroma is caramel with floral hops. A little watery on the palate. Light flavor, begins a little sweet and ends a little sour.

12oz. bottle. Fairly slight aroma of sweet, pale maltiness and fruit, notably pear and apple, along with lighter amounts of floral, citric and green, grassy hop. Medium golden color with an amber cast and a subsiding, fine white head. Flavor features a blend of sweet, honey-tinged maltiness, lightly tangy, tart fruitiness (notes of pineapple in particular) and a certain earthy, tinny, spicy bitterness towards the finish, the alcohol vaguely evident here as well. Body is medium, the palate flat and wet. A bit oddly blended.

UPDATED: OCT 1, 2006 In my 26 oz crystal clear plastic cup. A little lighter than a ’dark’ beer. Did not taste like 7%, much smoother. Just a little more bitter than I expected for a doppel. Also, I was very happy with my variety case from Schell; pale ale, octoberfest, pilsner, caramel boch, firebrick, maifest, doppelbock, zommerfest, etc. Wow what a variety…..loved it. Schell has some of the best looking labels, too!

Slightly hazy orange amber color. Nice foamy off white head. Aroma is apples, sweet malt and yeast. Flavor is apples, yeast, caramel and a light alcohol bitterness that carries through to the finish. Slippery on the palate and a bit on the low end of medium bodied.

12oz bottle. Poured a deep and hazy golden color with a large sized off white head. Aromas of fruits, yeast, and toasted malts. Tastes of apples, caramel, and toasted malts. Creamy yet thin body. Light alcohol in the finish.

Bottle: Aroma of apples, caramel, and light grassy hops. Pours a bright transparent orange with a minimal off-white head that quickly fades to a small ring. Flavor has lots of apple and moderate caramel up front. Finishes with some sweet lager yeastiness, light grapefruit, and light grassiness. Very thin on the palate with minimal carbonation.

Bottle. Pours out an off-amber colour with a quickly vanishing head. Scent is mostly of a city tap water and mild nutty notes. Taste is watered down with a nutty palate. Mild malt and a slight bitterness of hops lead into a nutty and dry finish. Very unexciting, watery and uncomplex.