3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Blond color. Solid body. Sweet as style dictates, but some hops in background. Good example of style.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Picked up a single 12-oz bottle in the Twin Cities, MN. Pours a light pale amber with a thick, foamy white head. Slowly dissolves and the lacing is nice. Aroma of sweet apples, honey, some citrus and flowery hops. Taste is sweet, candy sugar, some allspice, and caramel. The palate is smooth and a sweet/bitter aftertaste. Well done Schell.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
had a bottle at Bodega Brew Pub downtown La Crosse. Poured with an off white head, clear true amber color, some nice lace. Not a bad mai dopple. Drinkable. Nice interplay between bitterness and sweet malt. Warming finish. I’d say session except for its strength.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
33 cl bottle, Minneapolis. Deep golden colour, caramel aroma and malts with some spices, Good flavour, spiciness and a sweet bitterness. Long finsih. Pretty good for an American miabock.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a clear deep amber, topped by a good inch of creamy sudsy foam. Minimal head retention and lacing. Mild sweet fruity malt in the aroma.
I like the flavor of the beer - light caramel malt, a little candied fruit, then a bit drier in the finish. Ample hops are noticeable, a little bit citrusy, however the beer remains on the sweet side. Hop bitterness and a trace of alcohol come through in the aftertaste.
Medium body, moderate carbonation (I think a lot disapates with the pour). Tasty, clean, and drinkable.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Schells.... Not bad--blond, as they say, and obvious sweetness in the nose and upfront. Hints of floral in the nose, but mostly alcohol, more light caramel in the taste, with light citrus, grapes, and a hint of mint. My bottle didn’t seem but the slightest metallic, which was good considering that I bought this out of season. It holds up rather well actually. Tingly, light carbonation with an adequately sticky body.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
great maifest beer smooth parr aroma i like schells . smooth finish etc. nice color too GET SURLY
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle. Sweet, fruity aroma with scents of grapes, oranges, and cinnamon. A metallic odor also is present. Pours a clear, orange / dark gold with a small amount of beige head. The unfortunate metallic hint shows up in the flavor as well. Somewhat similar in taste to a hefeweizen, surprisingly. The flavor also includes oranges and has a slight citric sourness. All of these flavors are weak. The primary flavor in fact is that of a typical American macro pale lager. The beer has a cloying sweetness and produces a bit of an astringent aftertaste. It is medium-bodied and dull in the palate. Save for the metallic notes, this is not an offensive beer, but there is nothing to recommend it. Note that I tasted this maibock out of season and presumably about nine months after its production, since which time it had been cellared at a local liquor store, so it may not be the best sample. Nonetheless, based on the bottle I tried, this is a disappointing beer from a generally relatively strong brewery.
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