Sudwerk Maibock

Brewed by Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch
Style: Heller Bock
Davis, California USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Stein

This beer pours a clear amber with a white head with yellow highlights. Nice lacing rings as the head recedes. Good retention. Nose of sweet caramel malts and some fruit. Medium in body and with a smooth clean mouthfeel. The flavor is good, with some fruit and malt. Nice clean finish. Very drinkable brew with good balance.

Pours clear, hazel nut brown, very nutty easy drinking Bock beer. Not boozy at all considering its high alcohol percentage, very light hop character. Over-all, very impressed with this beer.

First tasted @ West coast brew fest. I liked it so I got a six pack @ nugget on sale. Pours amber colour, with a thin white head, and thin lacing. Aromas of lagers never impress me. Flavour is nice and hoppy, which is how I love ’em. Palate is full bodied, with a thick, dry, sticky finish. Overall a nice beer (for a lager) that hides its high ABV well.

Tap. Pours clear gold with a small, fizzy white head, short retention with fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (biscuit, meal, cereal), light hops (earthy) and clean lager character. Flavor is heavy malt with supporting hop bitterness and clean lager notes. Medium body, warmth, and carbonation with a sweet finish.

On tap at West Coast Brewfest 2011. Pours clear blonde with a modest off-white head and a floral fruity aroma. There is a light and refreshing pale malt flavor with slight hop bitterness.

22 oz. bottle from Hayduke with whom it was shared with Rick via Facebook chat. This beer pours like iced tea with the light brown and clear appearance. A two finger light yellow golden head slowly fades. The nose is very inviting with honey, tangerine, and nice malt. The flavor is quite tasty. With all due respect to the previous raters, how is this rated 3.3? Very nice tangerine and more complex fruit, an occasional whiff of alcohol, and a nice caramel malt backbone. Not overly complex but rock solid and beautifully balanced. This is really nice! Thanks Ron.

Clear golden color/ white head. Light berry fruit, sweetbread, yeasty grainy aromas. medium bodied. Decent sweet Hawaiian bread flavors with yeast, mineral.

just missed this on tap in the spring, but got a bottle this fall. label says best for 90 days after bottling date, then gives no bottling date. nice. anyway - i had my doubts about this one. it had escaped the box and had been in the back seat floor of my car for over a week (from 40 degree nights to a couple 90 degree days). no exploding bottle, and the first whiff didn’t tell me it had gone bad. as it was, this is a fine beer. nothing great, but definitely not spoiled, with a fruity sweetness and fine balance. i will try a fresher one and re-rate sooner or later, but i liked this one just fine.