Altenmünster Maibock

Brewed by Allgäuer Brauhaus (Oetker Group)
Style: Heller Bock
Kempten, Germany

This is a wonderful maibock with great hop and malt character and balance, and very drinkable. It’s dark golden with a bid, creamy white head that shrinks slowly to a wispy top and a little lace. The aroma is bread, grain, grapes, raisins, fruity white wine, honey, and pine/grass. The taste is similar, with grain, bread, fruity white wine, grapes, grassy, herbal, piney hops that slowly build in flavour. It has a light acloholic warmth and spiciness with a nicely balanced sweet body that has light bitterness.

A very refreshing helles bock. Grains, wheat, toast in the nose, with some slight apple and pear esters and earthy hops. The taste is similar, quite sweet, and a smooth grainy quality, bread, caramel, with a lightly bitter finish featuring spicy hops. Light, refreshing.

16.9 oz. bottle. Sweet, fruity, surprisingly hoppy, buttery aroma features apple, nectar, and honey scents. Very pleasant and appetizing smell. Pours a dark gold to brass color. Slightly hazy with much suspended particulate. Large amount of fluffy, nearly white, light beige head. Flavor mimics the aroma: Fruity, sweet, and floral. Honey and nectar elements. Some alcohol noticeable. Light dry aftertaste with some dirt-bitterness. Very drinkable. Medium body. Crisp and lively in the palate. This is a good beer! It’s a strong, late spring refresher.

Light lager nose with a hint of sweet honey, gold color, tall spongy head. Honey-ish malt taste that is creamy and smooth. Low broad bitter. The alcohol warms the throat as it goes down. This is a pretty fat beer. Classy too.

.5 liter bottle- looked new and fresh from the Whole foods on Bowery/Houston. Pours a nice crystla clear deep gold with a nice thick white head which fades mostly. Aroma is bready doughy, light vienna malts, some toasty thick swet light munich, and a nice floral german hop kick. Flavor is initially doughy, malty bready, some mild floral hop middle and a decent finish, but somewhere in the back of the palate I get a wierd sharp solventy almost acetone or harsh vodka like alcohol in there- especially as it warms. Best to drink pretty cold. Nice beer.

Very nice uber dry maibok. Very little aroma likely from a german haulataur or similar noble hop. The taste is very dry with a nice hop bite followed by a strong malt background.

An over-the-top wheat aroma. The taste is much better than the smell. A bit sweet, but not that wheat heavy. This beer grows on you.

Tasted 8/3/08. 500ml swing top bottle. Hazy with a golden hue. Trace white head. Grainy nose with a touch sweet breads. Light to medium bodied with mild effervescence. Touch toasty with a slight hop presence. Crisp body with a touch tingle. Slight bitterness. Good palate roll and tasty. Caramel malts with an ever so slight cola and coffee undertone. Solid session brew. Good drinking.