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Ayinger Maibock 3.93 31

Ayinger Maibock

 (RETIRED)
Percentile
98
overall
Formerly brewed at Brauerei Aying
Style: Heller Bock

Aying, Germany

bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
313.99/5.03.93/5.0Spring6.8%100Lager glass, Shaker, Stein
Commercial Description:
Brewed with plenty of malt, hops and love, Ayinger Maibock is a big-bodied beer with a sweet, malty aroma, a rousing head and a fruity long lasting aftertastaste.
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 Ernest (4501), Boulder, Colorado, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Aug 8, 2001  
As pale bocks go, this is wonderful. Malt is VERY strong in both aroma and flavor, and ever so slightly sweet. Nice honey color. My appreciation for Ayinger’s offerings continues to grow; their weissbiers are possibly my favorites in that style (even after visiting Mu:nchen and trying quite a few), and who can deny the quality of their Celebrator doppelbock? The Maibock is a winner as well...it’s hard to imagine it being much better than this, at least for what I look for in pale bocks (bearing in mind that I am partial to ales, not lagers). Note: my numeric ratings are compared ONLY to other pale bocks.


 muzzlehatch (4427), Burlington, Vermont, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/104/518/20
Nov 13, 2001  
Astonishing. Incredibly gorgeous to look at, with a wonderful solid-gold medium body and rich-looking cream-colored head. The aroma is incredible, I can’t begin to describe it, full of malt and acidic fruit flavors; and the flavor is almost too much on top of that. Ultra-malty, as malty as the Optimator I had yesterday, but with just a bit of lightness and fruitiness to keep it from being too heavy; and alcohol is nowhere present. Perhaps too quick a finish, but a world-class beer from a world-class brewere nonetheless.


 austinpowers (2828), New York, New York, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/520/20
Jul 25, 2002    Updated: May 5, 2003
An absolutely delicious and oddly unusual beer! This may well be the best damn Ayinger beer I've had yet. Gorgeous looking and surprisingly sweet. I MUST have this again. RERATE: Sweetness hides the alcohol content extremely well. Once again, stellar! Thanks Hopsrus.


 Drew (2410), Kent, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/515/20
Mar 18, 2002  
crisp and strong. lighter color, but thicker/maltier tatsting than i expected


 PhillyBeer2112 (2089), Orange Park, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/102/515/20
Jun 21, 2001  
A bit harsh for a bock - bottle was of questionable age. Plenty of those bocky toffeish toasty flavors. Malty sweet in the nose and palate. A bit fizzy - full bodied. Pale bronze color.


 Slick (1962), Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Apr 6, 2003  
My last brew of the day and thankfully because it's getting hard to rate with all this beer in me.Nice golden color,very slight head.Aroma was malty sweet,with the flavor being the same but pleasantly so,with some slight fruit tones to it but that could be the last brew i had talking back.The after taste was fantastic malty sweet some of the same fruit tones hard to describe what fruit it is exactly but very nice.i definately need to get some more of these.


 boto (1345), Granby, Connecticut, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 4, 2002  
A sweet, yet appealing very malty beer. Hint of fruits in the nose. A winner!


 JCW (1262), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/515/20
Apr 7, 2003    Updated: Jul 29, 2003
Malty sweet aroma. Orangish color, slightly cloudy. Tasty bock, sweet with a taste that is similiar to aroma.



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