Cricket Hill Maibock

Brewed by Cricket Hill Brewing Co.
Style: Heller Bock
Fairfield, New Jersey USA

One up the upside down label bottles as yobdoog describes. If I recall correctly a small bit of this was bottled but since they don’t have labels they give it away. Courtesy of jcwattsrugger. Pours a hazy lemon-orange color with a thin head. Poor head retention and a few spots of lacing. Aroma is caramel, bread and light stone fruit notes. Taste is bitter leafy hops that fades into caramel, bread, plum and other fruits. Medium bodied. Moderate carbonation. Tasty. Good beer.

Bottle upside down label with some making tape written Maibock. Courtesy of jcwats... Aroma is light and sweet with a mellow bitterness. Crisp and bubbly for a bock but not bad for a lager. Alcohol well hidden too 7%, wow.

Gold pour with a creamy white head and lace. Rich sweet malt aroma, earthy hops, and a hint of pepper. Pepper, light sweet malt, with a slight finishing bitter. Nice medium bodied, medium carbonated beer. Very nice offering.

Pouring a pure golden color, I thought it was a little light in color to be a Maibock. Aroma is floral meets bready and the taste is very dry. Very clean and easy to drink. Not as sweet as a true Maibock but I still really like this beer. Maybe because it’s more crisp than the usual German-style beer? Honestly though, I think it falls more into(the newer category of) Imperial or Double Pils, as it’s much hoppier and drier than any Maibock I’ve ever tried...........reminded me of Ramstein’s Pale Ale, actually. Forget about labels, and just call it a good beer, okay?

on tap at the brewery. Golden in color with a medium off white head. Aroma is floral hops, dry malts, lightly grainy. Taste is dry, with floral hops, light bready notes, light to moderate notes of grain, with a lightly bitter finish. A decent drinking lager- but really does not remind me much of a maibock. The color could be darker, and it could have been a bit maltier and fruitier. But, it is a clean, crisp, well crafted lager. Maybe they will nail this one on the third try next spring. But, I would definitely not mind drinking this beer for the next couple of months.