 FlacoAlto (2482), Tucson, Arizona, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 23, 2007 February 2007 Bottle Date, Sampled November 2007
Pours with a lightly chill hazed, orangish copper color and is topped by a frothy, somewhat large bubbled, initially half-finger thick, pale tan colored head. The aroma smells of sweet grain, some light honey notes, a touch of hay and a nice bread-like backbone. The aroma is fairly soft overall, but that may be partly due to the fact that the beer is a little cold. As the beer warms up a bit the aroma just gets even more malt focused, there is not really any new aromatics, just an amplification of what was already noted; at times though the honey / sweet malt notes get amplified a bit more. Really this is quite aromatic once it warms up enough to open up.
This has a spritzy carbonation to it, which helps to lighten up the chewy, medium full malt character that is typical of a bock strength beer. This has a certain sweetness to it, but like a good bock should, it does not have as much sweetness as the body might suggest. Much hoppier in the flavor than the aroma suggested; a sip starts out with a soft herbal note, but this gains in strength through to the finish where a nice, solid bitterness takes hold. The hop character is not overwhelming or even a dominant note, but the herbal character provides a nice counterpoint / foil to the malt focus and the bitterness (in combination with the carbonation), helps to dry out the finish. The malt character starts out with a nice grain-like sweetness, picks up some soft honey notes, a touch of light caramel, some toffee notes (which I wouldn’t have expected from a 100% pilsner malt beer), perhaps a hint of butterscotch (which should be a mix of malt notes and perhaps some imperceptible diacetyl) and some toasted malt flavors that lean towards biscuit notes and caramelized bread crust.
This is a nice example of a Mai Bock, quite tasty and it has the requisite malt focus, but I definitely like the distinctly noticeable hop contribution that it has. Don’t get me wrong though, the hops are not huge here and are even within the bounds of the hoppier Mai Bocks I have had in Germany (though when fresh it might have been a bit hoppier).
kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 1, 2007 Name: Mammoth Mai Bock
Date: 06/24/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, RBSG 2007
clear amber, scant head, drippy lace,
sweet caramel malt aroma with light earthy hops,
creamy body,
rich munich malt flavor well balanced with earthy hops, just a hint of sweetness to enrichen the malt flavor,
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4
sneagrams3 (1759), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Aug 16, 2007 750ml waxed swing top bottle. Tasted 8/8/07. Filtered with a golden honey hue. White ring of head. Honey cinnamon aromas. Orange candy. Medium bodied with sweet doughy malts. Lemon citrus acidity with a zesty astringent finish. Touch smokey. Just meh...
padrefan98 (788), (San Diego) Santee, California, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 6, 2007 Bottle picked up in Wyoming at the foot of the Tetons in Jackson Hole. What a nice beer. Interesting style, one I hvent had many of. I liked the sweetness, and the doubhy taste. Very good.
fordest (1954), Santee/San Diego, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Aug 5, 2007 One Liter swingtopped waxed bottle. Nice malty aromas off this copper colored beer with a decent white head. Very sweet flavor too. One of the best Maibocks have had. Some frutiy and caramel and malty flavors too. Pretty good. Thanks to Padrefan for bringing this home from vacation.
BeerandBlues2 (3231), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 11/20 |
Aug 1, 2007 1 pint, 9 oz swing top waxed bottle. Pours clear amber with a small off-white frothy head, mostly diminishing, fair lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (grain, cereal, meal), average hops (herbs, pine), average yeast (dough, sweat) with notes of pear. Light bodied, oily texture, average carbonation and a chalky finish. Average duration, light sweetness and bitterness, moderate acidity.
Skyview (4077), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 8, 2007 Stopped at the Grand Teton Brewing Company near Victor, Idaho and picked up three of the Cellar Reserve brews for the RBSG ’07 Grand Tasting. Pours a hazy caramel amber brew with a small off-white head that quickly dissolves. Aroma of very light caramel malt, and flowery hops. Taste is s little on the sweet side with some caramel and sugar syrup flavors. Finish is sweet with a good hop bitterness aftertaste.
maniac (2628), Richmond, Virginia, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 1, 2007 Slightly hazy amber body with a small white head. Sweet malty molassas and caramel aroma. Sweet caramel flavor.
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