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Holsten Maibock 2.38 135

Holsten Maibock

Percentile
11
overall
Brewed by Holsten-Brauerei (Carlsberg)
Style: Heller Bock

Hamburg, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
1352.36/5.02.38/5.07%2.1Lager glass, Shaker, Stein
Commercial Description:
Holsten Maibock is a strong full- bodied beer, amber-golden in colour, aromatic and richly malt flavoured. Brewed in accordance with the German Purity Law it contains only natural ingredients. This beverage is characterised by its high original gravity and strong 7% alcohol content.
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 HogTownHarry (4025), Toronto (Harbourfront), Ontario, Canada
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/511/20
Aug 19, 2005  
Can (500ml). Shared with blankboy, GregClow and tupalev - courtesy of tupalev. Poured a clear gold with a white head. Initially sweet aroma with just a hint of hops and wheat and sweet fruit; then vegetal sourness develops with warming/oxidizing. Flavour is quite fruity malt sweet, a hint of molasses, some hops and a strange clanging petroleum note in the background. Mouthfeel very light, a little minerally. Very good food-accompanying beer.


 GonZoBeeR (2163), ste-Eulalie, Quebec, Canada
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/103/57/20
Aug 16, 2005  
Aroma:vegetable.... Appearance:clear orange,good head.. Flavor:alcohol,chemical flavor,light caramel... Burk...


 beerguy101 (3946), Newark, California, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Aug 12, 2005  
330ml bottle. Orange gold color. Small white foamy head, Aroma is biscut and malt, fruity and very sweet. A medium bodied bock. Malts are fruity and VERY sweet. Touches of grain and cereal. Fruity and sweet. Lots of apple flavor as well. No green bottle skunkiness. Hints of orange and a lot of residual sweetness. Perhaps a little too sweet. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is crisp and dry. Aftertaste is sweet.


 HazelRah (276), Summerland, British Columbia, Canada
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/56/102/59/20
Jul 19, 2005  
Typical copper/gold/yellow lacking in the head department. Tasted as sweet as it smelled, with a little graininess to salvage some marks. Aftertaste was alright, too, but overall didn’t have a lot of character.


 Boutip (2390), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/102/59/20
Apr 22, 2005  
Can: Poured a golden color beer with below average head. Aroma is quite weak for a bock and only faint malt can be detected. Taste is very disappointing, kind of like a foul lager. Body is bit thin with some alcohol burn. Total lack of complexity in this beer.


 iambeer (255), Ontario, Canada
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/511/20
Apr 6, 2005  
A bock? It poured a golden yellow, the taste was crispy, light malt, a too sweet. Not good. Lucky I got to washed it off my palate with a Fullers London Porter.


 radiomgb (2068), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Apr 2, 2005  
Can. Golden yellow in colour. Aroma of very mild corn, slightly sweet, some alcohol. Flavour was malty, some floral hops Fizzy mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes with a light alcohol burn.


 JohnBarleycorn (394), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/103/57/20
Mar 25, 2005  
Medium/dark-gold brew with some darker highlights – quite interesting. Aromas of honey, cardboard and heavy alcohol. Nice, thick body. Taste is almost all alcohol, and leaves a bitter aftertaste. Not much substance, just a bully of a high-alcohol beer.



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