Mahrs Bräu Christmas Bock

Brewed by Mahrs Bräu
Style: Heller Bock
Bamberg, Oberfranken/Bayern, Germany

draft: nearly black. Aroma is toast, bread, caramel and light spicing. Medium bodied, fairly sweet. Decent.

Very average dunkler here. Decently potent nose of malt and some hops come through. Not anything truly remarkable elsewhere -- basically what you’d expect from a dark german beer.

Pours a nice deep brown with a small but lasting head. My bottle smells just a little skunky, which does very little for the aroma but I can smell a faint malt scent. Lots of times I find real German bock to be a little too sweet, or syrupy. Gladly this is not the case with this one. This is very dry and earthy. It has a pleasant hop bitterness near the back of the tongue. Nice and balanced. This beer is very different, and recommended.

bottle. black pour. dark fruit, sweet malts, mild hops. light aroma. light and smooth. easy drinking. nice creamy malts mouth. some very mild chocolate and nutty characteristics. mild spicing. hint of mollasses. easy drinking. lighter body than I was expecting. nicely priced. enjoyable.

This beer does not strike me as a Christmas Bock as it is labeled. Nothing stands out more than I would expect from a normal dunkler bock. This is a clean dry light malt tasting bock with a dry finish. Very good, but nothing outstanding.

The beer depart the 500ml bottle a deep golden amber color with a capacious creamy off white head, as it slowly erodes, the residual lace provides a tight sheet upon the glass. Nose has a sweet malt aroma, chased by caramel and a herbal tone, citrus like in its crispness, start has a rich malt sweetness, touches of hops and spices, top is light to moderate in feel. Finish has an enticing hop spicy bite, the acidity meaningful, aftertaste droughty, long lasting, a nice beer that went down smooth, glad I bought a few to sample as it worthy of a sample.

Found this at Bill’s Liquors in Beaufort SC. Poured slightly hazy with off white head. Hint of spice with some bitterness. Very drinkable.

bottle-pours a thin white head and hazy copper/brown color. Aroma is sweet medium malt-caramel, some spice. Taste is sweet medium malt-caramel, spice-peppermint, fruit bread, metallic hops. OK effervescence. Occasional. Thanks jwc215 for sharing.