Mahrs Bräu Christmas Bock

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

Bottle pours a deep orange gold with a nice sized white head. Fairly foamy but would lace little. Full malty aroma with a touch of grassy hops in the background. Nice spicy flavor with notes of caramel and toffee, a nice malty treat. Medium bodied with a touch of bitter finish.

Sweet malty aroma. Golden color. Light malty flavor with yeast like accents and light honey. Somewhat flat, minimal carbonation. Lightly bitter finish. Not bad and is quaffable for the winter time.

Nice big brown 500mL German Lager bottle. Smells of a German Lager. very bready. Hazy golden color. Bright white foamy head. slightly thick and Very fizzy. slight flavors of fresh fruit. apricots! a little spicyness to it. maybe even some honey. very balanced. wonderful smooth hop finish

Pours a nice amber, topped by less than an inch of nearly white foam that sticks around briefly then fades almost completely away. Mild aroma of sweet and biscuity malt. Although it is pretty mild, I like the flavor - biscuity malt that reminds me of graham crackers, lightly sweet but really more toasted and fairly dry in the finish. Clean and smooth, with a touch of hops in the finish providing nice balance. Medium body, moderate carbonation. I don’t know what makes this a ’Christmas’ bock, as nothing in this beer really stands out. But taken all together - it is mighty fine.

Pours a hazy amber/brown with an appealing sweet/yeasty nose. Flavor is big on the malt, sweet notes of honey and some bubblegum, but some hops are back there to give an edge and provide an earthy quality. Comforting on a bitterly cold day.

(500 ml bottle (bottled on "10") from <A HREF=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/massachusetts/w target=blank>Julio’s Liquors) Honeylicious...Pours hazy apricot-amber with a tall biege head. Aroma is lots of honey and some earthiness. Mouthfeel is full and pretty smooth. Sloppy sheets of lacing. Flavor is big honey and caramel along with some earthy funkiness. Quite bitter as well, at least for this style. Pretty nice

Bottle. A weird gray/brown hue, with a modest off-white head with some durability. Thick, with a wheat/yeasty flavor that covers the sweet malt. A long finish and not much for hops.

Bottle. Strongly malty scent, dark and spiced. Sweet with light bg orange, grape, and, uncharacteristically, yeast. Hazy amber/caramel color with a fizzy yet foamy tan head. Spiced taste with a dash of holiday sugar, perhaps a little lemon zest. Sticky fruity caramel. Clean and rich, touch of buttered bread. Dry caramel and light toffee finish, medium body veers toward the light side, with a very smooth feel. Though I had this in the afternoon, I’d imagine it’s better suited to the evening. Good bock!