Selins Grove Mai-Bock

Brewed by Selins Grove Brewing Co.
Style: Heller Bock
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania USA

Hazy apple juice body with white head. Aroma is medium sweet, candi sugar, bread, some earthy/floral, light alcohol. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, some floral, light orange. Medium body, some stickiness.

Pint at Selins Grove. Honey orange colored body with a small, white head. Huge, deep, syrupy nose of sweetened corn, dried leaves, wood, dried vegetables, peppery honey and a touch of that 7.7% alcohol. Thick, chewy and syrupy in the mouth, peppery, spicy and sharp throughout, full body, without a doubt fuller and heavier than it ever needs to be, but it actually tastes very fresh, meaty and fruity, with a sharp orange/caramel malt note throughout.

On tap fresh at the brewpub. Maybe previous years batches werent as good as this one, but I thought this new one was world class. Pours a light hazy medium orange with a nice long lasting head and great lace. Aroma is of a typical well made mai-bock- lots of sharp bready malts with some light caramel sweetness, and a touch of herbal continental hops. Flavor is full of bready pils malts, lightly yeast, but otherwise clean with a nice sharp hop bitterness in the end. Very smooth mouthfeel and a great aftertaste. Ranks up there with Ramstein, but perhaps this one has a bit more body.

Really dry palate and sweet malts. Not too sweet with a big alcohol bite . Not too impressed.

On tap at brewpub. Pours a dark gold with a slight haze under a firm and creamy 1 cm white head. Nice sweet malty aroma with some caramel, light alcohol, and bread dough. Flavor is pretty clean with thick caramel malts. Finish was warming, with a light hoppiness. Mouthfeel is thick with minimal soft carbonation yielding a slightly creamy texture. Overal, pretty decent.

Draft @ Selins Grove. Pours an effervescent, bright golden-orange color; creamy, marshmallow-like head with excellent retention and lacing; gorgeous pour. Basic cereal and fruitiness (a touch overripe) in the aroma; somewhat resigned. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: chewy candy sugar, caramel, and sweet, basic maltiness; kind of heavy in the mouth, lightly carbonated; slightest touches of alcohol. Lengthy finish: some lasting mineral bitterness shows through, with breadiness and yellow fruits.

Growler filled from brewpub. Thanks Paul. Jimmack Invite 06. Medium orangey in color with a nice fluffy white head. Bready malty grainy aroma. Caramel notes. Malty and hoppy flavor. Sweet. Finish is bitter. Clean mouthfeel. Smooth tasting. Medium bodied. Very nice beer.

This was my first encounter with this brewer. Sampled on draft at the State College beer festival this beer poured a pale golden color with a medium sized white head. The aroma is sweet malts and sour honey. The flavor is thick sour malts and light caramel with a sour tangy finish.