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Smuttynose Maibock

Smuttynose Maibock - Heller Bock

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94
overall
Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Heller Bock

Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2493.67/5.03.64/5.0Spring7.7%99.7Lager glass, Shaker, Stein
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Commercial Description:
Maibocks are a traditional Teutonic seasonal specialty. We brew ours to be hugely malty and subtly finished with a variety of continental hops, with an eye-pleasing russet brown color.
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 LyndaNova (492), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/53/101/58/20
Apr 25, 2008  
Cold 22oz bottle: Pours an egg yolk orange color with minimal alabaster bubbles around edges. Aroma is of light, sweet grains and cherries with earth notes. Taste: starts and ends malty sweet with a crescendo of earthy bitterness that remains predominant throughout. Crisp and effervescent. Somewhat soapy aftertaste with some alcohol burn.


 drewbeerme (2224), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Apr 22, 2008  
22oz bottle, 2008 vintage. fresh bottle sampled. pours hazy golden with foamy white head. aroma is leathery, hint of citrus and biscuity. leathery hop flavors coating the tongue while a good dose of bitterness balances the biscuity clean malt profile. medium sticky body makes this not as sessionable as i’d want but this is a great maibock.


 Vas19 (292), Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Apr 20, 2008  
2007 Bottle. Pours clear orange with a thick creamy white head. Possibly the most powerful honey aroma I have ever smelled. Flavor of honey, molasses, and caramel. Hides its alcohol well. Nice.


 DocHop (278), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Apr 20, 2008  
Pours a nice medium gold with a tall foamy white head. Aroma is of honey and yeast with a few floral hops. Initial taste is a very smooth light honey and spicey, maybe peppery, flavor.The finish is reminiscent of a Belgian yeast mixed with some of those same floral hops. Overall it’s a very good and smooth beer.


 fredandboboflo (1392), East Setauket, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 19, 2008  
Bottle. Aroma gives off spices at first, hops come into play with the spices and put me in a meadow, and then the meadow starts to grow some apricots. Flavor similar, spices and hops/spicy hops, caramel malt shows through more. Doesn’t have me jumping out of my seat, but I can’t find a single thing wrong with it either.


 LilBeerDoctor (1479), East Setauket, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 19, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a light amber with small white head. Aroma and flavor strongly of floral and citrus hops, also some spices and molasses. This reminded me of an american pale ale, actually. I thought the hops and malt flavors blended really well together. An excellent beer!


 oteyj (713), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/516/20
Apr 8, 2008  
Pours hazy amber with lasting two finger beige head and great lacing. Nose of apricot, orange peel, lemon grass, overall citrus, caramel malt, and yeast. Flavor was much the same- with molasses and caramel evident from the residual sugar. Nice lingering spicy hop bite. mouthfeel was rich and smooth- surprisingly so for a beer this light. Lots of flavor packed into an excellently balanced package- definite winner.


 craftycarl21 (510), South Hero, Vermont, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Apr 8, 2008  
courtesy of oteyj. nice bubbly head, great lacing. beer is a hazy amber coloration. aroma of orange peel, spice, and yeast. flavor is complex- starts very smooth, then an intense flavor of sweet molasses and a hoppy finish. mouthfeel is nice, my first heller bock and I liked it a lot, really nice beer.



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