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Smuttynose Maibock

Percentile
94
overall

bottled
common

on tap
available

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
2513.66/5.03.64/5.0Spring7.7%99.7Lager glass, Shaker, Stein
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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 RCL (1460), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/105/514/20
Aug 12, 2007  
This beer has the most flowery aroma I have ever smelled in any beer. The hop aroma are like sticking you head in a sack of wildflowers.


 VikingHammer (362), Lynnfield, Massachusetts, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 11, 2007  
Pours a Golden Orange with a 1 finger white head. Grassy sweet aroma. Nice malt sweetness with a peppery dry finish. Nicely Balanced. A wonderful beer.


 whaleman (2171), North Wales, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 11, 2007  
Somewhat viscous golden body with moderate carbonation and a robust, dense white head. Yeasty sourdough aroma with light citric, melon, and peanut qualities, plus clean perfumy highlights. Smooth and pleasant malty flavor with good relative depth. Includes some nice spice and floral characters as well. Medium sweet with nice balancing, natural bitterness. Overall this has an interesting blend of heat, yeasty phenols, and hop flavor and bittering compounds and is nicely rounded and fairly complex. Doesn’t stray into malt liquor territory like some maibocks do. This is the best maibock I’ve had so far.


 JCB (1747), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 7, 2007  
Very fine stuff, and pretty refreshing on this blazing hot day. Much more malty than I’d anticipated, and not quite as crisp as I’d wanted for the style, but it’s flavorful and full. Nice.


 TURDFERGUSON (1601), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/513/20
Aug 7, 2007  
Bottle purchased at State Line Liquors in MD, shared with Taylor. Pours a light orange with a small white head. Nose is banana, bubblegum and honey. Flavor is much the same--very sweet with lots of honey and banana bubblegum flavors. Hops hardly noticed. Alcohol noticed, but for the most part well hidden as this as very smooth and light mouthfeel. Pretty good, but a little too sweet at times.


 bgburdman9 (823), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 6, 2007  
Aroma was of a lot of fruitiness and a light maltiness. A little medicinal notes to this. Had a weird taste to it that threw me off a litle bit.


 GonZoBeeR (2160), ste-Eulalie, Quebec, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/58/104/514/20
Jul 25, 2007  
Aroma:mixe of caramel and citrus,ligh oxydation aroma....à Appearance:light hazy amber,huge head... Flavor:fully caramel,good bitterness,citrus hops...


 alexanderj (2241), Chino Hills, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/513/20
Jul 19, 2007  
Bottle; Poured a golden-orange; small to medium somewhat creamy head. Aroma of citrus, caramel , yeast, malt and alcohol. Slightly sweet; alcohol; citrus; malt; light hops. Hints of honey.



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