Smuttynose Maibock

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: Heller Bock
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

The pour is bright golden with a pure white head. The nose is big and grainy with a nice layer of hop aroma. The flavor is just an overly sweet mess what the hell. Cloy, corn, and alcohol. I haven’t looked at the stats for this beer, but it tastes bigger than it needs to be. Full bodied and a bit oily. I don’t think I’m finishing this one.

Bottle conditioned in 2008

April/May 2008: Smuttynose Maibock has a sweet aroma fillede with fuesels. Its color is golden copper and the beer is hazy. There is a thin beige head on top. This beer is sweet and tastes like malt and corn with an odd floral and hearbal bitterness that is difficult to describe. This beer is VERY floral with some toasted malt and dry-roasted peanut. It has a medium body and aseems a bit overcarbonated for the style. Overall this is just an OK beer at best.

22 fl. oz. bottle. Rating #226 for this beer.

22oz bomber. Pours golden with slight orange hue and medium-sized white head. The aroma is grainy and malty with a nice bit of sweetness and a subtle perfumy noble hop quality. The flavor is malty and delicate - a touch of grainy pilsener malt and a nice balancing punch of noble hops in the finish - distinctly "pilsener" bitterness (like hallertauer or saaz?). The finish is medium - balanced between dry and full - with a nice lingering combo of grainy malts and that wonderful bitterness. The mouthfeel is full and nicely carbonated. It feels luscious - like the big-ass European lager that it is. Overall, pretty nice and very good considering the hot weather we had here today. A pleasure to drink - a very nice example of a maibock.

Bottle. Pours a golden body with a white head. Sweet bread y candy sweetness, a hint of cherry honey and caramel. My favorite Maibock at one time.

Neutral gold color with the slightest of haze. Long lasting head that leaves good spotty lace. Malty with a notable level of alcohol warmth in the smell. Strong alcohol flavor--lots of oily liquor; very warm to the throat. Lots of lighter malt flavor with nearly no hop bitterness. This is a dry bock. Excellent body; truly perfect for the style.

Draft at the Blue Mermaid in Portsmouth, NH. Clear red-amber with a creamy quarter-inch of lasting foam. Sweet grain, peach, caramel, and a hint of toasted nut on the nose. Same flavors with just enough spicy-grassy hop on the finish. Medium body is smooth, lightly tingly and sticky.

Bottle… Clear golden lager with a huge, fluffy, white head. Fantastic retention. The nose is a tantalizing blend of peppery hops, toffee and a hint of menthol. Medium to full-bodied with a lightly creamy mouthfeel and soft carbonation. The flavor provides sweet honey, toffee and caramel - balanced a bit by spicy hops. The finish is bittersweet, although the bitterness lingers longer than the sweetness. Pretty good take on the style. Thanks to scraff for shipping this beer to me!

Athens, Ga. - Five Points Bottle Shop - 22 oz bomber. Pours a slightly murky light orange with a silky white head. Sweet, bready aroma, hints of kids vitamins and yeast. Flavor is sweet as well with some sweet raw cake mix, subtle raisins, some white grapes. Mouthfeel is sticky enough. Solid bock.