Smuttynose Maibock

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

Bottle: Pours an orange gold with a white head. Aroma, pale malts, bready, some spice. Flavor, sweet pale malts, some yeast, toffee. Pretty solid.

Bottle in trade from rbuckstar. Thanks man!
Pours a rich butter caramel color with a small head. Smell is toasty, tart, almost nutty malt. Taste is nice and refreshing but with crisp, tart maltiness. Biscuity and bready and very nice and flavorful. Good body and solid carbonation. Easily my favorite of this style, and one I would enjoy trying again.

Golden orange in colour, long lasting off-white coloured head, good lacing. The aroma is floral, some must, yeast, some light sourness, fruits - mainly apples. The flavour is of citrus, floral and herbal hops, quite spicy, noticable alcohol. Moderately hot mouthfeel, medium body, high carbonation. Finishes long, sweet, some spice, hot. Its okay in a weird sort of way, didn’t really grow on me.

650ml bottle from the <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/new-york target=blank>Premier Gourmet in Buffalo, New York for $4.99.
Purchased on August 20, 2007 and opened on August 28, 2007.
Bottled in 2007.

22 oz. bottle via trade with smith4498 - Pours a slightly hazy golden-orangish color with a one finger thick off white head. Light lacing. Has a nice lightly sweetened raw malt aroma. Very nice. Flavor is a nice, lightly sweetened malt. Medium body. This is a really good beer. Thanks Jason.

22 oz bottle split two ways. Hazy amber in color with a medium off white head. Aroma was not quite what I expected- a good dose of caramel, but with some citrus hops, orange, grapefruit. Taste is big, smooth and malty with some citrus, floral, and a light pine hop bitterness. perfectly balanced, doesn’t seem made to style with the hop profile, but this is a great american style-may bock.

22oz - 2007 - Lightly hazed yellow, fizzy white head. The aroma held notes of warmed honey bread with a softer floral and vanilla caramel accent. Soft sweet bread and honey flavors are balanced well with a light peppery citric hoppiness. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, bittersweet finish. Well done in my book and quite drinkable...

Hazy, bright orange in color with a booming, solid, tan, thick and massive head. Aroma is caramel, anise and something fiery - potentially pepper. Sweet and bold to the nose. Flavor? Yes. Rich, sweet caramel paired with vanilla butter cream. Unfiltered aspect lends itself to a grainy, toasted complex. It’s somewhat of a conundrum to detail individual flavors because everything is in harmony – nice and smooth. Some jumpy hops liven things up and give a touch of bitterness. Carbonation, malts and hops are well-proportioned but equally bold. Chewy malts and big-bodied. No, better yet, this beer is fat. Finish is creamy vanilla custard and some cackled pepper here and there. Dry, caramel chew aftertaste. Smuttynose continues to impress the hell out of me. Big thanks to tpkenned for the bomber.

Hazy bronze, large head with good lacing and retention. Aroma is huge bread and caramel. Hops are there but play a minor role. Medium bodied with a velvety mouthfeel, fairly sweet. Liquid bread.