Smuttynose Maibock

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

Amber pour with a huge white head, big malt aroma. Malty flavor with a proper amount of hops to balance it out, almost dry finish. I love it. a touch thin on the mouth feel, but other wise great.

On tap at Mile Square in Hoboken. I Really liked this beer. It was sweet and malty, with just the right amount of hops. Very drinkable. Perfect for a session.

Great thick and hearty beer. Very pale tasting heller bock. The malts were very subdued by the hops, but it was a welcomed unbalanced because the hops were very citrusy, almost like a well done IPA with much more maltyness. Beautiful orange color with orange head.

Pours a dark gold with a big off-white head that sticks around well. Doughy malt, herbal notes, banana, light floral hops on the nose. Toasty but not burnt malt taste up front, grassy and floral hops bring up the rear. Yeasty banana-like notes. A bit of spice and booze. Medium bodied, good amount of carbonation. Alcohol is at times distracting but evens out into a nice balance the longer it stays in the glass.

Hello Uncle Malty! Thank GOD for the BIG BEER series, this one is a onster for a maibock, after 22oz it felt more like a doppel.

2004 bomber. Pours a lightly golden, soft yellow with amber and orange hints. Bottle conditioned, with tons of white head. Aroma of lightly spicy yeast, ripe yellow fruits and plenty of grainy malt goodness (honey wheat bread with herbs and spices). Flavor has just the perfect balance of malt sweetness and mixes with a mild and soily/earthy hops profile that is just right. The yeast and hops together add a perfect balancing bitterness, this beer has a soft smooth body and is just supremely drinkable and good. These guys are great with balance (and that’s great with me). Maybe a bit too much sugary sweetness, to be constructive and it could stand a bit more yeast influence.

Bottle courtsey of bmartin08 and The_Epeeist, thanks guys. Pours a coppery color with a decent sized off-white to beige colored head. Aroma is sweet caramel malts, honey, pear, citrus. Flavor is caramel malts, sweet pear and peach, brown sugar, some citrus notes. Palate is medium bodied, medium carbonation, on the sweet side with a crisp, spicy, sorta saison like finish. Great!

Pours a golden color with some amber hues, nice frothy generous head, great lacing. The aroma was honey, earthen and grassy hops, rich bready malts. The flavor was excellent bready malts, light honey, some grass, a nice spiciness along with carbonated zing. The malts had a grapey-ness to go along with the bready richness, and this was a very fine example of the style, top notch. Mouthfeel was full, rich, yet balanced, very clean feeling. At-a-boys, Smutty!!!