Smuttynose Maibock

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

real solid beer, pours an tannish orange that is very cloudy, nice malty flavor with maybe just a kiss of alcohol, one of my favorite styles, a definate winner

Bottle: Very good Maibock. Transluscent brown to copper in color and mine poured with fair sized white head. Aroma is very noble hoppy, peppery, grassy with a touch of malt. The flavor is carmel and hops. It is slightly bitter. Dry finish, good beer.

Tap @ Andy’s. Clear almost amber pour with nice thick head and cool lacing. Big malt aroma with some faint hints of citrus. Taste has a dough quality, like raw biscuits. Light bodied and very smooth. Very tasty.

Pours a brownish orange color. This is a rich, full bodied bock, chewy with some caramel, with a dry finish. Solid.

Clear, rich amber color, big head of active foam atop, quick to crumble. Nose is soft, dry, vegetal/herbal, leaning into a certain sweetness. Very stately and assure. Taste is rich and full, fresh with a bright fruity quality, berries and apples, and such, but that loses hold, as the flavor feels more coppery and buttery at swallow’s end. Maltiness reigns supreme here, and hops entertain a mere tingle at the fore. Body is medium, at best, and the finish is long, flavorful, and ultimately dry. An interesting maibock, one that I think I like...this is sophisticated, truly mature, not oversome in flavorful and sweet, buttery malt, but, rather, like Baby Bear’s hand-me-downs, ju-ust right. Good balance, good taste, just plain ol’ good...and that’s good! Very happy to have a full 22 ounces all to myself, (this should cover me for the night)...

Pours copper with big, off-white head. Aroma of malt, fruit, hops. Tastes malty, with some hops and fruit. Medium palate, with a slightly dry, fruity finish. Good complexity and balance.

Poured a voluptuously effervescent golden with a fizzy off-white head which dissipated completely. Aroma of some light toffee, a bit of herbal grass, some light spiciness, nice but not too complex or assertive. Flavor however is quite good... an apple and caramel sweetness comes up first, followed quickly by a strong herbal grassy hoppiness, a bit of dry toffee, and a surprisingly refreshing dry finish. Warming. Clearly an American interpretation with the noticeable hops and alcohol, but a welcome one. Very nicely balanced and refreshing.

22 oz bottle 2007 .. deep golden pour thin white head ,good lacing. sweet aroma of lemon , lavender and bananas . sweet , bready caramel malt flavors . slight spicy hop up front that turns sweet and doughy . very refreshing , smooth , medium bodied mouthfeel. sorta like a super saison . good stuff .