Sudwerk Maibock

Brewed by Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch
Style: Heller Bock
Davis, California USA

12 oz bottle as a bonus in a trade with DarkElf - Thanks Stephen! Pours golden with a short white head that fades quickly. Aroma of dough, honey, and some hay. Flavor is malty. Notes of bread, honey, something sweet too. Palate is crisp clean and smooth. Finished with grassy hops. Carbonated about right. Drinkable but nothing memorable. Fair for the style though.

Bottle poured a clear golden amber with a lasting white head. Aromas of biscuits, honey, and a bit of herbal character. Palate was clean and crisp. Flavors of sweet honey biscuits,a bit of citrus and has a sweet finish.

Large white head lasts over the clean golden shade. Very perfumey and apparently artificially sweetened nose strikes with Pillsbury dough flavours, strongly reminiscent of honeyed biscuits, cotton candy, just something too sweet to be true. Fruity esters are lost among the candy land, the overbearing sweetness mostly keeps on in mouth, despite growing bitterness that doesn’t manage to translate into any notable aromatics besides dull tart herbs. Light-medium bodied, soft carbonation, soooo biscuity, too much for me to handle and convincing me to keep on my streak of staying away from Mr. Christie.

orangey-golden clear body with lots of fizz. fluffy merangue-like rocky white head. grassy yeasty aroma, also toffee malt. high carbonation. flavor is corn pops and banana, spicy malt, and a sour grassy bite in the finish. dry aftertaste. these are all enjoyable things to me, and I agree this is a great example of it’s class. thanks for this great bonus beer, DarkElf!!

09.30.05 GABF Pale golden. Tuti-fruit nose and sweetened breakfast cereal. Very hoppy, floral. Complex layers of sweetness with caramel, blossom, honey. Nice stuff.

(Draft: Sudwerk Restaurant and Brewery in Davis, CA) I’ve had this in bottles many times, and it’s one of my favorite Sudwerk beers, but I figured since I was at the brewery, I’d try it on tap. Just as tasty as ever. Sweet, caramely, malty nose with a lager feel to it, just like what a good Maibock should smell like. The sweet, caramel is alive in the flavor, dominating all else. Very gently bitter, the balance is very much tilted toward the malty end. Mild alcohol seems to come out in the finish. Full bodied, sweet, rich, and fairly sticky on the long-lasting palate. Bright amber in color and fully clear of course, with a sizeable, off-white head to start. As the head fades to a small halo, it leaves a few wide, intricate rings at the top of the glass. Just an excellent Maibock, probably as good as any I’ve had in this country, either domestic or imported.

Clear golden body with moderate carbonation, some discernible viscosity, and a slow-fading, uniform, sudsy white head that completely faded. Aroma of mild pale malt and a note of alcohol. Light apple in the flavor plus rich pale malt, honey notes, and delicate spicy hops. Comes across medium sweet with mild, tangy acidity, light bitterness, and noticeable strength. Sweet character builds but never becomes cloying. This is a decent strong lager. Thanks DarkElf.

Pours a clear copper golden with a thin fixxy white head. Aroma of rich grainy caramel malt and a nice lager yeasty profile. Body starts sweet and thick with some noble hoppy bitterness and a slightly sticky warming finish. Nicely balanced and fairly complex, a good maibock. Thanks beeryum!