Summit Maibock

Brewed by Summit Brewing Company
Style: Heller Bock
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

Bottled. Beer is clear, light caramel browth with a small, white, frothy, mostly and quickly diminishing head.<P> The aroma ia malty with moderate notes of husky toasted grain; Hoppy with a light note of herb and moderate resin/pine; Yeasty with a moderate note of dough; Intermittent trace of peach, moderate plasticy note/ home permanent solution.<P> The flavor is moderately sweet, light-to-moderately bitter, light-to-moderately acidic with a long, lightly acidic, lightly bittersweet finish. Aftertaste is a bit husky and dusty.<P> The body is light, the texture is watery and the carbonation is lively.

Bottle. Head is initially small, frothy/fizzy, white, mostly diminishing. Body is medium to dark yellow. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (grain, husks), lightly hoppy (herbs), with light notes of DMS and chemicals. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, lightly to moderately bitter, husky, unclean. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation, lightly alcoholic. Very poor; unclean and grainy.

Aroma is toasted German malt,and a slight hint of caramel very clear ambe gold color, slightly sweet grainey malt taste, with whispers of hop in the finish, nicely carbonated, could use a little more of the German toastiness in the flavor that the aroma promised,a fine session brew

This is not the best Summit product, but it isn’t bad. I’m not sure if it is the style that I am judging or the beer. It smells okay, looks pretty good, and tastes like it should. I can’t really put a finger on it.

Bottle. Pours a clear golden color with a fizzy white head that quickly dissipates. Aroma is sweet, but complex. Taste is balanced with bread flavor and some spicy notes. Light to medium body with a dry mouth-feel and dry finish. This is a good session beer, especially for warm summer nights.

Pours a clear orange color with a white head. Aroma is of pilsner malts, grain, and peppery hops. Flavor is malty, grainy, and a peppery hop finish.

Golden colored pour with a modest, slowly dissolving head. Mild malt flavor with nothing else notable in the scent. Nice balance of hop and malt flavors with the hops hitting early and the malt taking over. Aftertaste is back to the hops, with an alcohol flavor letting you know this beer has some backbone. I definitely enjoyed this beer, it is suitable for the summer, but has more body than your average ’summer beer’

Bottle: a clear bronze gold pour with a some bubbles, faint malt and caramel aromas, some sweet flavor with lots of pilsner and Munich and/or Vienna malt flavor, the fragrance is deceiving, the aroma did not give a clue to the big malt flavor waiting at that first sip, there is low to medium bitterness on the tongue, some bread and toast flavor on the palate, dry finish, when the beer arrived at room temperature, there was a little alcohol in the drink but this did not get in the way of enjoying this beer.