Tyranena Fighting Finches Mai Bock

Brewed by Tyranena Brewing
Style: Heller Bock
Lake Mills, Wisconsin USA

Sampled on tap at the brewery. Amber body with a minimal white head. Organic maple leaf aroma, astringent mouthfeel. Grassy, bitter hopping on top of a very weak sweetness. WTF?

I thought this was named after a group of contentious chickadees, but no, it’s about a band of battlesome brothers...c’est la vie... Clear, pale bronze hue, short-lived, perfunctory head. Aroma, clean, airy, mineral hints, coppery sheen, deep, malty impressions. Taste: light and easy on the tongue at first, bright and brisk, no hops, p[alpable malt, though, rich and buttery, smooth and sweet. Darned nice maibock, reminds me of why I like this style so much. Flavor rests well on the palate, and takes it’s sweet time. I could sit down and get familiar with a few of these. Medium body, medium finish, sweet, tasty. Ain’t nothing wrong with this one.

Orange color. Malty, caramel and sweet. This is a difficult beer to describe, but its not too bad.

A nice malt nose. Deep orange-amber with little head retention. Super malt taste that is balanced by a slight bitterness and alcohol and lingering sweetness. Complex for a straightforward beer. No hop flavor/taste/aroma. Very tasty overall.

This wasn't a bad Maibock. Poured the typical orange color with a nice white head. The taste was malty and balanced, with a dryness at the end. A nice beer.

#9 in the Jpdipso bock run.Light amber color,small head that faded quickly leaving little behind.Malty bubblegum aroma light fruit hints but little else.Malty flavor with a mild caramel and fruit presence fairly sweet and mild feeling not to the point of being watery but pretty close.The hops just make a feeble attempt at showing themselves.This is not that great a Bock at all,decent enough to try maybe once or twice but little more then that.

Clearish dulled golden rusty color and from a vigorous pour gets a fast growing crown about a finger high of cream colored bubbly thick froth but wanes away quickly leaving a light collar and minimal spotty lacing. Aroma has a solid softly warming bread tone, dullish sweet and fruity and even a bit toasted. Nice malt filled taste, slightly chewy and cloying yet firm and tender. Soft as all hell toffee and dulled fruityness with a lighter toasty breadish quality always present. Pleasantly mild hop spice. Feel is smooth and slightly chewy, thick and giving malts, coats well as it goes down leaving toffee and bread notes with hinderences of spice coming across late. One damn nice Maibock. I really like its over all feel and quaffability. Most Maibocks are pretty darn drinkable but this surpasses most in that catagory. Quite the drinker!

Clear amber color with a smaller bone colored head. Very light aroma of malt and floral hops. Smooth and nearly silky feel that dissipates with a rather acidic finish that melt this feel away. Light floral sweetness start with a light pale malt middle and mild peat. Too acidic in the end, but quite drinkable.