Union Barrel Works Mai-Bock

Brewed by Union Barrel Works
Style: Heller Bock
Stevens, Pennsylvania USA

I love maibocks & this one didn’t disappoint, dark golden in color with a fluffy white head, left some nice lacing around the glass, malty nose with a hint of banana & clover, big malty flavors with notes of honey, clover, banana, bread & a little grapefruit, sweet body & finish, a very excellent & delicious beer

This one had some press going in, and it didn’t disappoint. Hazy deep golden pour with off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt, hopcitrus, peaches and apricot in light syrup. Tastes fruity, with a solid peachy apricot note, coupled with mid-palate hops and citrus, with a smooth, caramel malty finish. Well balanced, complex, and utterly enjoyable.

Dark amber color - very light cloudiness, thin finely laced head. Aroma is sweet with notes of clove, honey & a hint of bready yeast. Lively flavors, fairly sweet and very clean. Finish is crisp and smooth. A very nice offering.

A nice one in the style, the flavor was full of sweet and spice, overall malty, with just the right amount of crisp hoppiness. Quite good.

Draft pint
Consumed at Union Barrel Works, July 2007
First beer tasted at Union Barrel Works and easily the best. 12oz draft pour is a burnt amber orange color. Wonderful, amazingly rich and pleasent toasted oranges, grains, sweet pears and perfumy sugar nose. Crisp, biting hops, husky grains and an almost coarse body along with these flavors. Lovely mixture of sweet and aggressive hop bitterness, especially surprising for the style. Very fresh, vinous up front, assertive in the back, refreshing and addicting. Shares traits with Marzen and Vienna even, very “festive” tasting. Even picked up some caramelized oranges. Almost cloying near the end of the glass, but still very, very good.

Tap @ UBW. Poured a clear golden color and sticks to the glass some. The aroma is sweet and estery with some earthy hop. The flavor starts sweet and malty, then finishes dry and mildly bitter. A touch of pepper and very nice warmth. Medium bodied and silky

Golden-amber color with a small head. Aroma is sweet with honey, biscuit, and other sweet malts. Flavor is a nice honey-bread malt with a hint of hop bitterness at the end - pretty good Maibock.

On tap at the brewpub. Orange-amber in color, not much head, what there is is disapates quickly. Sweet malt, just a hint of hops in the nose. The honey is evident - not too much so, just enough to smooth this brew out. A very nice Mai Bock.